Blue Skies

We had a swim in the sea this morning. Took our snorkelling gear with and the viz was 30cm. We had a nice swim though.

We had lunch at Palmeiras across from the hotel. Calamari for C and fish for me. Proper fish & tjips - hake in a soft batter; not cod in a hard batter, dripping with oil. Made us reminisce about kaffeekos like vis & tjips, russians & tjips and vetkoek & mince, or with cheese and golden syrup for something sweet, from the local Portuguese greengrocer, with a take-away at the back, or the kafee (corner shop) run by the local Greek family, or, maybe, a pizza slice from the Italian bakery.

We dragged ourselves away to go for a walk. We bought a beach dress and towel at stalls next to the road and then I realised I didn't have my camera. Panic stations back to the stall, the hotel, where we made a pitstop and Palmeiras, where it was safely kept.

 With the crisis averted we walked to the church. Back at the hotel we had a swim in the pool to cool off and then C cooked chicken for supper.