Let the Games Begin!!

I forgot to say...................
On Saturday night we went up to "The Old Town" It was a great atmosphere and all go - unlike our last visit a few years ago during the day when it seemed lifeless and dusty. There was a live band playing at a restaurant with heaps of people all dressed up BUT it was booked out and unless you could hang around for two hours dining was not happening there - shame. We wandered up the street. It was a real carnival feeling with lots of families and young people, along with the old - like most of us, apologies to team 2. The shops were full of souvenir type things - woven garments and sun dresses, skulls and derived art, halloween type scary stuff, all quite alternative with a Mexican flavour.All the other restaurants were booked out and we went on a waiting list for 1 hr 30 and the plan was to wait at a bar. Disatrous for me at least. We were hungry and tired so left the others in search of food.We found a quiet little Creole Cafe in a darkish area out of the main throng - so quiant with lace curtains and old furniture. Most people seemed to want to eat al fresco so the tiny dining room was ours. I had a chicken dish with rice and the most delicious tomato sauce I have ever tasted. Gorgeous. I'm now ruined for any other tomato sauce. Hoppy had a platter of shrimps (what we call prawns). Lynda had beans and andouille sausage going for the most authentic of the choices. We were all fed and watered and back home at Scant Comfort Inn before the others would have even started their meal.

Oh yes, we have played a day of netball. That was yesterday. We won 2 out of our three games. Our number two team had the same result. We inspired them, us oldies, at our age still raging around the grass (yes we are playing on a polo field!!) and doing a fair old job to boot. I am the third oldest in the group now Nana has stopped playing. No that's not my nana but Pat Danilo who was the previous ancient one. The weather was mostly quite warm with some cloud clover tempering things around mid day. There was still a few red bodies about. I must have some tan (!) left from our earlier holiday so was not as red as my daughter. Now that's something to note. She always growls if I get burned and she has a more olive complexion than her pale faced Mum. I am still able to move today