It was 10.30 pm of a fresh September evening, and we were sitting on the porch of our little wooden house, that we generally called “casetta”. The fresh air reminded us of the first evenings we spent there. Andrea was sipping juice (as usual!); while I (Adriana) was enjoying the fresh air, all curled up on a chair.

Suddenly a buzzing: it was probably Luigi with his golf car, for a final recon trip. It was in that precise moment that Andrea and I looked at each other, and we immediately burst out laughing. Luckily it was not “silence time” yet! Our “connection” worked once again, as usual we understood each other without a single word.

And there the flashback began. It was from the beginning of the season that we fantasized about writing a book: the main characters? The staff of Camping Village Dei Fiori and Camping Village Mediterraneo.

Here are some examples of the most interesting chapters of this incredible adventure!

 THE SECRET HIDEOUT

During our walks in Camping Dei Fiori we were never out of surprises! Among bushes, squirrels and pinecones, we always managed to mistake something for something else, that gave us lots of little scares. But what frightened us the most were the golf cars, that we used to call “macchinette”, suddenly popping out from any corner. From the very first moment, we imagined that every staff member had his own secret hideout among the bushes. We tried to investigate, but I guess we’re left with this doubt!

THE “CASETTA”

This is probably the most important chapter of our book.

Many great adventures are linked to our “casetta”: from our living together to noises, from insects to our assumptions about guests.

However, let’s start at the beginning. The first thing we thought as we entered there was that it definitely resembled a tree house, because of the wooden structure, the small size and its fairy appearance. At first it was not easy to deal with such confined spaces, but we soon found out that it was incredibly comfortable, and now we are sure we’ll miss it a lot.

During our working days we were never short of laughs, but what we found most hilarious were guests’ suppositions on what SeaTales did. Their imagination had no limits: some thought we were renting bikes, some that we did tour bookings, some that we took care of lost & founds, others that we simply lived in a haunted house!

 LIFE INSIDE THE CAMPING

Every morning we woke up to the sounds of nature. Our first stop was the restaurant, but in order to reach it we were faced with a challange – namely trying not to be soaked by sprinklers! Still quite sleepy, we followed the smell of coffee and brioches…is there a better way to start your day? After breakfast, we took our bikes and we rode from a camping to the other, and we spent our mornings writing blog posts, translating, and taking pictures following the animation schedule. The most awaited moment of our day was definitely lunch or dinner, when we sat at the table ready to taste the delicious dishes of the campings’ restaurants.

THE OFFICE

At camping Mediterraneo we had a small office in the area between the info point and the tennis court…this made guests often mistaken us for the booking office of the sports area! Our small office had very large windows, so we managed to see everything that happened around us. Nevertheless, staff members always managed to scare us, showing up at the back door!

Sometimes, walking around the camping, we happened to hear “hey SeaTales!” and we all turned around at the same time, just like a single person.

With these short extracts we’ll let you fantasize about our great SeaTales adventures! Hoping to write for you again, we leave you this funny gallery that best represents us.