I'm standing alone on the edge of a jetty in the middle of the Aeolian Sea, watching French tourists enjoying the sea, oblivious to the town behind them. Out of the ocean rises a bed of sand, quickly cut off by a rock wall and then the town of Cefalu, which is surrounding and winding up the mountain that peeks over the rooftops. To my left is defiantly shining through the white clouds despite the looming black thunder clouds to my right. Like the sun, the French students on the shore seem unaware of the dark clouds heading their way. I breathe deeply, trying to soak up as much of the sun and the salted air as I can. And as I turn to head back, I begin to think in "if only's..."
Nice panoramic view and a poignant vignette of you taking in the scene with the French students and the approaching storm clouds, thinking "if only." It makes me wonder what you were thinking ABOUT.
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