Quarterback finally set off 2 days later on 21st November.
Turns out one reason for ‘le délai’ was a garage full of inventory to be loaded onto a Mahe 37 destined for the Antilles. We’d been hearing about this mysterious garage since we arrived, all talk increasingly accompanied by pensive silence and a look of despair. Remember, we’re supposed to leave in a day so we’re still imagining a few remaining boxes, bits and bobs.
Mr SlowTourist, ever the ex-Grenadier, commanded all for a 0900 start the next day. Meeting point: the garage. Our Audi Q5 seats down, ready to be loaded.
The garage was crammed full! Understandably really, there’s only so much you can fit into an Peugeot 108. After a whole day of multiple runs transporting and loading heavy boxes, bales of rope, refrigerators, outboard engines, batteries etc, and lugging the stuff from car park down to the boat, the garage was almost empty. And yayy- the spinnaker finally arrived!
For dinner it had to be – what else – a rewarding Bifstek. We were sent to Baitona, a simple Basque influenced restaurant on Rue Saint-Jean du Pérot, relaxed atmosphere and really excellent food. And not just any steak. THE BEST Cote de Boeuf in La Rochelle! Possibly best ever. And those bronze pommes frites you see? Fried in duck fat.
A truly bon appetit after a successful day.
This is monster steak ….. Wish have a bite
By the way ” Beitona” translates into “our home” in Arabic
Of course, how silly off me not to click on to that. Very fitting name and La Rochelle is well worth a foodie trip. The oysters…. to die for! By the way, Happy Birthday 🙂
Many thanks and happy sailing
So kenne ich Lorenzo:-)….Egal was passiert…..wenn er etwas gutes, feines, in der richtigen Qualität und auch Quantität zu essen bekommt…..strahlt er wie ein “kleiner Junge”:-)
Genau so ist es! Du darfst einmal raten wo wir am nächsten Tag essen waren…
….never change a famous place:-)))))….Du hast warscheinlich sogar noch einmal genau das Gleiche gegessen Enrico:-)…Hoff bi Dir sowit alles OK?!…Weiterhin gut Wind und Vorfreude auf das Wiedersehen mit Deiner Frau:-)