And it's lunchtime. We've waited the entire winter for this Trattoria to open. Finally, with the arrival of the first summer tourists, the tables are out, the umbrellas are open and the smell of fish on a braai wafts down the street. To the delight of the waiter we chose to undertake the 'menu of the day' option. This began with a dish of mussels with a seafood side salad.

Followed uncomfortably closely by the obligatory pasta course, mine being mussels once again and the Captain enjoying the variety of cockles.

The ensalata course comprised of a tomato and olive salad for myself and for the Captain, eggplant.

Then there was the heavenly, traditionally braaied fishdish.

Yum YUm YUm and drool!!

And finally dessert. An artfully placed half strawberry on a slice of orange. I think they finally understood the laws of physics and the volume of food they were placing in front of us was far exceeding the capacity of our stomachs (compression, flexibility and holding pressure taken into consideration). Now I only wish I could serve this on charter.

Finally we spied someone participating in the

age old tradition of the siesta. Flollowing the lead

we returned to the boat