I cannot suggest a plausible reason for it, but somehow we did not feel too hungry this morning. I resisted the urge to call 911, as clearly this constituted some kind of medical emergency, instead, I chose to believe the frankly ridiculous theory that we’d eaten quite an amount of food recently and that may be the root cause. So, and I know this will shock you, we skipped a meal and set off for the beach breakfast-less.
We mounted our sunbeds around 10.30 and enjoyed the lack of wind. Let’s face don’t we all when that is the case.
It was, as you can perhaps appreciate from that photo, a scorcher.
We did some proper lying down until about 12.30, at which time our rediscovered appetites forced us over the road to Lune Rosa to rectify that situation. Luna Rosa is one of the oldest eateries in Delray I think. It has some Brown Derby vibes going on as it is quite old school with lots of dark woods and photos of famous folks on the walls.
We ordered –
A Chicken Walnut Salad for me.
No breakfast and then a salad for lunch could be seen to be some kind of cry for help in my case, but I still wasn’t feeling too hungry.
Louise ordered an Egg and Ham Croissant from the specials board.
They were both excellent, and with soft drinks, such as the iced coffee below the bill came to $60.
We strolled the 50 yards or so back to the beach and did some more lying down.
Once I had observed the universally accepted amount of time after eating to avoid immediate death, I ventured into the sea. It was incredibly warm and clear today and there was none of the nut shrivelling tip-toeing into the water than can often be the case with a sea.
Mid-afternoon there was drama. I say drama, but it’s relative to the complete lack of activity at all other times of course.
We saw lots of people leaving the sea in a hurry and then a group of folks all watching the same dark object move about under the water.
Not being able to muster the energy to leave my bed to investigate further, I just zoomed the camera in a bit and took a lot of photos, so I appreciate that my reporting of this event will not be troubling the Pulitzer committee.
After a while the small crowd dispersed and people ventured back into the water. There was no conclusive declaration of it being a shark, but this was pretty much at the same time as the shark attacks off another Florida coast so it may have been.
At around 5pm we decided to call an end to all this not doing anything and with Louise feeling a bit drained/weird (too much sun maybe?) we headed for home. Leisurely showers and readying happened before deciding that we couldn’t be bothered to head into the main Delray area, so we just strolled the short distance to Luna Rosa again. We were glad we did. Having had breakfast and lunch here already, adding the dinner option too proved to be a smart move.
Bread service with the most garlic we’ve ever consumed.
We then went with the Antipasto Platter. We opted for that rather than the Propasto Platter. Ba Dum Tish.
This was fantastic and I complemented it with a Chocolate Martini.
Louise had red wine and we moved on to –
Steak for me.
Pasta with Broccoli and Sausage in Truffle Oil for Louise.
Both dishes were superb. Louise was still not feeling hungry so did not finish and her lack of energy and feeling a bit “weird” persisted from earlier. So there would be no late drinking/partying tonight, unlike all the other nights when we were in bed before midnight.
Back at the hotel, I made a quick trip to Walgreens in the Jeep for some itch/bite stuff to attend to some wounds we had. We were still in bed by 10pm and I read for a few minutes before welcoming sleep.
Till the next time…..
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