Goa – day 16
Friday, 14th April 2023
We got up at 6:20 AM! I really didn’t want to, but somehow I managed to drag myself out of bed, which, by the way, is about 80 centimeters high, so I have to jump down. I put on a freshly washed, still wet t-shirt, and we headed out. Jozef went for a run, and I just walked around and took some pictures. It was still pleasant outside.
After 2.8 kilometers, Jozef stopped running because he was barefoot, and he got blisters on two of his toes. So, we took a walk to a cove where we came across a colony of fiddler crabs.
From there, we tried to find a way back to our accommodation through the houses. Then we slept for another hour and a half because I was tired, and everything was closed anyway. At 9:30 AM, we went for breakfast. We just had omelets. After we finished eating, Jozef realized he was actually still in his pyjamas (his shorts for daily wear, running, swimming, and sleeping all look quite similar, so it’s easy to mix them up). Then we made coffee, Jozef popped his blister from the morning, and we headed to the cooking class. Today, it was just the two of us and Rahul.
Today’s menu consisted of: 1. Palak Paneer (spinach with cottage cheese), 2. Masala Mushroom, 3. Rawa Fry Prawns, 4. Paratha/Parotta (a type of flatbread), 5. Coconut Chutney. We cooked everything under Rahul’s guidance, as he instructed us on how to chop, what to add, and how much, while explaining what other dishes could be made using similar bases. I handled the parotta, and Jozef did everything else. We cooked for about an hour and a half and then ate the meal.
It was really good, but it was so hot, and I wasn’t very hungry, so I had to force myself to eat, and Jozef helped me finish. We finished around 2 PM, which was the hottest part of the day, so we went to our room to rest. At 5 PM, we went out again. It was cloudy, so it wasn’t that hot. We went to check out some beaches, withdraw money in town, and then we went swimming at our beach.
It’s Friday, so there are more people here than on other days. We shower, then watch “Ťažký týždeň” Jozef goes to dinner, and I stay at room because I’m still full from lunch, and we have half a watermelon in the fridge that we plan to finish tonight. We also said it might be nice to spend some time apart, but after five minutes, Jozef texts me, telling me it’s busy and what he’s going to order, and then he says I should come help him because there’s a lot of food. He managed to finish the meal on his own.
