Another beautiful end to a wonderful day. We're just getting started!
Jac is preparing to serve the sea bass. Great bass!
Jenée and I had a monk fish stew, thingie - delicious. Everyone else had the sea bass, also great.
Is this a beautiful couple or what?! I must admit, Jenée doesn't look bad either.
We joined up with Rene (back left) and Sophie (forward right) for dinner on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic. We'll get the seating worked out better next time. Jac is Dutch (Holland) and everyone else is from Belgium (Flemish). For my American friends, you cannot find more gracious hosts than Europeans. Once they take you in, they are truly the most pleasant helpful folks you will meet. Jac drove me all over Lagos to find a 220V Dremel tool. It was quite funny to walk in to a hardware store with Jac while he says to the Portugese clerks who speak English "Dremel?" Huh, what? Let's go to the next store. Same thing. Finally we find a clerk who speaks no English. "Dremel?" Ahh - right to the one Dremel tool in all of Lagos. Jac was a patient man - very helpful. I even got 15% off because it was the last one! Winner!
Jac and Renata (S/V Surya) drove us out to the west coast of Portugal (30 minutes from Lagos). How is this for spectacular scenery? Like all west coasts world wide, very rugged sea and cliffs. We actually sailed through this!
Jenée and I posing on Green Harbor, I mean, Lagos beach.
We will see a lot of these type villages and it will keep getting better.
Finally, Jenée and I have time for a little touring and R & R. We walked to the beach from the marina and I couldn't believe how much it reminded me of Green Harbor, the beach I grew up on. That note is for my Mom, Dad and family. Not the part about the topless women strolling around - hello! That ain't Green Harbor! Oh look, fat men walking around in slinky speedos! Time to punch myself in the face.
This is Surya who won the race to Lagos from the Azores. If I had known we were racing the outome would have been different. Harrumph! We became very close with Jac and Renata of Surya and spent quite a bit of time with them - great couple. The gentleman speaking is Lyall Burgess. Lyall works for ARC and did a tremendous job for all of us in the crossing. He is a real credit to the ARC organization.
Time for award night at ARC. This is the crew from Samji - Stephen, Melanie and Skipper Phil. We had a lot of fun with this group, including our daily radio contact sessions while at sea. At one point, Stephen asked us to shut off our engine and try sailing as they were having trouble breathing while sailing behind us.
A specialty in this area is sardines. Not the little ones in cans, but these big fellas.
We stroll through beautiful Lagos (pronounced La-gosh). We don't think we'll tire of these quaint Mediterranean villages, but we'll sure try.
Another beautiful end to a wonderful day. We're just getting started!
Jac is preparing to serve the sea bass. Great bass!
Jenée and I had a monk fish stew, thingie - delicious. Everyone else had the sea bass, also great.
Is this a beautiful couple or what?! I must admit, Jenée doesn't look bad either.
We joined up with Rene (back left) and Sophie (forward right) for dinner on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic. We'll get the seating worked out better next time. Jac is Dutch (Holland) and everyone else is from Belgium (Flemish). For my American friends, you cannot find more gracious hosts than Europeans. Once they take you in, they are truly the most pleasant helpful folks you will meet. Jac drove me all over Lagos to find a 220V Dremel tool. It was quite funny to walk in to a hardware store with Jac while he says to the Portugese clerks who speak English "Dremel?" Huh, what? Let's go to the next store. Same thing. Finally we find a clerk who speaks no English. "Dremel?" Ahh - right to the one Dremel tool in all of Lagos. Jac was a patient man - very helpful. I even got 15% off because it was the last one! Winner!
Jac and Renata (S/V Surya) drove us out to the west coast of Portugal (30 minutes from Lagos). How is this for spectacular scenery? Like all west coasts world wide, very rugged sea and cliffs. We actually sailed through this!
Jenée and I posing on Green Harbor, I mean, Lagos beach.
We will see a lot of these type villages and it will keep getting better.
Finally, Jenée and I have time for a little touring and R & R. We walked to the beach from the marina and I couldn't believe how much it reminded me of Green Harbor, the beach I grew up on. That note is for my Mom, Dad and family. Not the part about the topless women strolling around - hello! That ain't Green Harbor! Oh look, fat men walking around in slinky speedos! Time to punch myself in the face.
This is Surya who won the race to Lagos from the Azores. If I had known we were racing the outome would have been different. Harrumph! We became very close with Jac and Renata of Surya and spent quite a bit of time with them - great couple. The gentleman speaking is Lyall Burgess. Lyall works for ARC and did a tremendous job for all of us in the crossing. He is a real credit to the ARC organization.
Time for award night at ARC. This is the crew from Samji - Stephen, Melanie and Skipper Phil. We had a lot of fun with this group, including our daily radio contact sessions while at sea. At one point, Stephen asked us to shut off our engine and try sailing as they were having trouble breathing while sailing behind us.
A specialty in this area is sardines. Not the little ones in cans, but these big fellas.
We stroll through beautiful Lagos (pronounced La-gosh). We don't think we'll tire of these quaint Mediterranean villages, but we'll sure try.
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