So we’re being so lazy I’m not sure what day of the week it is! Hooray for a relaxing holiday. After breakfast, when I learned Joe had neglected to mention they serve champagne*, we went down to the town (village?). Saw a large boat leaving the harbour and figured it was a whale watching tour, so we watched it going out. Noticed it had stopped and, through the binoculars, people were gathered on one side so I was watching to see if I could see what they were watching. I might have seen something surface, but not sure; however, what I definitely saw was porpoises or dolphins closer in to shore. So we watched this pod for a bit until it went around the headland and out of sight. Unfortunately a bit too far out to really ID what they were. Did a little shopping and pottering about, but mainly sitting and watching the sea. Tough holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We went to the Gara Restaurant at the resort and had the tasting menu – this one was for La Palma and El Hierro and was lovely. There were some tastes we didn’t quite get and a bit too much banana foam, but I enjoyed it anyway. We should check to see when they do the La Gomera menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next day (5 December) Joe made up for not telling me about the champagne by bringing me a glass. Nice way to start the day, champagne and coffee. Another lazy day, though we did sort out car hire for Thursday (we’ll have that for three days to see the island) and booked a whale watching tour for Monday morning. But other than that I sat and read – found a place where I could see the ocean and just read. Also saw lots of birds. The ocean was flat calm today, but cloudy weather and a bit dull. Joe went out and took photos and a very cold swim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next day (6 December) breakfast – again champagne and coffee and fruit. Then to the room and sorted a bag and our swimsuits and headed down to the saltwater pool. I started another book – really enjoying the opportunity to just sit and read! And I sat by the pool and read. Joe swam and said it was still really cold so I opted out (it looked so inviting though! But cold.) In the evening we headed out to the village to eat rather than stay at the resort and got a table at Restaurante Kuss. The food was fantastic – we had a prawn starter that was brilliant and even the bread roll was lovely. May have to go back and try some of the other stuff on the menu! Tomorrow we are off to investigate more of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Our breakfast technique, well our usual one when I’m not mucking up the coffee system, is to find a table. Joe goes off in search of breakfast while I wait for coffee, and he usually brings back juice for us before heading off again. I don’t usually go toward the juice because Joe has brought me a glass. And the champagne was kept at one end of the juice station, so I missed it. Until I saw someone bring two glasses to another table as we were getting up to leave. Joe just said ‘oh yeah, they have that.’ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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