Day 109, November 18th, 2009
We all did some shopping in the morning. We walked up to the shops, about 3 miles. Went to West Marina first where I found some nice new shorts and a shirt (Columbia) with 25% off! That made my day! We also stopped for more rum at the liqueur store before getting more groceries for the next leg. The marina doesn't have a courtesy car so we shared the cost of a cab coming home.
After putting all the stuff away, Paul and Sue and John and I took the shuttle back to the Hotel and went to the pools again. This time we found out that the convention that was going on was to do with the Ministry of Defense. The shuttle driver drew our attention to the big van outside the hotel where these guys were demonstrating this new van with the collapsible machine gun that hides inside!!! Right!!! All these guys we had noticed the day before were military!!
When we got to the indoor pool there was a training session going on where these pilots were strapped into this pilot's seat and then the seat was turned upside down and they had to get themselves out. All very interesting. They later joined us in the hot tub outside and we heard they were all from Virginia. They were all helicopter and airplane pilots! We had fun swapping stories with them. All very interesting!
I'm sitting in the marina office right now, getting up to date on our blog. We're about to go out for supper. Its chilly outside but there's a movie set up beside the pool - The Hunt for Red October! You can eat supper and watch the movie! Got to run or I'll hold everybody up!
Will have to add some photos later.
We all did some shopping in the morning. We walked up to the shops, about 3 miles. Went to West Marina first where I found some nice new shorts and a shirt (Columbia) with 25% off! That made my day! We also stopped for more rum at the liqueur store before getting more groceries for the next leg. The marina doesn't have a courtesy car so we shared the cost of a cab coming home.
After putting all the stuff away, Paul and Sue and John and I took the shuttle back to the Hotel and went to the pools again. This time we found out that the convention that was going on was to do with the Ministry of Defense. The shuttle driver drew our attention to the big van outside the hotel where these guys were demonstrating this new van with the collapsible machine gun that hides inside!!! Right!!! All these guys we had noticed the day before were military!!
When we got to the indoor pool there was a training session going on where these pilots were strapped into this pilot's seat and then the seat was turned upside down and they had to get themselves out. All very interesting. They later joined us in the hot tub outside and we heard they were all from Virginia. They were all helicopter and airplane pilots! We had fun swapping stories with them. All very interesting!
I'm sitting in the marina office right now, getting up to date on our blog. We're about to go out for supper. Its chilly outside but there's a movie set up beside the pool - The Hunt for Red October! You can eat supper and watch the movie! Got to run or I'll hold everybody up!
Will have to add some photos later.
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