"B" for Beach, or by the Sea

Jesolo is a small town, on the North Eastern Coast of Italy. Before being moved to its new, larger, more comfortable establishment the school was hosted in an old building by the beach, surrounded by a park. The building was owned by the local priests who let it out to the school. The premises were most unsuitable for a school, but from its top windows you could look out at the sea. And from mid-April, looking up from your books and away from your students you would see the colourful beach umbrellas lining the beach down below, and people strolling by in their swimming costumes....

Glossary

to move to= traslocare, trasferirsi

comfortable=comodo

establishment=complesso, struttura, edificio

to host=ospitare,

to surround=circondare

to own=possedere

to let out=dare in affitto

premises=locali, edificio

unsuitable=inadatto

to look up=alzare lo sguardo

to look away=distogliere lo sguardo

beach umbrella=ombrellone

to line= disporre in riga

to stroll by=passeggiare senza fretta

swimming costume=costume da bagno