After the cyclists and 4x4 off-roaders that came past recently, last Thursday we had horses and riders. I think they are based in the high Alpujarras, one of the top road white villages, and last week 9 horses and riders went past us early afternoon.
Yesterday we went to Berja for a shopping trip, by the time we'd finished it was lunchtime so we stopped at a bar we'd been to previously for beer and tapas.. It's called La Tejilla if you are passing through....
Not really a local beer, Estrella de Levante is from Murcia and not every shop or bar sells it, it's much more golden in colour and hoppy - if hoppy is a word!! Maybe I mean tasting of hops. Estrella = star Levante = east so Star of the East.
While we waited for the tapas, a bowl of garlicky green olives.
John's first tapas... boquerones = anchovies. Fresh and fried, on a bed of salad.
My first tapas....cubes of pork in a tomato and garlic sauce with a chunk of bread.
My second beer and tapas... bacalao = cod, fried and on a bed of salad.
John's second beer and tapas....a slice of lomo = pork loin, in a roll, with patatas bravas = potatoes in a spicy tomato sauce.
The bill? 8 euros, which at today's rate is only £5.85.
The trees along the road by the bar are now blooming, they look to me a bit like a hibiscus - what do you think?
Now, flowers from the garden...
More Ice plants, the yellow ones are out and some are mingling with the pink ones too making a wonderful colourful bed.
Star of Bethlehem...it appeared outside the house a couple of years ago, in hard dry soil near where we park the cars. When it had finished flowering I dug it up, found lots of bulblets, planted them all into a big pot, and this year we have the first flowers.
One of our many sage bushes, with some purple sweet peas in the background.
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