As we stepped off the boat onto the small island of Lipari after being on the teeny island of Alicudi for a week we felt like Dorothy going from Kansas to Oz.
“I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Alicudi anymore”, would’ve been the perfect thing to say that I said to Kristian, but I didn’t, but we can just pretend I did, for the sake of my story.
Lipari is not by any means a ‘big city’ but coming from living amongst approximately 100 people on the second smallest island of the Archipelago made it feel like London’s Piccadilly Circus! Usually Kristian and I try and avoid locations bustling with people, but after a week of solitude at La Casa Rossa at Tonna, we welcomed the energetic atmosphere that Lipari provided. Don’t get me wrong, living amongst the prickly pears in a 200 year old house, going down for a daily swim in the crystal clear waters and getting to know the locals who run the few shops along the waterfront are memories that we will cherish, but it was a nice feeling coming back to some hustle and bustle after our much treasured retreat.
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