We were warned how enchanting Carmel was, and everyone was right. Carmel-by-the-Sea has to be my favourite town so far. For its beauty and charm, its doesn't seem to have sold out to tourism. Its still populated by locals, all parking on the streets is free, there are few footpaths and people are genuinely nice. Sofia and I walked into town and one woman stopped her car to tell me how cute Sofia was, another came out out her gallery to do the same thing! Yes - stacks of galleries, jewellery shops and restuarants but all with a local flavour.
We spent a lovely mid morning on the beach. Sofia - already in love with all things water - fountains, creeks ... was in heaven when she saw the ocean.Freezing cold ocean, I might add. Its true that children don't develop the 'holy crap this water is cold!' gene until adolescence. No matter how red our feet became in the water, Sofia didn't seem to realise. She had discovered that as the tide disappeared, so did the sand under her feet creating little holes under them. She then learnt how to flick the wet sand with her toes :). Hee hee.
I managed to eventually avert her attention to playing Frisbee with Papa. Yay!
Ciao Moscas! Anche noi abbiamo lasciato il cuore a Carmel! E io ho fatto anche il freezing bagnetto. Poi trovato una lunga alga a mo' di frusta. Divertente! Fino a che non mi é finita in testa ;) un bacione!
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