May 29th
Today we headed out for breakfast. Jamon y pan with the choice of olive oil or a tomato spread which was kind of like salsa. And of course we had to have fresh OJ and cafe con leche. This became a sort of ritual for the mornings going forward hah!
Today we headed into the town center to shop, so Natalia, Cristi and I went into some shops to buy clothes and Cristi bought me and Nat scarves to wear in our hair like the Spanish girls do :)
We had a beautiful lunch of Spanish tapas with mussels, clams, fried sardines, squid, fish liver, and so much more.
We then went to an old Chipiona original maker of Moscatel called Bodega el Castillito. Cristi bought us a bottle to take home and we cannot wait to share it with our families! It was delicious and was the perfect way to end our afternoon enjoying the town center.
We drank coffee on the patio when we returned and took naps and relaxed. Cristi, Max, Mike and I decided to walk down to the beach and have a drink and continue our conversations at one of the chiringuitos. Max claims he had the best mojito of his life! We then ordered a few rounds of Barcelo and Diet Coke, which basically will become a drink of choice for the entirety of this trip in Spain!
One neat thing about Spain is that they will pour your drink into a traditional Spanish tumbler (literally all the cups were the same shape and size, in every restaurant across Spain!) with these HUGE ice cubes that were spherical. They pour your liquor of choice over ice and hand you the glass along with your mixer of choice in a small glass bottle. So for example, all the rum and cokes we ordered we mixed to our liking, which I really appreciated!
Natalia and Mark joined us and we all watched the sunset. Cristi was such a darling host and I enjoyed our time immensely getting to know her, her family, and her hometown in such an intimate fashion. I’m so thankful to have been welcomed lovingly into her family.
We went eight deep in the Peguet so that we avoided an Uber into town, Max and Alex sacrificing their bodies by folding themselves into the trunk!!! Ridiculous. We ended up back at Trinity’s with Natalia’s Tío Manuel and drank until the early morning and returned back to hot Spanish-style pizza (good thinking ahead Tío Manuel!). Noticing a theme yet?
Ciao ciao xxx.
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