Although the main birthday treat was a visit to Rome a few days ago, there had to be a celebration of this special day. So, we started by visiting 'El Salt', the nearby waterfall, which was still flowing copiously after 5 days of continuous rain last week, (while we were in Rome enjoying good weather.)
It's still better to have a friend take your photo than to use a selfie-stick!
From there we drove to lunch at the Hotel Consolación near Monroyo which adjoins an ermita.
It would appear that the hotel name was made by a Russian sign-writer.
The restaurant is very comfortable, relaxing and ambient.
We chose the 5 course menu with different breads,...
...creamy stuff in a small bowl,...
...a larger bowl of potato soup with a poached egg in it and truffles grated on top,...
...a sardine, red pepper and other stuff on crispy bread,...
...local roast lamb with dauphinoise potatoes...
...followed by pumpkin with orange sorbet on crumble. This is a sort of un-elaborated version of the traditional calabazin empanadas or casquetas. Quite delicious!
This is what to do if you have a surplus of candelabras.
No sheep were harmed in the making of these wall decorations.
Margaret relaxes near the swimming pool, it was a beautiful afternoon.
Margaret relaxes on a chair in the garden.
Margaret relaxes on an ornamental double bed.
The views of the ermita and surrounding buildings..
...made for interesting architectural shapes as we walked around them.
The original dates over the door. This was the entrance to the hotel/restaurant.
The ermita was number 69.
Inside the ermita...
...it is most ornate...
...with a decorative dome,...
...beautiful figurines and statues...
...and intricate plasterwork. Not bad for an ermita a long way from Saint Peter's Basilica which we had visited just a few days ago.
The celebrations continued when we got back home. A thoroughly enjoyable day!
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