Playland By-The-Sea

On Wednesday we celebrated Rhabyt's birthday down by the seashore, which is about ten minutes' walk away. There was a little beach made of small pebbles and a really cool little place for people to go into the sea, with little steps down and all these little spaces for kids to play, right on the edge of the sea. One of the places had a cannon with a pile of cannon-balls and an iron chest that looks like it should hold gunpowder, and battlements. Another of the little places had a pretend Greek temple and some broken columns rising out of the water. There were showers and places to hang your towels, and little benches built into the stone wall so people can just sit around in the sun.

But the weather has been pretty cold. There is a cold wind that comes in off the water, so even when it's sunny we shiver, sometimes. People here are wearing their winter coats and stare at us when we walk by with thin sweaters and naked legs. But we didn't want to pack our big winter coats because after a month or so we won't use them anymore, and then we'd have to bring them home!

Ruby says,
"I noticed the water is so clear you can see about 5 feet down, it’s as clear as glass, and when it is too deep to see through it’s a nice blue!"

Celeste says,
"The Bacon in Croatia does not comin slices like this


It comes in chunks. It is so salty.

It comes like this


Mama has to cut it up."

(images by Heather, in imitation of Celeste's drawing)