Dragging our feet

Well, we both have been saying that we are to ready to leave our adopted home - but for the weather - which is heating up! Today we had coffee with Paula from my class last year who as returned for a second year - she's now in the B1 class... 

Our day on Wednesday started with reheated pizza; leftover from last night. Then we went out for coffee at La Canasta. After catching up on some work at home we headed to dinner at La Azotea (last time this spring) where they had a fabulous new cocktail with Saint Germain.  I had two and I joked with the server (in Spanish!) that I would have six more of those!  We had a great dinner and took the long way home with a stop at MITO for the Amarena gelato (our scoop shop gal texted Phil it was back in the flavor of the day so we wouldn't miss it!) We walked home through quiet streets.

Phil's shrimp main  and below- my fish main (Lubina)

Phil never misses the mini cheeseburger here

camarones churros - 

red tuna tacos

earlier Phil convinced me to make one last stop at La Canasta for a mid afternoon coffee 

The night before we had late night pizza from D'Italy after Phil's class 

Tonight we are off to finally try the "ghost" restaurant that we refer to as Brigadoon--- El Cosas. We pass by it literally every day and sometimes it's open and full and other times it looks like it has been  long abandoned... no online reservations so we only happened into one, as we passed by last night round 11:15PM. We will include photos after we have dined there. Also we have reserved one last spring meal at Alimentari and at Brunilda... more to come as we head towards the exit for the spring residence term.

in the count down

So we are really in the countdown now- ten days to our summer break from the renown or perhaps infamous heat of a Sevilla summer. 

meanwhile, we have more farewells at several more restaurants -  

a return to AMARA but ordered from the a la carte - the tasting menu hadn't really changed - 

probably the best steak I have had in Spain- below

then we stopped for ice cream at a newly renovated old building - used to be a bar- 

a lunch at a new to us place Islamorada- near the Natas stand...

on the way home we came across this store- since 1894!

Because we had  big lunch, I voted for a smaller dinner- we tried Casa Lonja at the end of Calle Madrid on Zaragoza...

Next dinner - La Cayetana -

So now our last week in the spring 2024 residence in Spain. A few photos of our walk home and then some of our dinner. The fruit stand and pharmacy from the end of the street. The view in the direction of the plaza. A street we traverse regularly to get to the bank and to our favorite Chinese place. This is our home now. Our attachment has grown rapidly. People wave as we pass by their establishments. Tonight  the lady from the ice cream place and Freddy from Ming. It's a friendly place. People have time to stop and chat. (It might be the reason everyone is late - because being on time is less of a priority than giving your neighbors time to catch up.) On the way home I took some photos - 

Today we went to the government offices in Triana to register for our empadronamiento. (It's a residence verification certificate) After we got our form stamped and they told us to come back at the end of June we stopped along San Jacinto, (the pedestrian street from the Triana bridge past the mercado de Triana to a big church) for a drink. 

After our drinks we crossed the river - spotting Jacaranda and Bougainvillea in full bloom along with tree full of white blossoms I didn't know. People were walking along the river path below the bridger. The Bridge is adorned with a chapel (photo below). We stopped at the other side of the bridge to have a bite to eat at the Mercado de Lonja. It is an old market converted into a food hall of sorts. Nothing notable about the less than stellar offerings which seemed to be more slanted to tourist trade than anything actually local. We had some empanadas and some small sandwiches and went on our way... a definite NO on the that one...LOL can't win them all.

 

Tomorrow Phil has class until 9:30 so it will be a pizza and salad night for us. And the rest of the week is a mixed bag... back to Azotea, Dos de Mayo, La Brunilda, and Alimentari & Diversi - as well as an attempt to eat at El Cosas on Moratin (the ghost restaurant LOL)... that's all for now but more will follow-