October 8

Yesterday we went into Tropea town and had lunch.  Grilled fish plate and it was mouthwatering.  Having fresh fish every day is such a treat.  After lunch, the girls shopped a bit and I had our shuttle driver drop me off at the cemetery.  It is like New Orleans with all the graves above ground.  There are many huge crypts that are little chapels with altars.  I imagine when a new body is interred along the walls, a funeral mass is said right there.  There are gates and doors on the fronts that are quite ornate, as are the chapels. I spent an interesting hour wandering thru the rows of chapels, crypts and graves.  Then caught the shuttle and came back to the compound…just reading and writing until dinner time.  Had a bowl of cream of pumpkin soup for dinner…sufficient after the huge fish lunch.  We went to bed during a big rain downpour…glad we missed it while we were out and about.