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We've moved address to Marina de Lagos and we're now safely tucked up on C pontoon with a great view. The morning sun beams into our cockpit just in time for the first coffee of the day - very pleasant indeed.. We set sail at 09:15 yesterday, arriving four hours later in strong winds, a choppy sea, but with the contents of our stomachs still intact. It was great to blow the cobwebs away and finally get out on the ocean, albeit always in sight of land.
We really like the feel of Lagos with its bustling marina, lively town centre and historic old houses. To celebrate our arrival, we headed for a very authentic taverna type restaurant that holds hundreds of people in a big rustic barn. Being Saturday night it was full of locals, which is always a good sign, creating that typical hustle and bustle that you get in countries where people like to speak loudly and gesticulate a lot. I ate fried baby squid swimming in garlic, whilst Nicki went for the grilled piri piri chicken. It all came with potatoes, chips, fresh salad and a jug of wine so big you could drown in it. All this for 10 euros each - truly magnificent. Sorry, I must stop commenting on the contents of our plates every time we go out to eat. The plan is to spend a week here enjoying long beach walks and local fayre, although some of those walks will turn into sit downs and swims.
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Jackie Harvey
5/6/2012 04:20:30 pm
Sounds great! Glad you are in Lagos for a while as I know that you love it there and pleased that you feel you have finally got going on your sailing adventure. Really enjoying the blog. Lots of love to Nikki. Jackie xx
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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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