More Bilbao...HoneyCrisp pretty much stayed in the 5 star hotel room with her friends Sombra and Heimi, and looked out the window at Puppy in front of the Guggenheim, taking baths and ordering room service. (the little white-ish figure by Puppy's foot is the groomer)
The city is on a great river and has a "new city" and an old quarter with small winding streets and not too many churches. There are lots of arts and theatre and if Nora and I get stuck in Europe, we are going to live in Bilbao.
We had the hotel make reservations for us at the fabulous restaurant in the museum. The world famous chef Martin Berasategui really hooked us up with Cream of Cara Negra cheese and sauteed Ballobar capers, roast Aubergine with olive oil made from 1000 year old olive trees, pasta in Joselito ham stock with parmigiano reggiano foam, and roasted leg of suckling veal, lamb with lemon jalapeno broth, creamy chocolate with coffee ice cream on hot marzipan sand, and to finish, a coffee-salty yogurt drink (Sylvia, you would have loved this one!!) Dad modified his saying "eat right and get a little exercise" to keep up with the French. It is now "eat less, move more", so here are some of my portions, with my fingers included for scale.
This last photo is my finger bowl that the waiter poured hot lemon water over and it turned into a bath towel. (don't forget to bring a towel!!) ...jah
This last photo is my finger bowl that the waiter poured hot lemon water over and it turned into a bath towel. (don't forget to bring a towel!!) ...jah
2 comments:
Really good pictures for a camra phone. Looks like fun. Sorry about the laptop. I hope you two are staying out of trouble.
No curling iron, no laptop, no GPS! You are really roughing it. The news is so bad over here, you may just want to get a job in the olive oil factory(or whatever you call it) and stay there.
MOM
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