Day 4 - New Words, Old Biscuits

Hi gang!
Fourth entry for the Italy diary today. Enjoy!

Today I woke at about nine, after the best night's sleep I've had for ages, and headed to the kitchen to see who was up. Sure enough, Mum and Dad were outside drinking tea, so I joined them in the already warm morning. Once we felt relaxed enough, Mum and I made ssome Scotch pancakes and these we ate with peach, cold meats, cheese and honey. Considering I hadn't made pancackesfor what seemed liked years, this lot came out surprisingly well. All thanks to Mum's guidance, no doubt!
Breakfast came and went, with Pete waking up surprisingly early, and soon we were all sat around the pool, swimming, reading or, in my case, writing. With my diary up to date and a few more chapters of Cold Mountain in the bag, I tried the pool for the first time. It was just the right temperature again and as a result I spent most of the morning in the water, playing with pete and generally trying to keep cool. As it was Sunday, even I decidded to have a break from doing anything too action-packed.
Eventually lunch came around, which was roast beef with thyme risotto and various salady bits. The risotto was brilliant, very filling, just like at the hotel, and we were also treated to more of Mum's home-made bread. Perfect! Considering all the shops have been shut, we're doing quite well! After having eaten, the others all went to have a snooze, I think, while I got a bit more of Cold Mountain out the way. It seems quite tedious in places, a fairly easy plot to follow, but you know what I mean: "Then she went out into the yard and caught some chickens for her dinner", or whatever. Why do I even need to know about that?? Once I was safely on page 140, I took some time to update my diary, and went out to walk the same route as yesterday.
By the time I returned, the others were ready to take dinner, another selection of salads and cold meats, up onto the terrace, so I leant a hand and within minutes we were enjoying our first outside dinner at La Selva! Everyone agreed that we were finally chilled out after a long day of doing nothing! We'd also dug out a bag of coffee biscuits seven months past their "best-before" date, which were stillsurprisingly more-ish, and these we enjoyed with the last of the melon and peach. As it grew darker, dinner blended into stargazing, and I managed, surprisingly, to spot quite a few shooting stars this time - how lucky! The night dragged on and once Dad had taken some clever photos of stars, it was time once again for bed.

Not a very exciting entry today, but next time we get to go shopping, so that might be interesting! For now though, I'll say goodnight and let you get on with your various lives.... Hehehe...

See ya 'round!

Jack