Our daughter, Dominique and her husband, Daryl were at the airport to meet us, together with our grandson Shaun and our new little granddaughter Jessica. It was wonderful to see them again and to meet Jessica.

Meeting Jessica for the first time

Shaun's 3rd birthday party

We also caught up with our youngest daughter, Shannon (the bride to be) and then a couple of days later, our oldest daughter Leanne arrived with her husband, Shannon and their two little boys Luther and Zeke. You’ll remember Leanne and the two boys as they spent 4 weeks with us in the Bahamas.

Luther

Zeke

As Shannon was getting married on Saturday 21st, the next few days passed in an absolute blur of last minute wedding preparations, Shaun’s 3rd birthday party, the arrival of family and friends from overseas and out of town, the wedding rehearsal and the hen’s night.

A night of pampering & fun at Shannon's Hens' Night

Whew!!!! We were all so busy! But we made it!

Saturday dawned a beautiful, sunny and warm day. It was perfect for the 45 minute horse and carriage ride and the garden ceremony. The wedding all went really well and Shannon and Daniel made a lovely couple.

Shannon & Lance ready for the horse & carriage ride

Shannon & Lance

The bridesmaids - Leanne & Dominique

A very proud moment

Shannon & Daniel

The piper leading the way

Cutting the cake

The Father of the Bride dance

Family photo - Lance, Mary, Shannon, Daniel, Leanne & Dominique

The next day they headed off to the Gold Coast in Australia for their honeymoon and Dominique and Daryl flew off to Raratonga to attend another wedding. So the next few days were spent baby sitting and enjoying more family time.

The last of our overseas visitors left on Sunday and this week Lance and I have begun to make plans for the next few months. We are looking to have a few more weeks off before starting the dreaded four letter word – “Work!”

Since our return we’ve had no time to really even think about our trip to the US and the Bahamas and are looking forward to sorting through all our photos and watching all our videos.

Many thanks to all of you who have followed us on our adventure – it has always been good to know that our family and friends were experiencing our adventure through our blog and were following us every step of the way. Wasn’t our SPOT messenger just fantastic?

But as we all know, all holidays and adventures must come to an end but we can now look forward to settling down again in to our normal lives. And who knows what lies down the track – as the US/Bahamas trip was all Lance’s idea, he says that it’s my turn now to come up with our next adventure.

Looking back over the last 7 months we can really say that we’ve had an adventure of a lifetime.

We’ve been to some amazing places and have met some wonderful people who are all living their dreams.

So make sure your dreams are big – and don’t be afraid to follow them. — WE DID!

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As it was almost April 1st we thought it might be fun to keep Spot running on our travels. So for those of you who’ve been following us, you may have noticed that we seemed to be travelling over the land and ending each day at a land based location – this was our best attempt at an April Fools joke.

Anyway our first errand on Friday was to go Walmart and try and get our vehicle GPS replaced. We’d bought it in Walmart in Baltimore at the beginning of October but it was no longer working – it’s been safely stored in a drawer since then but perhaps somehow the sea air got to it!

No luck though – it was out of the warranty period – and as our second errand involved getting a new sim card for the ipad, which was also no longer working, we made a snappy choice and bought another Tom Tom. At least now we could get to where we were planning to go!

The next stop was at an amazing mall – The Gardens Mall. It was huge, with lots of flowers and water features. Of course it also had all the big names like Louis Vuitton. Another first for us was that it even had the Easter Bunny in a lovely butterfly garden and you could have photos taken with him/her- just like Father Christmas at home. I resisted though, just settling for a photo of the bunny.

We arrived at Titusville in the late afternoon and checked in to our hotel – all very nice with a convenient Denny’s on the premises.

These two nights were to be the first nights that Lance & I have slept in a bed, that doesn’t go up and down and sideways, since we moved onto Amanzi in early October. We were looking forward to some very restful sleep – no weather to worry about and no water to be heard lapping around the boat.

Estelle and Alastair were also looking forward to their bed – no climbing over each other to get in or out!

The Kennedy Space Center was fantastic – we enjoyed every minute of it and could probably have spent a lot longer than one day there. For me it has always been the Apollo program which stands out for me – I guess I was a very impressionable young girl back in 1969 when we listened to the first moon landing over the radio. Back in those days we had no TV in the very small town in Zimbabwe where we lived.

Yesterday we headed for Cocoa Beach and had a drink there in the beachfront bar. It was a perfect day.

As you can tell we just can’t stay too long away from the water and we then went to the upper reaches of the St Johns River and went for a air boat ride. It was excellent and we all enjoyed it very much. Mind you I’m not sure about what must be worse – doing a donut in an air boat in the alligator infested waters or doing a donut in front of the rocks on the jet boat rides that we get in New Zealand! (I’ve never been game enough to do that!)

We saw lots of alligators peeking out of the water and quite a bit of bird life. We even stopped to chat with some local fishermen out in the middle of the lily pond and they were more than happy to show off their catches to us.

Last night it was back to Riviera Beach and Amanzi. The weather has been perfect and very hot – the marina we’re in has a boat club and all 62 of its boats were out yesterday although they were apparently all caught in a big squall.

And oh yes – you’re probably wondering – did we sleep better on dry land? Unfortunately no – not really – it may be a while before we settle back in to a normal sleeping pattern.

But not for long……. the two party boats arrived back this afternoon and yes, you guessed it, they’re having a party! But it’s not really all that bad – in fact I have to say that we’re quite enjoying their music.

Yesterday morning Lance and I went off to extend our visitors visas which were due to expire on 23 March. As we’re waiting for a weather window we knew we wouldn’t get away before then. At this stage Saturday still looks like the best day to cross back to the US.

We also filled Amanzi’s diesel tanks so we’re now ready to leave as soon as all the weather boxes are ticked.

We spent the afternoon at the beach, catching some more sun – the weather back home sounds pretty mis so we’re making the most of the sunshine.

Alice Town, where we’re at, is on North Bimini island and today we took the 5 minute ferry ride across the water to South Bimini. Here we visited the Fountain of Youth. Lance pulled a bucket of water up from the murky depths of the fountain but couldn’t quite get that long, deep drink he was after – the bucket was old and rusty and the magical water leaked out as fast as he could raise it! However, we’re hoping that just by going there and peering in, that some of the eternal youth properties floated our way. Wishful thinking perhaps?

We had lunch at Bimini Sands Resort – another marina that has condominiums attached. It’s very nice and protected there but there is really nothing else. So we’re happy to be located here in Alice Town.

And I know that some of you will really be drooling when I say we bought another 12 small lobster tails tonight. We have 4 weeks left before we return home and who knows when we’ll ever have lobsters again. So we’re making the most of them. :-)

Oh yes I forgot to mention that an Australian boat also arrived in our marina this afternoon so we’ll make a point of trying to catch up with them tomorrow.

Our short 13 nautical mile deep water stretch from Chub Cay to the Bahama Banks was a real doddle compared to our trip on the same stretch in December. The journey across the banks wasn’t too bad either - Lance did most of the driving from inside and he found that much easier. We only went up to the flybridge when VPR (visual piloting rules) were required to wend our way through some coral heads. It was a long way from Chub Cay to Bimini and we did consider anchoring at Cat Cay again, but with daylight saving now it is still light at 7.30pm so we soldiered on and arrived here at around 6pm.

Of course this was our first stop after Miami in December so we knew exactly where we were going and which marina we wanted to tie up in. John and Jane arrived shortly after us but they’ve already left for Lake Worth tonight. They are in a very large 58ft sailboat – so the conditions out there would not be too bad for them I guess.

We’re focusing more on leaving towards the end of the week when the winds have dropped and the seas have flattened! We’ll be up at 6.30am tomorrow listening to Chris Parker’s weather on the SSB.

We had not even finished docking when a local fisherman apparoached from the water selling lobster tails – that’s all they seem to bother with here. (I’m not sure what they do with the rest of them.) So we bought a bag of 12 for $30 and then later another guy came round the docks offering us more – after some negotiating Lance also got him down to the same deal. He didn’t have them with him though so he said he’d be back. We’d pretty much given up on him returning but eventually there was a knock at the door with a bag of – this time frozen – tails. So our freezer is pretty full and we still have some mahi mahi to eat.

So here we are at Bimini Blue Waters Resort – it was really empty when we arrived but this morning two large catamarans arrived and they were loaded with teenagers. Lance counted 17 on one of them and probably as many on the other! Apparently this is “mid term break” and the kids love to come over from Florida to Bimini to party. (The guide book does mention this occurance in mid March – but heh there’s not much choice about where we cruisers can stage [wait for a weather window] before heading back to the US.)

So it’s party time! Just like Australia in November when the school leavers flood into Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast for a week of boozing and partying. A week to be avoided at all costs.

Fortunately the marina we’re in has two docks and the party boats are next to each other on the other one. There was some music earlier in the day and then it went fairly quiet, they all had a bbq dinner and then headed off to the local haunts. It’s just gone 11.15pm and the first wave have arrived back  and the party has started in earnest. Loud music, lots of singing and I guess just generally having a fun time. (I keep reminding myself that we were young once too.)

And yes they’re here for the week – just like us.

One amusing episode that I didn’t witness but that had Lance in hysterics goes something like this – at the back of the catamaran facing our way, there is a dinghy suspended on davits and swinging freely on two ropes. Well Lance watched one of the young girls climb onto the dinghy, I imagine with the intention of sitting in it, but as she stood on the one side of it it of course tipped up and deposited her into the water between the dinghy and the boat! Rather embarrassing I’m sure!

As I’m writing this a squall has just come over and I’ve had to run and shut all the hatches – I guess this might put a damper on the party.

We had a quiet day in and around the marina today – all the shops except one were shut being Sunday and we had a lovely lunch at the Bimini Bay Game Club next door. Tomorrow might be a day for the beach – I have to reinforce my tan before heading home!

If you’ve been watching our movements you’ll notice that we have just moved again today, back to our original anchorage. It’s just a case of going to the best spot to get the best protection for whatever wind is going to be blowing that night. The winds tend to clock round here so we’ve come back to our original anchorage as the winds are due to blow S, SE and SW for a few days. On Sunday they head N again and then it’ll be back to Sand Dollar beach where we spent the last few nights.

In fact we should have moved yesterday already but there was a pot luck dinner at the beach last night and we were keen to go.  It was great and we had a good time but what
a night! The wind picked up and there was not much protection from the swells that came in. So I spent most of night trying to sleep on the couch while Lance bounced around in the bedroom!

And I have to say that my whole psyche is changing – I’ve always been a night owl but on this trip I seem to be so often longing for 6am and daylight! We also listen to a weather bulletin every morning at 6.30am so it’s always an early start. No wonder we’re exhausted by 8.30pm!

Anyway back to the pot luck dinner – it’s amazing what lovely finger foods can be conjured up on boats for these occasions. It was also wonderful to catch up with both old and new friends. We met up with Mik and Joe from Asian Lady – we met them way back in Elizabeth City on the ICW. We also reunited with Nancy and Graham from Finnesterre – we were in the marina next to them in Nassau and Susan & John from Smooch with their dog Checkers. We met up with them at Staniel Cay. She said that after we’d left Staniel Cay, Checkers kept wandering back to the dock where we’d been – perhaps he liked the children.

Arthur and Mamiko from Matane have also been in George Town for a few days and were anchored right behind us last night. As we decided to move today we have had to do a rain check on a Japanese dinner they were going to share with us tonight.

We are all still here for another week though so we’ll no doubt touch base again.

In addition to the food and camaraderie last night there was also some music provided by two cruisers with guitars. We were the last few to leave the beach and they were still going strong.

Another dinghy ride in the dark back to the boat – but all went without a hitch. Although the suction cup end of our dinghy light went missing somewhere – however we went looking for it this morning and found it easily.

There are only three other boats in this lovely secluded bay and we’ll soon be heading to shore for walk.

But Black Point was necessary as there is a wonderful  laundromat there – and after all the visitors, we were in desperate need of one of those. We loaded up the dinghy with three
big bags of dirty clothes, linen and swimming towels and headed for the dinghy
dock right outside the laundry.

Now this is not just a laundromat – it offers free wi-fi,  a small store, token showers, haircuts, rooms to rent , coffee and a restroom. Amazing really when seen in the context of the Black Point Settlement.

The anchorage was pretty full and of course so was the laundromat – all the machines (probably 12) were already busy! So we decided to opt for the drop off system and after using the free wi-fi on our i-pad, we carried on for a walk around the settlement.

All these islands seem to have very little in the way of arable soil – it mostly appears to be rock of some sort – so there is very little homegrown produce.  Everything is
brought in by the ‘mail boats’.  However we did see a few gardens where there was an odd mielie (corn) growing under what seemed impossible circumstances. One of the stores did have lovely shrubs and trees in his garden and back at Staniel Cay Yacht Club the colourful bougainvillea were wonderful – they really took me back to Africa.

We stopped in at a local restaurant, Lorraines Café (also an internet café with satellite TV) for a cooldrink and to ask about their famous coconut bread. Now Lance is no fan of coconut but was willing to give it a try. It turns out that Lorraine’s mother is the baker so we put in an order for collection later in the afternoon.

With a quick stop at the laundromat to see how the laundry was progressing we decided to head back to the boat. (The laundry was not yet underway – Ida had been distracted by some braids she was putting in a young girl’s hair – so we said we’d come back around 4pm)

Well that was when we had the fateful dingy ride back to the boat. We were trying another approach to tying the dinghy up to the boat and with the bouncy swells it made it a little more interesting. So there I was standing up in the dinghy attempting to hook the rope around the cleat when I leaned over a little too far. The dinghy moved a little away and there I was kind of suspended between the two! You know the classical picture – feet in the
dinghy and hands on the boat and the two slowly separating. The inevitable would happen!!!  The easiest option seemed to be a quick dip. Of course I didn’t bargain on the backpack on my back – it was quick, fast and easy to climb up the ladder to the swim platform but by then the backpack was already filling up with water.

Bad, bad news for our i-pad and Bahamas phone!!  Although I hurriedly rescued them – they were already wet.  The i-pad cover only seemed to have a little water on it but obviously enough to cause it to cough, splutter and die! The calamity is that we use the iPad as our main source of navigation because of its simplicity and ease of use. So, no more iPad navigation!!!

And so with that, Lance’s plan of redundancies came into
play. We do have a Raymarine chart plotter on board (on the flybridge and at
the bottom helm station), with brand new charts that we bought in Baltimore and
we also have the full set of charts on both lap tops. So we can still find our
way – they are just so cumbersome as opposed to the i-pad. When underway this
is usually mounted on the flybridge and it is so easy to plan a course and of
course so easy to zoom in and out with the touch screen.

We have no redundancies for the phone though, but we’ll see
if we can get any kind of cheap phone in George Town. It has been quite useful
having the phone to be able to call marinas etc if we were still out of VHF
range. Although we’ve been unable to send or receive texts from NZ we’ve been
able to send messages via my brother in the USA who we can contact with no
problem.

So for now it’s email access only.

The camera and video camera survived the dunking – probably
somewhat protected by their individual zip bags (although the camera is itself
waterproof although it did have a few issues in the Thunderball Grotto).

The hand-held VHF also survived – but I guess it is
waterproof and floats!

The money in my wallet of course dried quickly although the sea
water had quite an effect on discolouring the coins.

I have put the whole episode down to our sleep deprived
states – interestingly enough when we chatted to Mario from Schmetterling he
also was feeling sleep deprived and wished he could just get a good night’s
sleep – even one in every three would be good he said!

But this is the Bahamas, with the wind, the strong currents
and the surge into even what we would expect to be calm anchorages.

Anyway when we collected the laundry later only two of the
bags had been done – the last one had been missed so I ended up doing it
myself. It wasn’t all bad though as Lance was then able to get a haircut. I
wish I’d had the camera with us.  Picture Lance sitting on a chair in the sun outside the laudromat,  looking down and across the anchorage. I bet it’s the best view he’s ever had while getting a hair cut! 

The coconut bread was wonderful too – Lance even liked it as the fresh coconut was just a seam along the length of the loaf rather than mixed through the dough.

Oh yes – in case you’re wondering – we made sure that all the clean laundry was securely tied in big black bags – we’d had enough dunkings for one day.

The next day we moved only a few miles to a lovely quiet anchorage – well mooring field actually – in Little Farmers Cay. There was a strong current and the boat swung slowly around at each turn of the tide but it wasn’t bumpy at all. Sleep still eludes me though.

As the mooring buoy belonged to a restaurant and bar called Ocean Cabin we dinghied over to the shore to go and pay our dues for that. As we landed there we spoke to some local people who were cleaning some lobster on the docks and asked if we could buy some. They directed us to the green house along the road – so we decided to stop there on our way back

We proceeded to Ocean Cabin where we were able to get wi-fi (the lap top we took ashore was well wrapped up in double layers of plastic bags!) and a couple of beers. Terry the owner was very friendly and amazingly knowledgeable. He knew that Amanzi was Zulu but he did go on a little about why we were no longer in South Africa helping to rebuild the country.

On knocking at the front door of the green house we asked about lobster and yes indeed, this was Jeff and he went to the back of his ‘store’ and  into a large freezer and
promptly brought out a big bag of lobster tails. We bought two – $12 each and so
had a great dinner that night.

We’re hoping that we’ll still be able to hunt and gather our own lobsters at some point, but meanwhile we’re more than happy to enjoy them the easy way.  In fact we wish now that
we’d bought a few more for the freezer!

PS I’ve included a photo of the clinic in Black Point. This was a quite a large building compared to others we’ve seen. The books say there is a nurse on duty – but just remember when we sing the woes of our own healthcare systems we can’t really complain.

Well not so – it’s just been really busy on board with both Luther and Zeke. We’ve had some really great times and lots of fun. It’s amazing how they seem to have developed in the 4 short weeks that they’ve been with us. Luther is doing remarkably well at snorkelling and he’s only 3 and a half – he even snorkelled into Thunderball Grotto yesterday. And Zeke, who is just 7 days short of 2 (obviously the timing of their visit was well planned to get the discounted airfares for under 2 year olds), is talking so much more than when they arrived. Indeed both boys talk so much and Luther especially chats to anyone and everyone – not always a good thing of course! But they have had lots of contact with fellow cruisers – each time a dinghy goes past us they shout out hello and Luther’s favourite is “What’s the time?” We’re trying to broaden his range of phrases to “Have a good day!” 

Both of them love the water and we’ve been at the beach almost every day. They love the ‘dip’ they always get once we get back to the boat and before they’re allowed into the bath. The skipper is very strict on the no sand in the shower/bath policy – we certainly don’t want a blocked drain. So it’s always the pattern of taking off the life jacket, stripping off the wetsuit and swimming nappy, then a quick dip as their mum dangles them into the sea off the swim platform – this is always a bit nerve wracking as they love the water so much I’m sure they’d both be overboard in a shot and there is often a very strong current raging past – not to mention nurse sharks and sting rays!

We’re in a marina now (Staniel Cay Yacht Club) for a couple of nights as stronger winds were forecast once again. This could have made it difficult for getting to the airport tomorrow, not so much in one piece, but in dry clothes. With 5 of us and all the luggage on the dinghy we would all have got wet for sure!.

Amazingly enough the marina is full of nurse sharks – with a few of significant size among them – but I guess they love it here because late yesterday afternoon a private fishing boat came back in with 50 yellow eye fish and 1 wahoo and the sharks were in a frenzy as the fish were all cleaned.

Today I took the boys to the local playground, to see the planes at the airstrip and also to search for some bread while Leanne did all the packing. Unfortunately no bread was available but when Leanne went out earlier this afternoon she was able to pick up some bananas, grapes and a cucumber. A real treat! The playground and sports area was a bit sad – all very run down. Only one swing of about 6 was in order, the tennis court net was broken, as was the volley ball net. But there was a basketball court in pretty good nick and there was even a basketball, although a little flat. I haven’t lost my touch though and successfully scored several baskets much to Luther’s amazement!

The favourite play thing turned out to be an old motorised golf cart that had just one wheel – believe it or not the steering wheel still turned it. Zeke however was more interested in all the various items of rubbish lying around – what is the fascination for old bottles and cans etc?

The yacht club here has a great atmosphere – we had lunch there yesterday and will be treating ourselves to lobster there tonight – well what else can we do if we can’t catch our own???

We had a lovely swim in the sea and also hired a golf cart to go up and take a look at an exclusive resort on the very north of the island – about 4 miles away. The locals also use golf carts for getting around although there are also quite a few cars. I left the driving of the golfcart to Lance – here they drive on the left hand side of the road like back home, but the difference is the cart is still lefthanded! We also enjoyed lunch at one of the local restaurants – cracked conch (pronounced conk). It was very tasty – quite similar to calamari.

We’ve had a lovely relaxing Christmas day – we started off with champagne and orange juice with our boat neighbours this morning and this afternoon we went for another walk and had a drink at the next door marina – the Big Game Club.

Quite a few boats arrived yesterday and we were surrounded by 11 sailboats and all except one were from Canada. The other one was Australian but they left before we had a chance to say hi. We saw another boat this afternoon at the next marina over and it was flying a South African flag. So we had a good chat with one of the crew – they have just about finished their trip round the Bahamas and loved every minute of it.

We’ve been fortunate to be able to catch up with all our family on skype so somehow being so far away at Christmastime hasn’t felt quite so bad. They are all having fun and its good to see them carrying on the family Christmas traditions in our absence.

Although there is a local festival here tomorrow called a Junkanoo, we’re planning to head off to a secluded anchorage somewhere. So no more wi-fi for a few days and who knows about cell phones. We bought a sim card and airtime yesterday and are struggling to get texts out, although we can still receive them. It’s a mystery that will hopefully be solved soon.

It’s amazing to think how far we’ve come – we left home on 29 September, left Baltimore at the start of our trip south on 23 October and here we are, exactly 2 months later, sitting quietly at Bimini Blue Water Marina. We’ve decided that we’ll probably stay here a couple of days including Christmas.

The weather is really warm, the water is an amazing turquoise colour and even here in the marina it is clear, clear, clear and you can see the bottom. I think the snorkeling is going to be like magic.

Everything (outside) is covered in salt from all the splashes today and, as they charge for water by the gallon here, we haven’t yet washed it off. What of the watermaker you ask? Well we’ll make full use of that once we’re at anchorage and have access to nice clean sea water to run through it.

I have to say that we’re really pleased to finally be here – although the Chesapeake and the ICW were enjoyable, we were really on the go all the time (well apart from the delays of course!). When we were travelling it was always up at 6 and then a 6 to 7 hour day on the water. Now we want to put up our feet and relax.

Tonight I think we’re both especially tired, not only after today’s trip, but yesterday we anchored fairly close to the main shipping channel in Miami so we could get a quick and easy access out this morning. Well nothing to do with the ships mind you but yesterday afternoon we had so many jestskis and small boats racing up and down in the same bay that it was unbelievably bumpy. At times we were holding on to everything! So we got a good workout all afternoon.

Of course I’m mentally exhausted too – thoughts of crossing the gulf stream was my nemesis right from the very start when Lance started talking about this trip. So as you can imagine I didn’t sleep much last night and my heart was pounding all the way out the channel into the Atlantic. It was only once I saw that the conditions were really OK that I managed to relax.

It was a great feeling to see Miami disappear and then eventually have the islands start to materialise in front of us.

It’s definitely time to chill out now. Perhaps tomorrow we’ll take the dinghy for a ride at long last.

Of course our thoughts though are with our three daughters and their families back home in Christchurch – there was another fairly large earthquake there yesterday and so many more aftershocks through the night. Fortunately all is well with them. Stay safe!

We had a great day travelling down to St Augustine, though we did have to suffer some bumpy wakes from a couple of north bound boats who didn’t slow down!

There were a lot of mansions along the waterway as usual but also some very small, older ones which in New Zealand we would usually call a bach. (I think it’s derived from bachelor pad)

As we passed Jacksonville we went past the Florida Mayo Clinic – there seem to be three locations – the other two are in Arizona and Minnesota.

We also saw why we stick between the markers on the ICW. Southbound we keep the green ones to our left and the red ones to the right. There is a lot of shoaling around as you can see from the photos of the birds. And if you’re really not careful you could end up on the bottom like the yacht in the one after that!!

Before we left this morning we saw the weather would be deteriorating from tonight but we knew we’d at least be on our way. So here we are another 50 miles down the track but we’ll probably be here ’til Monday at least. The winds are forecast to be gusting gale force. Even on an inside slip at the marina we are bouncing around quite a bit. I’m really glad we’re not on a mooring ball and having to dinghy to town.

Tom, Lance’s contact from the Bayliner Forum came to visit us on our arrival and welcomed us to St Augustine. It was great to meet him and we’ll catch up again tomorrow.

We struck it lucky when he advised us to book in to the marina as it’s choc a bloc full of boats for the Boat Parade of Lights tonight. Despite the weather, quite a few boats took part and we had a good vantage point from the side of the bridge.

The whole waterfront is beautifully lit up for the festive season and very pretty. And we found one cobbled street that reminded us of Innsbruck – but is also probably similar to many other parts of Europe – it had several restaurants and one was Spanish and one was Greek.

We’re looking forward to doing some more exploring tomorrow – there’s an even older fort than the one we saw the other day.