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Osteria El Italiano in Portomarin has some of the best pizza anywhere. Also Italian wines, Sambuca, etc. The young man who runs the place is from Milano and speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Italiano. Located near the rear of the church on the street with the porticos.
Bar Restaurant Casanova near Plaza Fueros in Estella was excellent. Also in Estella, fine pizza at Il Colosseo. Near the Cathedral in Santo Domingo, either Las Caballeros or La Cancela. If you are stuck in Atapuerca, try restaurant Cosmosapiens. El Meson in Castrojeriz. La Curiosa in Mansilla...
I know I would enjoy the pimientos padron because I ate them almost every day on my first camino. We could not find them very frequently the second time around because we were walking too early in the year. I am interested, though, in the vermouth. I think of it as something to give a martini...
In the US, permethrin is widely available for outdoor use a a mosquito repellent. It can be found, for example, at Home Depot as a spray. Multiple commercial companies will come to your home about monthly during the warm months to spray your yard if you pay them enough. I have not seen it...
You must ask for the carta, not the menu if you wish to order individual items. We started the camino in Roncesvalles, and we did not learn this simple fact until we reached Viana. Thereafter we had better food.
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