Saturday 4 Sept 2010

So today started out pretty well - considering the pub crawl last night. I did (maybe not so) regrettably bow out at 12:30 while the rest of the guys stayed out until about 4 AM. Here in Europe they do half pints of beer at the pubs so you can hang out for a bit, watch football (the REAL kind) and drink a "demi" as it called in France. It's cheaper (except at the bar that I picked up the round, about $5 per half pint of Stella, which I don't even like but, when in Rome - or Nice), you don't get so full so fast, nor do you get so drunk so fast allowing you to do a respectable pub crawl. Anyway, I bowed out early and headed back to the ship with the Captain. Heard this morning that one of the boys started doing Jager Bombs with a shot of vodka to spice things up a bit. Glad I missed that part!

So, back to this morning. Got up and went upstairs for breakfast and passed the chef in the stairwell. I asked him if he knew how to make pancakes and could he please make me some. He said, sure, no problem. They were delicious! I topped them with some fresh bananas and some berry jam. Yummy! After breakfast I did what I needed to do for the tank - feeding, cleaning the filter and dropping the shade on the back window - then headed out for a quick walk before we left port. I swung by a little market and picked up a bottle of Cotes du Rhone wine just to say I bought some French wine (though I much prefer California wines but I can't say that too loud around here). Besides, it was only about $5, so you can't really go wrong.

On my way back to the ship I passed another little market with a fruit stand outside. Lo and behold, I found some fresh nectarines and peaches! I could tell that they wouldn't be great, but they were nectarines! I bought one and devoured it when I got back to the boat. It was ok, not as sweet as I would have liked but it satisfied my craving.

Waved bon voyage to nice about 30 minutes ago and we're motoring toward Antibes. The Bobby Darin song, Beyond the Sea popped into my head as we left the port for the azure waters of the Mediterranean.