Dad - you mean this beach?
Yes, it is a pretty nice beach. At least when it's warm. (Funny how going to the beach is free right now but will cost 2 euro when the weather warms up again . . .)
Kevin did go swimming once while it was still warm enough. Despite being the end of October, Uncle Jim would have considered it quite decent water-skiing weather, but all of the Italians in the vicinity seemed to think Kevin was headed for pneumonia. Just as the "No White Shoes After Labor Day" rule used to be held hard and fast by American women, so the "One Doesn't Swim After October First" rule applies around here. Neither has any sort of force of law behind it - or much real logic - just pure unswayable social custom.
(& heaven forbid that one turn on one's heat before November 1 - but that actually has national energy savings considerations behind it . . . It made the news that it was cold enough this fall - the week after Kevin went swimming - for some apartment buildings and businesses to turn on their heat early.)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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Yup, that is the one. Google earth has it filled with beach umbrellas. As regards swimming after Oct. 1, I swam in the Atlantic off the south coast of Portugal, so I violated a similar social custom, though I was not alone. Some hardy Germans were out doing major swims, likely thinking it was tropical compared to the North Sea.
Love,
Dad
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