On an Island

This week I am on Hamilton Island with Aaron, chilling out in the warm weather (along with the rain).
The perfect place to try some local seafood for dinner. We went to Bommie's at the Hamilton Island Yacht club, a fine dining experience where the food was excellent and the service was friendly but lacking a bit of class and experience.

I started with the ceviche of seafood. Coral trout, muscles, scallops and prawns all cooked using citrus juice. Something that I have experimented with A few times and really enjoy. I really liked the plating into the separate small glasses.

Main was a whole snapper with Asian salad which was delicious. The fish was perfectly cooked, moist and very tasty. As a side dish we had heirloom tomatoes with Persian feta, micro greens and white balsamic dressing, a very refreshing salad with the snapper.

Dessert was a take on coffee and donuts with a coffee brûlée and mini donuts. The donuts tasted wonderful, like the real thing including the jam and the coffee brûlée was delicious, slightly too much cream on top for me.

A very nice meal we would definitely come back again.

The rest of our week has been eating more casual food such as wood fired pizza with butternut pumpkin and rocket, local fish and chips or something cooked in our apartment.

We have taken to playing squash a few times to keep us occupied and fit. Surprisingly we are quite even in our scoring although I hate to lose!

The weather has given us a bit of "cabin fever" so lots of time for reading, talking and catching up on sleep.

It's amazing being on holiday and not having to worry or think about work. I don't have that dread as the end of the week comes along that I have to head back to work and a mountain of emails and stuff piled up. It's so freeing..... Although i did get a call from a head hunter with an interesting job opportunity..... 
Which started a very different set of thoughts in my head... Am I ready yet?
Today its been 4 weeks since I left HP......

What is a good amount of break time for a sabbatical?
What was your experience, if you've had one?

Narelle

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