christmas eve day

it being warm for xmas definitely makes for an odd experience. i think it is definitely tough to get into the xmas mode when you're at the beach and it's mid 80s out. this shot is of yesterday afternoon (christmas eve day) on the beach here in perla marina.

it is now christmas morning. we're off to sandi's restaurant for breakfast in town. we thought it would be nice to hang with sandi, and likely rich will be there too. after that we're planning a picnic on the beach here in perla marina. when in rome, do as the romans! doing something on the beach seemed to be the most appropriate thing to do on this day in the tropics. we've put together an antipasto platter. it's looking slightly cloudy but hopefully that will burn off.

bernard, an austrian guy we know here, lives with his family at Maquey which are some condos (built by C21) right by the beach at PM. i saw him yesterday afternoon on my way down to the beach. he said they would be BBQ'ing with a bunch of people at the Las Olas condos (right next to Maquey) and to come by while we were on the beach. so we'll drop in on that.

veronica just returned from walking isla on the beach, so we will be going shortly into cabarete.

merry christmas!