Photos here. apologies for the weirdness, the Flickr app isn't meant for this kind of uploading I don't think and it has way fewer options than the website so the pics are kinda out of order and I can't customize much. Anyway, onto today's entry:
It's amazing how 9 hours of sleep and a hot shower can make you feel like a new person!
1pm - sitting in Alfileritos 24, another highly recommended spot, waiting for my first of three more courses in another cheap menu of the day. The only other people here are speaking Spanish - good sign. Also, it was hard to find so tourists can't just walk by and screw it up. This one includes a glass of wine and water and bread, say what?! How do these places make any money, seriously. As an aside, not sure I'm behind the medium rare pork thing, but appreciate that these places stay true to their ingredients and cook them how they think best rather ruining meat like they do in America because people like their meat overlooked. Good luck getting well done meat here!
I also don't understand how people can perpetuate the myth that Europe is more expensive than the us. My meal for 10.50€ would be three times that in a similarly hipster place. My wine alone at 1.70€ would be $7-8 no doubt in my mind. And of course tax and tip are included on top of it.
Started morning with a lovely and filling breakfast of cafe con leche, chocolate croissants, ham, salami, manchego, fruit, and more at the b&b. then set out for the south part of town, the former Jewish quarter, which still has random tiles in Hebrew on the ground all over the place. Went to the 2 remaining synagogues, both of which look Arabic and one of which is now a church, then went to a monastery and killed my bank account on gorgeous damascene earrings and a small plate. With a late morning chocolate and churros snack thrown in :) also bought the greatest magnet in the history of magnets.
After another gloomy chilly morning, the sun came out around 11 and seems to be staying!
Took the Rick Steves bus 12 joyride back to the main square.
By the way, pork is truly everywhere here. Now I get the backlash when Mario batali took gwyneth Paltrow, who's basically vegetarian, on a road trip through Spain.
And after a morning of religious history, it's time for an afternoon of museums! The problem with such gigantic lunches is that all you want to do is sleep not keep walking around. I get why they need to siesta now!
4:45pm - back at the b&b for a late siesta. Went to the Santa Cruz museum, which has a lot of art in it and was surprisingly free. Then a necessary yet unnecessary marzipan snack, then somehow I spent an hour and a half at the military museum housed in the old alcazar. Boooo-ring unless you like lots (like 5 floors worth) of uniforms, weapons, etc.
Found out the ruins below the b&b are closed until tomorrow for repairs :( oh well.
9:50pm - back in the b&b for the night. Totally napped again, oops. B&b owner let me look at some of the stuff downstairs despite the workers, but he had a lady who knew nothing and speaks no English show me. Anyway, wandered around a while, had another tapas dinner, at the same place I had lunch today because the menu looked better than anywhere else. Came back and took some lovely night photos of the cathedral and it's off to bed soon as tomorrow I head south to Andalusia and cordoba!
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