@brittarnhild
Nine years ago Terje and I visited the small island of Pellestrina, and have wanted to come back ever since. And today, finally, it happened.
To come to Pellestrina you go by vaporetta/boat to Lido, there you change to bus 11 which takes you to the island. You do have to take a very short ferry ride also, but you are still on the bus when you do.
The island is tiny and slim like a pencil, with the fishing boats and the village on one side, a lovely beach on the other.
Just like last time we strolled through the village and along the harbour, where a long line of fishing boats where resting peacefully. I guess they had all been out from the wee hours of the morning. After a while we came up to the restaurant where we had lunch last time. Most of the tables were empty. One of the waiters greeted us: "Do you have a reservation?" We looked at each other, no, we did not, but we could not see many people around the tables. "Sorry, we are full!" was the waiter´s reply.
Luckily we had passed another restaurant on our walk, where a woman was sitting outside, smiling very friendly to me. We walked back, the woman was still there and smiled even broader. We went in, and never regretted it.
A started to share, with polenta and baccala (trout).
And the my Venetian favourite, spaghetti vongole. Spiced with a little crocheting, haha (I bring my crocheting along every day, make at least one square of the granny square blanket and post pictures on my creative instagram account, @brittarnhildskreativedagbok
After a long and delicious lunch it was time to relax, and of course the very best thing to do then was to walk the few meters over to the other side of the island, where we had miles and miles of beautiful, sandy beach all to ourselves.
