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I said to Nicki that we should regard Monday and Tuesday as proper holiday and take some time out, just like we would if we were back in the UK. Therefore, we did things like lazing around in the cockpit reading, going to the beach and strolling through the old town eying up dilapidated old houses that we might want to do up and live in for rest of our days (Lagos does that to you for some reason). Not one chore or bit of boat maintenance was done in the whole two days........... plus, as a treat, we allowed ourselves wine with lunch!
I went to the commercial fish market in Lagos yesterday. It's where the restaurants and hotels bid for the days freshly caught catch, which comes straight off the boats moored just a few hundred yards away. I noticed how old locals lurked in the background, waiting for the right opportunity to quickly move in and buy a small bag of Sardines for next to nothing in price. I followed suit, only what caught my eye was a Tuna that had been skinned, filleted and cut into a giant oblong of solid red fish. I asked if it would be possible to just have "two small steaks please". What I got were two pieces each about as big as a dinner plate - which is precisely where they ended up last night aboard Comino, pan fried to perfection, with a little bit of pink in the middle. Today the holiday is over. There are a multitude of jobs to be done, including some much needed polishing. We're slowly preparing to set sail on Sunday for a few nights along the Algarve, followed by our first venture into Spain. Let's hope Wi-Fi will be available so I can upload some pics. Oh.....was there some kind of royal thing going on in blighty......one of the marina bars had Union Jack bunting up for some reason !
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Tony smith
10/6/2012 09:21:11 am
Hi Stu and Nicki
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A FEW PICS OF COMINOClick a photo to enlarge and use side arrows to scroll through.
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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