The Albatross
Sunday 05 May 2024
The 5th of May is mainly celebrated in America, not in Mexico. It commemorates the Mexicans beating up the French. As good a reason to celebrate as any.
We found a place offering minigolf and margaritas down the road in Monterey, which sounded like a brilliant way to spend a sunny Sunday and get in a festive mood. It wasn’t. The mini golf was in the windowless basement and looked quite average. We skipped it and went to explore Cannery Row, which was the setting for a John Steinbeck book by the same name. Quite a few interesting fading information boards of people and places in town that influenced his writing, however, the street is now basically a tourist trap and busy on a Sunday morning with most people headed towards the aquarium.
After a look around we thought we’d find some lunch, and headed around the bay to Fisherman’s Wharf. We had a rather delightful seafood lunch looking over the water and sipping a couple of quite potent Mango Mojito’s. There were a couple of sea otters floating around, however they never came close enough for a decent look.
