billmclaughlin
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- May 12, 2011
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- SJPP/Burgos 2012; Le Puy/SJPP 2013; Aumont Aubrac/Aire sur l'Adour 2014; Burgos/Santiago 2016.
In Belorado you have more than one restaurant serving a pilgrim menu, but as you line up your spirits may sink as you experience that Ground Hog's Day feeling. Another pilgrim menu? Can I face it?
And if you've sampled tapas and enjoyed that alternative a few times...well you may still wish you could have a "normal" meal . If only you didn't have to wait until 10 pm or pay a lot. Just a normal meal without feeling part of a crowd. Not that you're anti-social, necessarily, but how about a dinner that's also a respite from the hurly burly of your accommodations.
Right on the Camino route in Belorado is a place called Bar Eterna. It looks closed -- I think it always looks closed -- but it’s not. I wouldn’t try looking for dinner before 8 pm, but at that hour you can have a civilized meal, 3 courses with a glass of wine, 15 euros and absolutely worth it. Pilgrims don’t go here, so the waitress reads the menu at a normal pace rather than rattling it off like it’s one long word. And at this point you’ll recognize most of the choices. But it's not for a group larger than 4. Two of us had a wonderful meal. Calm. Quiet. Just us at a table and 4 older gents at the bar.
Of course, I hope this recommendation doesn't change the place!
And if you've sampled tapas and enjoyed that alternative a few times...well you may still wish you could have a "normal" meal . If only you didn't have to wait until 10 pm or pay a lot. Just a normal meal without feeling part of a crowd. Not that you're anti-social, necessarily, but how about a dinner that's also a respite from the hurly burly of your accommodations.
Right on the Camino route in Belorado is a place called Bar Eterna. It looks closed -- I think it always looks closed -- but it’s not. I wouldn’t try looking for dinner before 8 pm, but at that hour you can have a civilized meal, 3 courses with a glass of wine, 15 euros and absolutely worth it. Pilgrims don’t go here, so the waitress reads the menu at a normal pace rather than rattling it off like it’s one long word. And at this point you’ll recognize most of the choices. But it's not for a group larger than 4. Two of us had a wonderful meal. Calm. Quiet. Just us at a table and 4 older gents at the bar.
Of course, I hope this recommendation doesn't change the place!
Buen Camino!
