Weekend of the 18/19 November
Talulah's Web Diary
Paul & Anette Morris
Sun 19 Nov 2006 20:59
Saturday was another busy day for
us as we were visited by one of Anette's cousins - Juliana and her boyfriend
from Tenerife. We paid another visit to El Corte Ingles for
some plastic containers for rice and pasta, bought some material to make up
costumes for the fancy-dress party coming soon, and attended another cocktail
party at the Real Club Nautico! After the cocktail party it was
dinner at a Tapas bar, then on to the Johnnie Walker bar for some more
beers, then bed at 2 a.m.!!
At
the cocktail party we met some Norwegian ladies from an organisation called
"girls4sail". They were part of a group of 8 sailing another
catamaran called "Queen of Hearts" For some obscure reason
lost in the mist of 'bar talk' we now have a bet on with them about which boat
will be first to get to St Lucia. I think Anette and I will
have our work cut out trying to beat a boat with 4 times our crew, and 9 feet
longer!!
Nursing hangovers from the previous night we were all a
little slow to start Sunday. However, we did in a
rousing fashion by marching with the flag bearers to the flag raising ceremony,
at which the flags of the 27 different nationalities taking part were
raised. We we led by a local brass band and marched with the Cornish
and Welsh contingent behind a St Piran Flag! It was great fun and
followed later by the famous "Don Pedro dinghy race" - which was more of a fight
with flour bombs and water filled balloons than a real race! Lots of
noise, lots of music, and some strange a weird costumes!!!!
Barbeques tonight and Anette and I are looking forward
to them!
The
photo's attached are of the parade with the flags and then some scenes of the
dinghy race.
