Today we go into the nearby Marina as we have had a problem with our generator and we also need to fill the tanks with waterVincento from Nautica Store who is a boat mechanic and Sergio from the MarinaJohn whom we met a couple of years ago in Gocek, his brother with his Godson are in the Marina tooJohn from the boat, Destiny has spent many hours helping Ric work through a few issues with the generatorA south easterly breeze has arrived and conditions on the outer wall of the Marina is quite choppyEva and I decide to go and search for a suitable restaurant for us all for dinner tonightWe pass this villa with an amazing tiled facade and interesting porticoThere a no shortage of shops for the touristsWe check out a few restaurants before making a bookingThis is an amazing doorway!! It is actually part of a church!!Some local young peopleThe ruins of the Temple of Apollo which date back to the 6th Century BCThe Temple of Apollo is in Piazza Pancali as you enter OrtigiaMore ancients ruins nearbyThe Magnificent Duomo built in the early 1700’s glows in the late afternoon lightThe Duomo PiazzaThe Grand Harbour town quay has been removed (wrong concrete used) and at the moment it is under reconstructionWe head off for drinks before dinner in the big squareJohn and Eva join us for dinner tonightThe tables are full of locals and tourists out tonightOur choice of restaurant is the Basirico in Amalfitania in OrtigiaEva and JohnWe booked a table in the courtyardAmazing Appetiser of Ratatouille to shareTasty Tuna with Green Pea Sauce to shareFabulous Fresh FishSuperb Squid in Soy SauceSensational SaladAmazing AnchoviesGreat Grilled SeabassDinner tonight we score 9 out of 10I think John is overjoyed to have dessertEva is certainly proud of her choiceI was definitely happy with my choice!
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