After a cup of coffee on my patio, it was off to breakfast. It is hard starting off the day with making so many decisions, like how many drops of Tabasco should go in my Bloody Mary? or do I want red or black caviar with my bagel? and What do I want in my omelet. ...3 drops, black and everything. The day has started!
I did take a short walk into the ecological garden. It is well manicured, with a series of ponds. There were ducks, flamingos, cranes...and an elusive parrot that I will have to go look for. I didn't stay long.
Today was a beach day. The surf right in front of the resort is pretty strong, but people do go in. I walked the beach to the right, past Macy's, J.C. Penney, Walmart, Kohls and K-mart: the creatively named little shops on the beach. The sand is so soft, it make walking almost hard. A good problem. I went about 3/4 of a mile to a horn of the crescent. Laurie and Brian met me on the return. After a little rest, Lois and I walked the other way. Again, thanks to Trip Advisor, someone wrote that the ocean was smoother to the right of the resort. We passed the Target store and sure enough there was a little area where the wave break much further out. It was free from sea weed and really nice...so we got in the water and walked (maybe East) for over a half-hour before we turned back.
There are several options for lunch. One is Las Olas which is on the beach. You can go in there as you are. It makes pizzas that you can take back to you palapas or you can eat there. They have tacos and the like. One day they were having paella. So there is a variety. There is also the Grill and Toscana. The Grill is open air.
For Dinner we ate at the Flavor Market. It is a tapas restaurant. The waiter suggested we each order three. However, with four of us that proved to be a lot of food. We had olives, fried cheese, steak sliders and beef sliders, beef stew, lamb and rice (which was like risotto), a bruschetta with eggplant, peppers and anchovies, a surf and turf with crab and oxtail (really good), calamari (some of the best I have ever had). I had the rice foam for dessert. It was the worst thing I have every tasted. I think they scorched the milk, it tasted like charcoal. Lois had the custard, which was really good. Laurie had the cake...she wasn't impressed. I could go back...just because there were so many other things to try. I had wine with dinner, another Cab I think.
Drink of the Day: Excellence Island. Pineapple juice, orange juice, rum, blue Curacao & Triple sec liquor.
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