more of life

 Yes it has been raining- four storms in 12 days JANA, KONRAD, LAURENCE and now MARTINHO!

We are building Arks here.  The people are "enraged" per the headlines about the weather. Flooding. Landslides. People evacuated from villages at risk. It's been literally weeks of these rains. We had one nice (partial day) Saturday afternoon and evening. Tonight (Monday) it was raining again. The past week or so we have had thunder with the rain (a first for us in the two plus years we've been here.) We decided to go close by and for familiar food. Our friends Helena & Lope introduced us to a nearby burger place that we liked. In Andalucia (maybe all of Spain) most meat is served rare. I do not like burgers that bleed on the plate so I was thrilled to find a place where smash burgers were an option. Tonight we also tried the rings and found them to be good (not brilliant but good). Less than five minutes walk from our building, it was perfect for a crappy weather evening.

Later in the week - we went out to La Brunilda.  A miracle!!  No rain all evening! Had favorites to share, and then Phil had the duck confit. The season of the scent of orange blossoms is upon us. Trees along our route home were especially fragrant tonight. 

Then the next night it was "IFFY" on the rain and turned cold so we went for hot soup at MING 2 

Then we had to rearrange a number of reservations due to the choice of MING last night.  We ended up canceling Desacato for tonight and scheduling it for Sunday lunch. Tonight we substituted Hyiyoki for Desacato... I know- poor us LOL - AND we got there and back without getting rained on! It just started to sprinkle as we walked through the front door into the courtyard.

tomorrow morning Megan & Christian arrive! YAY! stay tuned -