Posted by Liz
First thing in the morning, Fay from New Morning swung by in her dinghy to pick me up and we headed to market. First stop - piping hot, fresh chocolate croissants, regular croissants and baguettes to bring back to the boat. Then, strolled down the main road and Fay spotted fisherman with their FRESH catch, right from the sea! Together, we bought a big Mahi Mahi (dolphin or dorado) and had the fisherman filet it for us. Stopped at a couple of other markets to pick up fruits and vegetables.
Once back to the boat, I immediately marinated the fish (garlic, soy, lots of lime juice and fresh ginger) and put in the refrig. We grilled it up for dinner, and served it along with some Mediterranean Curry couscous and leftover tomato/cucumber salad. It was such a treat to eat fish caught just that morning. Sadly, Ed and I were both asleep by 9:30!
But at 11pm, the happy festive live music on shore in the market square woke me up - and I just had to get up and be a part of it. So, there I was, by myself, dancing in the cockpit in my nightgown, under the full moon - and all the other boats around us were partying, and having late dinners. At midnight, I woke Ed up because we were treated unknowingly to fantastic fireworks from the town - but also from some of the yahoos around us - who were shooting off their flares - a bit scary, as many of them came a little too close for comfort. All we could think of was some of those burning embers falling on top of the sailcover or bimini - - not too smart. Those flares are all supposed to flare out before they hit the water, but a few of them didn't do so until they were in the water. Oh well - we survived and everything remained intact.
We were back asleep by 1am - all in all, a wonderful a New Years Eve!!
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