Summer in Italy is hot, especially this year. The water in the Lima River is cold…the perfect place to cool off on a hot summer day.

We found this inviting place to swim near the bridge to Casoli.

There is a path down to the river. The water looked wonderful. Unfortunately we had no towels or swimsuits so had to content ourselves with an ankle deep paddle.

I would have loved to dive into the deeper water.

The water is clear and running fairly quickly. The photos were taken in mid June, so it may have slowed a bit.

We saw lots of tadpoles…they are probably frogs now.

Happy swimming.