Fish out of Water

I feel as though I have been quite negative on this blog about this adventure that I have taken. I think that I need to point out some good experiences that I have had also so that you don’t click away thinking that a)I am hating every moment and b) I am an incredibly negative person who can’t see the good in this rare opportunity that I am experiencing.

Good moments that I truly enjoy:
- going to new ports in Italy (recently Portofino). I really like Italy, the people there, their sing song language and their incredibly simple/full of flavour food.
- waking up early before the tourists wake up and walking the streets in a new village, looking for a boulangerie to get bread for the day
- going to the food markets in various villages and smelling the fruit and vegetables
- going to the butcher to get my meat, going to the outdoor market to get my fruit and veggies and going to the fish market to get my fish. It is incredible what these people know about their produce and what advice they can give you on any given day.
- trying out new recipes
- starting up my excel spreadsheet before a charter and creating new menus (geek warning)
- having a deckhand that has had 12 yrs experience as a chef and can fix most cooking dilemmas with simple solutions such as a sauce that has separated can be fixed by adding a few drops of water and stirring.
- looking up why his solutions work in my cooking chemistry book
- improving my french
- sunsets on water
- swimming in the sea, if we are at anchor and if the guests go out for lunch
- watching Michael dance in the kitchen at random moments
- not being seasick
- taking the tender in the morning to get bread when we are at anchor
- rare early morning runs when breakfast isn’t until 10am and the guests like to sleep in