We had everyone up and ready to go at 8am and after a quick
breakfast we were going down the road out of Rome towards Grosseto. But first we are going to stop in Ladispoli ( a little seaside town about 1 hour north of Rome ) to play a morning match with their club teams and have a lunch with them. We have not been to Ladispoli or Grosseto but from the photos that we have seen from other tours and from what Russ and John tell us…. we are really looking forward to going there…As we drove further down the road outside of Rome the country side began to change from the high rise apartments to the amber rolling hills of the rural area… As the bus drove down the
road, the warm sun shining through the window… it was not long before most of us were asleep. As luck would have it … just as we we were asleep we arrived into Ladispoli. The gym was about the same as the one we played in last night with one exception… this bubble gym was over a framework and had fresh air…..
The host team had 2 teams one about 14-15 years old and the other about 16-17 years old… We decided to play just 2 sets each because we had a lunch reservation at a specific time… and when you have a reservation for 50-60 people… it is always a good idea to keep it.
The older girls were up next and had a very close match the local team won 27-25 the second set we won 25-20....All of the host girls were very friendly and many of them went to lunch with us… We drove a few mintues out of town to a little "farm like" place called an aguro-turismo farm. Where tourist can stay there do a little work on the farm.... "a working vacation" The restaurant was large enough for 60 people inside.... very new and clean....We had bruschetta (toast with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes on it….) yum…. It too was very good… let me just say… that everything was really good. The next plate of pasta.... with tomato sauce or zucchini and bacon… I forgot to mention they also served water… we thought we were done as most of us were really full..... but the last thing they brought us was.... our salad... (which is backwards from the way we get our food in the USA. We ate until we could not eat any more…. And we waddled out of the restaurant and onto the bus.
Soon we were on the road to Marina de Grosseto.
Everyone got checked into their rooms and in no time we were walking through the little town of …. Marina di Grosseto… Marina is about 3-4 streets wide… and most of the shops and restaurants are within 3-4 blocks. It is very casual, sleepy, relaxing and tranquil here…. Everyone feels right at home.
We walked though town (4-5 ) blocks long and then down to the edge of the beach.We arrived to Grosseto about 6pm ... and there was not too much to do... (as far as playing volleyball was concerned). Most of us had dinner and went to the carnival or walked around town getting familiar with our new town.
John showed us were we would have our breakfast, where the ATM machines and the pharmacies were located... and told us where we would play and practice volleyball tomorrow. The LIDO beach is where we can play volleyball and go into the ocean. It was now time to go eat…. Most of the girls went to the little street café on main street…. They had AMERICAN Hamburgers, hotdogs and…. Pizza and spaghetti…. Some went back showered and went to sleep as it had been a long long day..
After eating everyone was ready for bed and most of us were fast asleep by the time the 11:00pm curfew arrived….
Tomorrow… Beach Volleyball Training and our first indoor match in Grosetto.
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