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Nicki has returned from her trip back to the UK, so life is now getting back to normal here on Comino. Unfortunately, she missed the entertainment associated with the Rolex Middle Sea Race, but I have to admit, I partied quite hard on her behalf. A couple of days before the start, the Royal Malta Yacht Club hosted a crew party. Think about it - several hundred testosterone fuelled ocean racing yachtsmen (plus the women competitors) all congregated in a marquee on the waterside with free food, free bar and a band. There's only one word to describe it - CARNAGE. The event attracted many of Malta's lovely ladies who came to ogle at the boys before they set off on their seven hundred mile challenge against all the ocean could throw at them.
Last Saturday was race day and we had VIP invites to watch the start from Barrakka Gardens, high up on the bastions of Valletta. The view across Grand Harbour was nothing short of spectacular. Courtesy of Rolex, the sponsors, we had wine and nibbles to make sure nobody felt undernourished. It was an event to behold. Ninety nine boats, divided into six classes, screamed off at ten minute intervals in a hot breeze to the thunderous bangs of the starter cannons below us. It made the hairs on your neck tingle with excitement. As the last boats left the harbour the enormous Malta Siege Bell boomed its farewell and we all wished the crews safe passage and safe return. In the early hours of Tuesday morning the first boats crossed the line back in the harbour and the last of them came home yesterday.
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COMINO IS CURRENTLY HEREDID SOMEONE SAY SEAFOODOn our journey from Portugal to Greece we enjoyed amazing seafood almost everywhere we stopped. Finding the local fish market was always a priority because seafood was so plentiful and so reasonably priced. And, the displays were a feast for your eyes.
Locating a market sometimes meant pounding the pavements in searing heat, but if you kept your eyes peeled, you often came across a little clue. The pic below was a rather less than subtle advert for a fish market - it was eight feet tall.
Freshly cooked onboard, a plateful of giant prawns, baked in wine and garlic, washed down with a few glasses of local vino, was like heaven. Watching the sunset on the boat eating a meal like that was the epitome of "living the dream".
Now we're in Greece we've another favourite to savour. I'm talking about fried Calamari. It's usually good, but every now and then it's off-the-scale fantastic. At Natalie's Taverna on Kontokali Beach in Corfu, it was nothing short of epic.
We're based in Lefkas now and It's been a bit of a mission to find somewhere just as good. And we have. Rakias is a mere ten minute walk from the marina and this little fish market, with its very own taverna attached, is quite sensational.
Oh...and it's also worth mentioning that, on occasions, a bit of barbequed Octopus is on the menu at some of the tavernas we frequent. Can I resist....no. SUNSETS AND DRAMATIC SKIESNo filters, or any other monkey business, have been used to enhance these images.
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