23 February 2012
Glorious weather today. Played tennis at 9.00 a.m. – I won 6-2.
After breakfast we try Reiki self relaxation class – Daisy probably gets a bare pass – I get an epic fail.
Then we enjoy the sun and Ged starts The Marriage Plot...
…by Jeffrey Eugenides…I enjoyed this novel but not as much as I had enjoyed Middlesex on an earlier holiday.
We go to cocktail party at the gallery and then on to Dining On The Rocks. We wait nearly an hour for our first courses which turn out to be our second courses blah blah – all resolved in the end I suppose but £300 plus dinners shouldn’t be that way.
Ged has “Aromas” and Daisy has “Rock” (see enclosure) both with wine pairings.
When we get home housekeeping has left us no water which irritates Ged further.
First world problems, I know, I know…
24 February 2012
Glorious weather again – we play tennis early on but Ged still wins 6-2 and it is still O-T-‘ot.
Staff queue up to apologise for yesterday’s misdemeanours and Ân brings a bottle of wine for our troubles, which will do nicely for dinner.
While Ân is with us, we spot and photograph an amazing blue headed tree agana [depicted above] which changes colour rapidly once it realises it’s on show.
We enjoy our sundeck and take a snack lunch of a club sandwich to share.
Stroll the beach & some R&R before dinner.
Then we try whole fish (grouper) cooked in banana leaf with all sorts of gooey goodies inside the leaf, served with rice paper and stuff. Preceded by beef in lalot leaf starter. Excellent meal.