Very quiet on this holiday morning. No traffic heading to work, and last night's revellers no doubt enjoying a lie in. Warm enough, but the sun a pale disk seen through pervasive dust haze, presumably from the Sahara again.
The promenade active but not nearly as busy as yesterday, costumes somewhat thinner on the ground and the ice rink not quite as full, although still doing business at €10 per person. The booths are still set up as well - roasted chestnuts, popcorn, nuts, cotton candy, astonishingly tacky jewellery. The local artist still has her table with small paintings of traditional houses and flowered archways, but the bouncy castle has gone. The cafes are still busy though, as is the beach. In one corner a net has been set up and a volleyball game is in progress. Nearby a football (soccer) game is taking place with foreign students or workers, one man stripped to the waist and others in shorts and shirts. A number of fathers and young children with brightly coloured kites, Green Monday being the traditional day for kite flying. Yesterday one kite was a distant speck,held by what seemed like a half mile of line. Today's are more tentative. Dogs and children explore the rest of the beach, and in the bay there are three ships at holiday anchor.
In accordance with local custom, we have fish for supper, though no picnic this year.
JAWORSKI TRAVELS