Saturday evening through Sunday

**The next day- Sunday**

Ciao again. Our hotel is fantastic. Really. All of the floors are tiled in black, white, and yellow, and the walls and fixtures are pristine whites and creams while the furniture is dark woods or stainless steel. It’s very high-tech- the electricity in the room will only operate when your key card is in the slot by the door and you are therefore home.

Flat screen TVs, beds more comfortable than memory foam, motion detector lights in the bathroom that includes a MASSIVE tub in which I have already taken a luxurious soak. Everything combines to create rooms that have a very modern feel while incorporating some neat were-modern-in-the-80’s prints on the fabric. And the large size of the room compared to all of the others is nice. So is the balcony overlooking the Mediterranean sea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mom and I went down to the beach yesterday. Because it is, literally, RIGHT THERE. We sunbathed and read our books for a while, and then went in the water (but only about up to our knees). Then we went back to the room, where I took the aforementioned bath and she went and exercised. She came back, we got ready, and walked aimlessly around the immediate area before determining the nicest place to eat in the blocks surrounding our hotel was our hotel.

Papa had some sort of tortellini dish with clams, Nana had vegetable soup, Mom had black beans and rice pureed with shrimp and veggies- apparently it actually was delicious- and I had fresh fruit (kiwi, orange, and cherries). Then I went to bed and slept as long as possible (meaning until 8:45 am when Nana called to see when we wanted to go to breakfast). Now Mom is exercising again, and I shall go get ready for breakfast. Today we leave Salerno and drive further South to San Giovanni, where we’ll be staying, because Castelsilano is so small we doubt it has a hotel.