We went into a bakery where we bought two caneles (€1.70 each) and an almond cake with a pastry skin a bit like that of mooncake and it had a half-cherry on top (€2.90). [caption id="attachment_2489" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Canele and Almond Cake[/caption]...
We’re staying in the Mercure hotel in Bordeaux and this is where we had our last included dinner in the hotel. [caption id="attachment_2487" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Bread Rolls[/caption] Starters: salad (leaves, grated carrot, cubed beetroot, corn kernels and tomato) with a light dressing [caption id="attachment_2484" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Chicken Breast w. Lemon Sauce, Potato Stack[/caption] Mains: chicken breast with a white, lemon sauce, a potato stack and broccoli. The chicken was tender and cooked well. [gallery link="file" columns="2" type="rectangular" ids="2485,2486"] Dessert: tart, sort of like a vol au vent with light cream topped with blueberry and...
Our last dinner in Spain was in the hotel’s restaurant Starters: spare rib, chorizo, ham and potato soup Mains: breaded and fried turkey stuffed with ham and cheese with chips Dessert: blueberry cheesecake with a white sauce and possibly almond bits. The tour guide also cut up a pandoro dusted with sugar for everyone to share. [gallery order="DESC" link="file" columns="2" ids="2477,2476,2474,2475"]...
Our lunch stop was in Burgos. The main attraction there was the cathedral, but it was closed seeing as it’s Christmas. We were able to go into the foyer and join the mass if we wanted to. It’s quite a pretty town – or at least the centre is. There were many white stone roads. We had lunch at a café/restaurant and ordered mixed paella, tortilla and a salmon/gherkin/asparagus/cream cheese/runny fried egg toasted sandwich. The tortilla was the best I’ve had so far because it actually tasted like...
At 6:20pm the tour group set out for Plaza Major to go for our Christmas Eve dinner. This was an extra dinner Globus included for us because the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao will be closed tomorrow so we won’t be able to go in. It doesn’t feel like Christmas Eve. We had dinner at a restaurant in Plaza Major. Appetisers: zucchini rolled around salmon topped with a light cream cheese with black caviar; entrée: slices of duck with a sweet sauce and flavoured rice Mains: Cochinillo (suckling pig) or grilled...
