We have a new neighbour today. Yesterday a Hanse 545 called Twelve Moons was brought in alongside us with a German couple Stefan @ Christine aboard. Twelve Moons is doing the World ARC too!! The couple tell us they are leaving the boat at the end of this week to fly home and will return in November. They speak good English which is just as well as our German is minuscule!
Last Sunday we took a very long walk around the town and came across a lovely park with loads of lavender plants and smelt fresh and clean. There is obviously a shortage of water as the fountain had been turned off and the irrigation system was not working either. It was a contrast to all the buildings here.
The supermarkets take some getting used to as they do not stock everything you find in Tesco! I tried to find dried fruit today for a cake and no luck at all. The locals obviously like toffee and caramel as there is a big choice of Dulche de Leche and Creme Caramel products. Managed to find dried yeast today but expensive at nearly 2 Euros for 5 sachets. Will hav to ask Mike to bring some out from England when he comes.
The weather is always overcast in the mornings but by lunchtime the sun is out and the beach is getting busy with mostly local people from mid afternoon when they finish work. The people we see are very active lots of runners and cyclists ( there are cycle lanes on all main pavements) and we have seen a lot of fitness centres and pilates classes advertised.
We are having another maintenance day. A least I have finished my varnishing job as applied the 3rd coat of varnish yesterday! Now it is Peter's turn so he has just gone into town to the hardware store.
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