in between going and going

The same night we got home from Cádiz we had dinner with Helena and Lope, at Tradevo to celebrate Helena's 21st birthday (the night before the actual day)

We had a lovely evening just hanging out with our new friends and stopped at MITO on the way home. 

The next night we dined at home, (and I make this a separate line because some people think we never eat at home LOL)

Then the following night we went to La Cayetana.  Generally, you can't go wrong at La Cayetana. True that night, but for the presa, which was one course too many.  It also wasn't all that tempting. Everything else was perfect and the arroz was so meaty.  We didn't miss the presa course, barely took a taste of it.  (Still had room for MITO)

and of course we stopped at MITO on the way home but it was inferior service as the woman, Marina, was a bad ice cream scooper...LOL

Then the week rolled to an end and we had Friday night dinner at Petit Comité. Despite storms coming through Andalucia, that killed 3 in our area and 4 in Huelva to the south, the crowds were out in force tonight. Everyone is done waiting for spring and is just going on as if it is already here. We headed to Petit Comité for a to quick meal. The restaurant comped the foie and duck bites and a nice champagne because they had to rearrange tables due to high demand.  We ended up in this strange little room between the dining rooms and the bar (which was all high tops). I had the orzo salad (which was luckily still on the specials) and the salmon carpaccio.  Phil had the boquerones and the duck breast. We were both pleased with our choices. We skipped dessert and walked home through the back streets avoiding most of the rather raucous crowds. The "art work"was all in our dining room of our single table. 

So the weekend rolled around, and here we are on Sunday 12:30 AM - having spent our Saturday evening at a comedy show tonight. One of those "run on a shoestring" theater companies here in town. Five comedians Two men, two women and an emcee that was just as good as the four "acts". The emcee (Randa) and the last of the  guys (Nick) were the funniest but the whole evening was worth the journey to "north of the Setas". We will watch for more events there, as they sponsor a variety of the arts. Bonus: we had a chance to briefly catch up with Lauren Tucker, as well as meeting a lovely woman from the military base nearby, named Lavita. Laughed a lot. Then we headed to the original MING.  We had never eaten there but we got to say hello to Christina (who was our server for a year at MING2) Not too many dinner photos- but the meal was good - we had our favorite soups and MING fried rice and two mains - Phil had shrimp and I had beef with ginger.

 

Today - Sunday- is bagel brunch day so we will have a leisurely brunch and start packing in earnest for our two weeks away.  Dinner is scheduled for Augurio (hope we make it Phil is having some knee issues)

The sky is back to Sevillaño blue. This is the south facade of city hall. The whole area is now blocked off with boxes for the processions for Semana Santa. Chairs stacked along the tram tracks by the hundreds if not thousands. They have already begun the rerouting of traffic in the area. More than a million people come to Sevilla during Semana Santa (it is a religious pilgrimage of sorts but also a huge spectacle!) In preparation they have finished the Calle Zaragoza repaving project. And the repaving of fully half of Plaza Nueva. (Photo below). Spiffing up our already stunningly beautiful city.

Our freshly painted courtyard ...

We are in our last month here, we still have some Spanish bureaucracy to deal with  for the ID cards for our newly renewed visas - YAY!!!! through the end of 2026!!!! So we might be back in late June to do the pick up.  One appointment is at the end of April and then we need to return for the pick up of the IDs 30-45 days later... so more adventures await!