We rented a small boat for 6 people for the entire day and it was so fun! We took turns driving around to different cities, beaches and cliff-jumping sites.
When we were trying to dock the boat in Positano so we could get off, the water was crazy choppy, the boat did not want to stop moving and Michael was trying to hold tight onto the metal ring to keep us steady. He may be thin, but that kid is strong! We were all able to get out. We made a spectacle out of ourselves in the process (as usual) but whatever! We spent the afternoon walking up to see the views and stopping for minestrone, pasta and gelato.
When Jesse went to swim back to the boat with Lennon, the boat was gone! He had anchored it, but they couldn’t find it anywhere. He walked up to a man on the beach and told him our boat was gone. The guy didn’t speak much English and said that it was not his problem. Jesse talked to him for a bit and asked for help. The guy radioed a co-worker then told Jesse “your boata moveda.” Somehow the boat unmoored itself and traveled closer to shore. Jesse, Lennon and Michael went to get it and Lennon got hit in the head with the anchor as he and Michael were pulling it up. But everyone survived! Jesse navigated the absolute mayhem well. There were tourists upon tourists! Boats coming and going. I have to say these cities are beautiful but the amount of people is outrageous and a scoop of gelato costs a small fortune. Give me an old village with good coffee and friendly people and I could walk around for hours. Anyhoo – all’s well that ends well! We got back in the boat and went searching for more fun stuff to do and see.
When you travel, it is not always sunshine and rainbows. Of course that is what people post, but the gritty stuff, the sweaty days, the trying to communicate in a different language, trying to find food everyone wants to eat, the fighting, the exhaustion, wearing the same clothes – I like all of that, too. Maybe that’s why I can live the life we live. You have to let things unfold and be ready for anything.
This day was not easy. It was hot, people were hungry and there was a lot of time spent together in small spaces. While traveling or living life in general there are times when you fight, times when you’re hungry, times when you’re tired, times when you’re absolutely over it and then there are the absolutely glorious times when you look around and it’s a beautiful night and your people are with you and you’re laughing like hell at stupid stuff… that makes it all worth it.
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