Farewell to Summer?

Brooding skies

The last few mornings have felt distinctly chilly, with the temps falling to 18 degrees overnight -

a bit of a shock after weeks of lows of 26! This morning it was a 

respectable 20 degrees at 5 am and we reached a high of 25, but it 

was very windy & I mean VERY windy. In fact it was too

windy to sit out for lunch & dinner today - I can't remember the

last time we ate a meal indoors.

The sun did put in the occasional appearance but there were 

brooding skies for a large part of the day - cue lots of clicking 

away with my Canon PowerShot SX240 HS.

La Spiaggia Maiori

And so what does 'farewell to summer' really mean? 

It means goodbye to the crowded beaches with their regimented 

rows of sunloungers and parasols. It means 'arrivederci' to the

HUGE selection of flavours in all the gelaterie - most are now 

only offering half the choice they had on display a month ago.

Gelato, gelato, gelato

But for me it means having to finally give in & get dressed - after 

4 months of only wearing a bikini, I finally have to put clothes on.

And for the last 2 days that's what I've had to do - yuck!

However, we are lucky - the Cilento has a unique

micro climate and we are likely to see temperatures

in their 20s right to the end of October. Then should follow

the November rains & we will know that summer is finally over.

September sunset