August 29, 2024 Lunch -Tapas La Rampla. Dinner - leftovers on the terrace
Today it rained in the morning and it was overcast and cloudy except for three hours during the middle of the day. I asked the senora if this was usual weather for winter time of the year and she said there was rain but no snow although you can see snow on the Picos.
Suzette’s comment was, “I guess that is why they call it the green zone.”
In fact most of the morning we had to listen to a man cutting back shrubs hanging over walls into the street.
We ate yogurt and I ate leftover steak on bread with lettuce for breakfast.
Then we drove down the hill to town and were lucky to find a parking spot one block from Sotavento which is a five star Michelin rated restaurant. When we arrived the proprietress said there was no availability today, so we asked for a reservation for Sunday and were given one at 1:30.
We then decided to go to another well rated restaurant across from the city parking lot named Tapas de Rampla that was three or four blocks away. We decided to walk since the promenade is lined with palm trees that seemed pleasant.
We arrived at Rampla at about 1:15 and took a table with a view of the bay and Picos. By 1:35 the large restaurant had filled with customers. We ordered a mixed salad, grilled sardines and Zambuninas (bay scallops grilled on the half shell in butter, olive oil, and parsley).
This turned out to not be great food and much more than we could eat. We are noticing that we can eat fewer meals and snack a little more and have enough energy to keep going.
We ended up with more than half of the sardines and scallops in a to-go plastic container with the two extra slices of bread.
We walked to a farmacia but it was closed so we walked back to the car and drove back to the posada.
We rested and worked until 7:30 when we took our leftover food to terrace. I ate the last pork medallion in an open faced sandwich of bread spread with Mayo and garnished with a lettuce leaf and then the last of my steak from lunch yesterday while Suzette made a sandwich of the leftover sardines and scallops on olive oil drizzled bread. We then devoured the leftover flan and pastry from yesterday’s lunch and washed it all down with Marques de Riscal Reserva Tempranillo and mineral water.
We watched the storm clouds enveloping the Picos and soon it began to rain and the temperature dropped to 69 F.
Later at 9:30 I joined the book club to discuss the Mapmaker’s Wife, by zoom, which was really fun.
At 11:00 we went to bed, I to read and blog and Suzette to sleep.
About 2000 steps today.
Bon Appetit
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