Yesterday was our two year anniversary of taking up full time residence here at Casa da Praia (Portguese for beach house) at the “other” Copacabana and our five year wedding anniversary. To mark these two occasions, and to prepare for exploring the Pyrenees and the Yorkshire Dales, David and I decided to take our new […]
My Surroundings
My Jacques Cousteau Moment
I made my hot cross bun dough first thing this morning (Tip: robes with flappy sleeves are not optimum attire for kneading) and then went for a walk and a swim as we waited for the dough to rise. The water is positively lake-like today – such a contrast to the wild surf last weekend. […]
No Swimming or Passeggiata Today
As some of you will recall, we have a house rule – “no breakfast unless you have been for a walk and/or a swim”. Looks like this morning we won’t be doing either. A deep low-pressure system in the far southern Tasman Sea combined with south-westerly winds is generating 3-7m swells along the coast especially […]