Hola,
When a waiter slaps you on the back and gives an Hispanic chuckle having ordered a specific dish, there are 3 possible explanations. He is congratulating you on your impressive Spanish (very unlikely), you have ordered the chef's speciality (hopefully), that your choice is a brave one. Yes, it was the last explanation. What turned up was a tapa of caracoles in their shells served in a soup bowl and eaten by hand. For 1.5 euros, 150 of the little critters were floating in a thin, murky brown sauce which tasted as it looked. My love of the French escargots knows no bounds but these were small (like winkles) and tasted of (if anything) the earth. Pauline and I tried and managed to get through about half (fortunately we had other dishes to eat) and were thankful only that we had not ordered the full 8 euro racion which would have meant about 800 of the buggers to dispose of! Bring on the sea anenomes!
After Jerez, we drove our rental car took us to the Roman remains at Bolonia. As you can see below they were pretty impressive. Of course, the innovations and technology of the Romans are many,
although their introduction of plastic bucket seats is less well known.
It was a fascinating site, still being dug and well worth the morning spent.
Plenty of birds are on migration during April and these storks are examples.
We will be hoping to see more birds at our next destination, Cabo de Gata where we have just arrived. It is a national park bordering the sea and at first sight is a fairly bleak landscape. It is not surprising that it has been the location of many movies such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. A few pictures next week will give you an idea.
Adios
J&P
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