Snorkeling in Martinique

Last night was a very peaceful night and we had a great sleep.  Very glad we made the decision to pull anchor and move.  Very comfortable.

We headed into town and took a walk ashore.  Anse Mitan is a mixture of old, dilapidated buildings and pretty, colorful newer ones.  The currency is Euro and they do not take US Funds.  This limited our spending as we only have a few Euro left.  We would have bought more things (like beer and ice-cream … and maybe some groceries) if they only took US $’s.  Oh well, this was better on our budget!

Since we are closer to town, there is an entirely different area to snorkel.  Off we went!  We are having some of the best snorkeling adventures on this trip and seeing such awesome and unusual things.  Today, we saw schools of about 25 squid.  I would be content just hovering above them all day and watching them flutter about.  Except, suddenly, they’d change to an almost opaque color and I knew Larry had caught up with me.  He can’t help but chase them down for that perfect photo op!  Good for him but ruins my tranquil moment alone with them!

For dinner, Larry made a pizza dough and we wrapped it round hot dogs, baked them in our oven and then topped them with chili, cheese (on mine), finely diced onions and mustard.  Boy, were they filling.  We could only eat one each!  Oh yeah, we had to save room for the Chocolate Brownies Larry made.  Brownies and a nice French Red Wine … what a perfect way to end the evening!