As has been my pattern so far this trip, I was up way early at 6:30. So I decided to make myself useful and make some potato salad. We don't eat that many potatoes at home, so having potato salad is a treat for us these days. I do enjoy cooking, although of course I have no illusions about those cooking skills. I can watch the Food Network with the best of them!

Eventually Eric got up and we had a light breakfast and headed out to Le Suciere for breakfast supplies for tomorrow. I don't think we have ever gone to Le Suciere on Sunday mornings, but OMG!!! The line around 9 AM was literally out the door, and the parking lot was double parked all over (but with the help of a security guard, to keep things in line) I got some ham and cheese quiche and some croissants for tomorrow. Then we headed to Market Garden for a couple things. I refused to pay $5 for a really SMALL jar of mayo, so we went from there to Maho Market, where I found some for $3. Of course I had paid under $2 for the jar I had bought at Carrefour and then used totally up on my potato salad. It surely does pay to shop around here! Almost everything I looked at, at Maho Market was cheaper there than at Market Garden, including wine. Lesson learned, again. Avoid Market Garden!!

So, back to the 'house' to put away our treasures and hang out for the day. Since today was Sunday, which is the second biggest day at the airport after Saturday, I wanted to hang out by the pool some and take in some airplane comings and goings. Because of the heavy Sahara dust, the pictures aren't the greatest.















We also watched a sailing school out front for a while, which was great fun. At one point they were practicing with spinnakers, and things got a little dicey a few times!



The past couple of days, the Sahara dust has been intense. The skies have been really hazy and certainly no hint of Saba in the distance. I hope we do get to see her again. We saw her briefly the day we arrived, but not since then. There have been no ships in since the day we arrived.

Lunchtime came, and we cooked grilled chicken sandwiches, with my potato salad.


After, I swam in the pool some, hung out under the gazebo, read my book and somehow, drifted off to sleep for a bit.

Today we went back and forth about where we were going for dinner. Eric wanted to try Altro, which we thought had a 3 course prix fix menu for $29. I was very skeptical of that, but we finally decided to just go to Puerto Cupecoy and see what shook out. We left BSV around 7:15 and passed by the new restaurant on Mullet around 7:30, at which time, there were still a half dozen cars parked on the side of the road there, so I guess they have not been towing cars there after all.

We arrived at POC and walked around and eventually decided on Altro after all. The prix fix menu is now $36, but the menu looked good, so we picked it.





The owner (??) was out front encouraging folks in. He was quite the character, but he and the other waiter really HUSSLED to serve the tables. At one point, he admitted that they were down a waiter for the evening. They were almost full, so we figured they must be doing something right. At one point there were perhaps 3 tables for 3 that were NOT occupied. None of the other restaurants that we saw had more than a couple of tables occupied (although we did not go down the stairs to check out Big C's, I think it is).

The specials menu looked good also, but we both decided on the regular prix fix menu. I decided on the crab cake


The crab cake had a hint of spice and unusual flavor to it, which was wonderful.

and Eric had the tempura shrimp.



The shrimp looked a tiny bit overcooked but tasted great.

We both got glasses of wine by the glass, which were $8 for a very decent sized glass of wine. I had the lamb chop and leg of lamb combo



and Eric had the fish pot seafood combo.



Both were excellent! For dessert, Eric had the pear



The pear TASTED much better than it looked.

and I had the creme brulee



]with coffee. There was NO service charge added, unlike even Driftwood, which added 15% tip. What's the world coming to, that Driftwood does an auto tip? Our meal, with the 3 courses, one bottle of water, 2 glasses of wine and coffee, including a 20% tip, was $120. WELL worth it. For the first time in a VERY long time, we are considering going back to the same restaurant twice in one trip. We told the waiter that before he left, and he said that was an ultimate complement.

We got back to Beacon Hill right around 10 PM and for the first time this trip, the security guard was there and the gate was down.