Lazy Day!

Very lazy day. With the black out / sound proofing of this room we didn’t wake up until 9:53 am!! I am sure that has happened since I was a teenager! Rod watched his YouTube shorts as I checked out tours - nothing available today or was excessively expensive - checked out trains to Toledo, which I did book for Monday morning, did my Bible study, balanced our checkbook, checked in with the kids, watched tv and eventually got showered and dressed to go out to eat at 2 pm.

Loleo, our chef from the other day, had explained the eating schedule of the Spaniards … toast or fruit at 7 am, coffee and croissant at 11 or 12, large/main meal at 2 pm, coffee and snack at 6 pm , tapas at 10 pm. However as I write this, home is 7 hours behind us. So maybe we just have not adjusted to time zone here.

When we finally get out to find a place to eat, so is EVERYONE else!! It took us a bit of walking to find a place that didn’t have customers standing in line outside the cafes/bars/restaurants. The one we did get into was upstairs and evidently patronized by locals. Food was pretty good. However tipping is not expected nor mandatory but for the second time, the waiter expected a tip. They tap on the tin plate they bring the check on. I looked into when we got back. That won’t happen again. Rather rude!

Rod was feeling a little of a scratchy throat and had gotten a chill the night before from sitting outside for dinner. So it was good we just stayed in all day. Around 6 we went down to the hotel restaurant and got a plate of Iberian jambon - Spanish ham- bread and tea pot - they actually gave me a small kettle to boil water for tea. So we went and watched a movie.

Around 10 pm we headed out to a cafe and had two tapas: smoked salmon and avocado toast and toast with grated tomatoes with garlic, glass of wine and cheesecake and carrot cake for dessert. Came back and watched another movie and here it is 2 am - ridiculous!!

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