Aravaca

Nerea's family kindly invited us to celebrate Karina's birthday at their home. They prepared gazpacho, sangria, and humus and bought several dishes for us to try, including albondigas and bacalao al pil pil.

The dinner was delicious and the company couldn't be better. We talked about the trip, food in Spain, kids, life in Spain vs. other places in the world and a little bit of everything else. Nerea's dad made an interesting comment about sightseeing, mentioning that in his opinion, the best monument in Spain was Segovia Aqueduct as it doesn't require extensive amounts of time to be comprehended (as opposed to El Escorial, for example) while it clearly is a sight to see. So it is as efficient as can be as a national monument.

The dinner ended with a pear cake with a single candle and ice cream. It was a wonderful evening, and we were grateful for having been blessed with it.Read more