7th March,
Boiling hot day.
Today is fish day. I think that means that fish is delivered by van to Alcoutim. Anyway, the little bar restaurant below us on the terrace overlooking the river does fish only on Tuesdays and meat only on every other day of the week. Christian says it is very good and very poplular. I go in early to try and find out what is on offer as JC doesn't eat fish. But now eats Salmon and prawns. Nope - they are not on.
He says he will try Tuna, so we bypass breakfast and arrive on the terrace at 12.30 as Christian has advised, and we get the last table. The dogs are not happy but we are so close to the house we can nip back and check on them every half hour. The English lady at the table behind me is smoking and the smoke is blowing into us, so being a bolshy, asthmatic, non smoker living with a smoker I ask her to move slightly which she does.
Great lunch. We order mackerel for JC and Tuna in case that doesn't work for him. They bring 5 small mackerel to the table and one huge tuna fillet all charcoal grilled and delicious, with salad and chips and pitchou of vino for E1. Total bill about E20.
Whilst eating, an English guy came up and started talking to some people at one of the other tables. He had a blue and white Gill fleece jacket on. Exactly the same as mine. So as he walked past I said hello and we had a bit of a larf re the jacket etc and got talking. He is a Solicitor with a firm in Plymouth. Has bought a house in Alcoutim and got his boat delivered out here by a cowboy (his words) delivery guy. He eventually got the table next to us when the first sitting finished. What a nice life. His sons are running the day to day of the business and he gets to spend every other month out here!
Boiling hot day.
Today is fish day. I think that means that fish is delivered by van to Alcoutim. Anyway, the little bar restaurant below us on the terrace overlooking the river does fish only on Tuesdays and meat only on every other day of the week. Christian says it is very good and very poplular. I go in early to try and find out what is on offer as JC doesn't eat fish. But now eats Salmon and prawns. Nope - they are not on.
He says he will try Tuna, so we bypass breakfast and arrive on the terrace at 12.30 as Christian has advised, and we get the last table. The dogs are not happy but we are so close to the house we can nip back and check on them every half hour. The English lady at the table behind me is smoking and the smoke is blowing into us, so being a bolshy, asthmatic, non smoker living with a smoker I ask her to move slightly which she does.
Great lunch. We order mackerel for JC and Tuna in case that doesn't work for him. They bring 5 small mackerel to the table and one huge tuna fillet all charcoal grilled and delicious, with salad and chips and pitchou of vino for E1. Total bill about E20.
Whilst eating, an English guy came up and started talking to some people at one of the other tables. He had a blue and white Gill fleece jacket on. Exactly the same as mine. So as he walked past I said hello and we had a bit of a larf re the jacket etc and got talking. He is a Solicitor with a firm in Plymouth. Has bought a house in Alcoutim and got his boat delivered out here by a cowboy (his words) delivery guy. He eventually got the table next to us when the first sitting finished. What a nice life. His sons are running the day to day of the business and he gets to spend every other month out here!
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