Italy Third Stop: Scalea – Adventures

This particular day started out with sleeping in, followed by hours of lounging at the beach, pizza and beer for lunch

and a couple hours of souvenir shopping before we cleaned up and headed out to dinner. (Or maybe it was: sleeping in, lunch, souvenir shopping-we had to buy beach towels, lounging at the beach, more souvenir shopping, dinner…I can’t remember now?!)

Since it was a little bit early for Italian dinner, we decided to explore some of the famous mosaics Cherrye had told us about, so we headed in the general direction after briefly looking up the directions online.

We found the restaurant, and it was right near where we were supposed to turn to go to the murals. So we started up the road.

We figured it couldn’t be too much further when the dog at a house down in the valley barked at us. (The house was almost entirely hidden from view, but we could see tons of tomato bushes.)

So we kept going, until we finally saw something. (We think it was a tunnel that had something to do with the trains that pass through the mountain.)

It was super creepy, and the wind was blowing very hard through the tunnel. I did my best not to be scared. Haha!

 

So after that, we decided we weren’t going to find the mosaics on that path, so we descended back down the hill, past the barking dog, and back to the main road. Where we saw a sign pointing into the old part of town that said “mosaics”. Ha!

We still had plenty of time to kill before dinner, so we headed into the old village, excitedly waiting to see the mosaics. We climbed up and up and up lots of small, musty stair wells, just like this one… 

…only to never actually find the mosaics. Yeah, that’s right. We still never found them. Once we got to the plaza of the old village, we stopped to take a few pictures of the beautiful view, then decided we were starving, and again made our descent.

It was just breathtaking up there. Not only the view, but to walk where it was nearly impossible for cars to travel. Where people built their homes way up in the mountainside, hundreds of years ago.

Stay tuned for the adventures to follow after dinner! 🙂

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