Spain Thread

[Froggy]

The morning after quite a lot of drinks with some villagers it time for breakfast in this cosy hotel

Center of 2nd floor where bedrooms located


Corridor


Reading and family room






On the outside




The breakfast

 

[Froggy]

Halfway through breakfast we were disrupted by a villager who wanted to bring us to see people harvesting grapes for wine. Quickly finished breakfast and took his Land Cruiser to the farm. Its body language throughout as we can't speak Spanish and this elderly man could not speak a word of English. He brought us to a group of men cutting grapes

One of them is his son supervising a group of Portuguese, Venezuelans, Peruvians etc.


A Portuguese whi could speak English told us that the man who brought us is the owner of all the vineyards we could see around us and its like hill after hill of vine yards.




We then realized that this man is a big boss. But he's very humble cutting grapes for us



We even went to his winery and tasted his wines and he gave us 2 bottles of very vintage red. Then its time to leave the village




On the way to Gateria

 

[Onitsuka]

Did you go Bernabeu or Nou Camp ?

How could anyone visit Spain without attending a La Liga football match ? It's like going to China without visiting The Great Wall or Bangkok without Poseidon.

 

[Froggy]

Did you go Bernabeu or Nou Camp ?

How could anyone visit Spain without attending a La Liga football match ? It's like going to China without visiting The Great Wall or Bangkok without Poseidon.

Unfortunately nope I did not.

 

[Froggy]

After Abalos in Rioja its time to head north to the culinary region of Spain at the Bay of Biscay

The hotel directly looking out to the sea






At the beach beside the hotel


Dinner time






Fish soup


Fresh seafood right from the boats

 

[Froggy]

Guardian of the town and fishermen


Juan Sebastian Elcano - the first man who sailed round the world is hailed from Getaria


Overlooking the town from the hill


Fishing boat


Lunch time at the most famous restaurant in town - Ecarno







Master Chef at work on their most popular dish - turbot


Grill outside the front of the restaurant

 

[Froggy]

Started with some stonefish sashimi


Tuna


The V-shape part of the fish just below the mouth from a very big fish of course done in 3 ways - grilled, steam and saute, a starter plate like for 1 person this is from 4 big fishes. Meat is so very soft softer than the cheek meat of a fish


Comes the whole turbot to be shared as its more than a kilogram per fish


Every part of this fish can be eaten strange thing is each part tastes and feels different, very enjayable


Lobster grilled also shared


Has to pre book for this restaurant as its always full




The desserts

 

[Froggy]

Morning view from the hotel balcony