Day 164: Ciro, Italy (Home at Last)

It was mid-afternoon by the time we made it to Ciro Marina and our hotel.  We check in, got settled, and headed right back out the door eager to see the kind of construction progress they have made on our house.

The hill side town of Ciro (pronounced chEE-Ro) is so small that you cannot access our place by car.  You have to park outside the city walls and walk in. From where we parked it was quite a steep hike up the road that leads to the town opening.  There is additional walking up the hill to get a look at it with the roof removed.  Then we walked down and around some winding alleys and tiny street to our place. 

From there I climbed on the roof to take a look at what they were doing to reinforce it.  After that we walked down to our friends place to take a look at all they had done there.  In all we spent over an hour walking around our places and the town. 

Here are a few photos:

Reinforcing our roof

Me on top of our roof

The view from our terrace

Daily Recap:

Matt and Kelly: Hiking Ciro.  According to FitBit we covered a little over three miles and climbed 49 floors, which I can believe after all we were staying on the second floor of the hotel and it’s quicker to walk than catch the slow elevator.  Not to mention the stairs that lead to our front door and multiple stairways at our friends house and so on.  We burned 3017 calories which makes us, according to FitBit: Champs!