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Way to roll with it and appreciate it for all it's differences.I just arrived in Salamanca and I am staying in a little hotel just off the Plaza Mayor. I opened the window in my room last night because I was warm and....the noise! Yelling, singing, laughing, loud (did I say LOUD) talking, rapid fire Spanish...such energy. It sounds like I am inside a giant bee hive...buzzing and humming nothing really understandable. It ebbed and flowed all night long. It never stopped...who is out there at 4:30am on a Friday morning?! What are they laughing about? Who is Antonio? And so here I lay on my bed with a big smile on my face. Yes! I am in Spain. And loving it.
Lucky you! How was it all? Did you see the famous oak tree? Hope your memories are delicious!...I was in Bergara south of San Sebastian to visit the famous and remote Mugaritz restaurant in the Basque hills. I tried their much heralded lunch time tasting menu on two consecutive days and stayed the night in Bergara.
Even small towns can be like that, especially in the summer. I was in Bergara south of San Sebastian to visit the famous and remote Mugaritz restaurant in the Basque hills. I tried their much heralded lunch time tasting menu on two consecutive days and stayed the night in Bergara. My hotel room overlooked the town square and I found it was also the town's living room, full of life and noise with grandmas and grandpas looking after fractious youngsters while mom and dad drank beers and wine at nearby plaza tables.
BTW, Mugaritz has become the top dining spot in Spain since El Bulli closed. I have been to both and I think it is a "hard eight" to say which is/was the best, totally different food stuff: molecular v traditional.
Yes I did, quite a nice small town is Axpe. I spent some time in Durango on my visit and had no idea the Nazis had bombed it on a market day around the same time they bombed Guernica. There were horrible dealings between Franco and Hitler and it is one of the reason I have never/won't visit Germany.Lucky you! How was it all? Did you see the famous oak tree? Hope your memories are delicious!
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I just arrived in Salamanca and I am staying in a little hotel just off the Plaza Mayor. I opened the window in my room last night because I was warm and....the noise! Yelling, singing, laughing, loud (did I say LOUD) talking, rapid fire Spanish...such energy. It sounds like I am inside a giant bee hive...buzzing and humming nothing really understandable. It ebbed and flowed all night long. It never stopped...who is out there at 4:30am on a Friday morning?! What are they laughing about? Who is Antonio? And so here I lay on my bed with a big smile on my face. Yes! I am in Spain. And loving it.
Even small towns can be like that, especially in the summer. I was in Bergara south of San Sebastian to visit the famous and remote Mugaritz restaurant in the Basque hills. I tried their much heralded lunch time tasting menu on two consecutive days and stayed the night in Bergara. My hotel room overlooked the town square and I found it was also the town's living room, full of life and noise with grandmas and grandpas looking after fractious youngsters while mom and dad drank beers and wine at nearby plaza tables.
BTW, Mugaritz has become the top dining spot in Spain since El Bulli closed. I have been to both and I think it is a "hard eight" to say which is/was the best, totally different food stuff: molecular v traditional.
Oh, but how I wanted to party,sing, and dance!
Next time, I shall.
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