Surviving Aviano: Last Day of Freedom

Today is the first day of school here at Aviano. So what did we do on our last day of freedom?

A whole lotta this

We went to Lignano! A gorgeous beach town about an hour from the Aviano area.

A little info about the beach. You can rent a spot {chairs, umbrellas, etc.} for prices ranging from about 5 Euro to 18 Euro, or so. These are areas that are already set up along the beach. You choose based on the row, i.e. how close you are to the water. The closer you are to the sea, the higher the price. Though we found all of the prices quite reasonable. To give you an idea, we rented 2 chairs and an umbrella in Row 2 for 15 Euro. It was comfortable. I've grown used to having no personal space in Europe, so I was glad to see that these were spaced a couple feet from one another. It didn't feel at all crowded even though there were quite a few people there!

Flags indicate wind warning

Dude selling faux designer bags

After a couple hours of beach time, we wandered across the street to a cute restaurant called Isola Smeraldo. It had great indoor and outdoor seating. You could either order fresh baked pizza or go through the cafeteria-type line that had tons of fresh seafood. It all looked delicious! We got a couple of pizzas. And I don't mean to bombard you with prices, but our family of four ate for only 20 Euro! With this being a tourist town, I was really surprised at how inexpensive things were.

So after our wonderful meal, we decided to take a stroll around the area where we saw THIS!

Oh yes, we did! We totally rented this for half an hour {10 Euro} and pedaled around Lignano. Touristy? Yes! A little dorky? Yes! Totally fun? Absolutely!

So if you've been avoiding the beach because you think maybe you're not fit enough...