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...“Now we have a school of whales,” he smiles....
...From the hotel’s restaurant, the sea appeared to be smoking and there would be no chance to get out for wildlife viewing....
...But the market’s only busier compared with last year’s decade low; deals cratered in 2023 following a frenzy of activity during the pandemic that was fuelled by rock-bottom interest rates....
...The fake blooms coagulated outside Mayfair restaurants are far more lusciously extravagant than real life....
...I also see lots of humpback whales in the fjords, during a whale-spotting trip on a smaller boat but also, perhaps more thrillingly, from a window table in the Emporium Marketplace one evening over Moët...
...With some luck, you’ll even see a whale or two while you eat dinner. I didn’t, maybe because I was focused too much on the sumptuous wine pairing....
...Head to the island of Staffa and see Fingal’s Cave, which is famous for its dramatic rock formations....
...Back at sea, I was happy on the cosy Granit, as it navigated between rocks that rose from the waves like the smooth backs of whales....
...There is reindeer heart, musk-ox broth, as well as whale steaks and raw blubber....
...Outsiders once came to Newfoundland to hunt whales; today they’re here to watch them....
...In the boat’s torchlight I see figures appearing in the rock face, and understand why these lands are dense with myth....
...D1 Capital made money on private companies last year but lost money on public stocks while Whale Rock’s public portfolio has fallen more this year than its private counterpart, according to people with knowledge...
...There are also great bike tracks and walks around the coast – much of it is state parks, like Shadmoor Park – as well as ferry rides to Block Island for whale watching....
...The appeal here is the coordinates; well away from the fray, with a slightly different lens on Balinese landscape and culture – but within easy striking distance of Canggu’s bars, restaurants and beach clubs...
...She lives nearby, while her late husband, the rock star Lou Reed, lived a couple blocks north on West 11th Street....
...When the first settlers arrived in the late 15th century, there was so little topsoil they had to plant vines in cracks in the rocks and fill them with earth from a neighbouring island....
...One thing to start: the private equity group Dyal Capital is in talks to merge with Owl Rock Capital and go public through a blank cheque vehicle, in a complex deal that will value the companies at a combined...
...There’s also a celebrated restaurant with a 13,000-bottle cellar....
...On landing a whale, the captain would return investors’ money several times over. But many ships returned empty-handed or sunk....
...The huts were restaurants, and one, Vista al Mar, was open. We walked out to join a family wrestling with small children and a rum bottle, and eight men lunching in their work boots....
...Dinner is at Bill’s restaurant: snapper with couscous washed down with a schooner of Swan’s lager....
...We stop at the Boathouse Restaurant, where the chef is collecting two lobsters from a boat as the lunchtime rush builds....
...Having missed Greta in the town of Tadoussac, where she visited a pod of Beluga whales, I return to Montreal. Heading out for restorative poutine, my liberalism dissipates in a fug of grass....
...Whales, dolphins and basking sharks are all regularly spotted in these gulfstream-warmed waters....
...People come to hike and cycle, to watch birds and whales; the coast here is considered to be Africa’s largest nursery for southern right whales — between June and October you stand a good chance of spotting...
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