Lunchtime in the village hall - don't think of this as some old quaint building, it's big and basic and quite echoey, cheap to build but over the years it's getting more comfy, tiled floors rather than the original concrete, a proper kitchen and bar and lowered ceilings, a work in progress....
Anyway I digress. Lunch was arroz, a general purpose lunch of rice, sometimes full of pork and vegetables, sometimes quite dry and stodgy, but Friday's was good. I'm not a huge rice fan, but this had lots of veg and stock and garlic and onions, accompanied by a chunk of bread to mop up the juice, plus of course a drink. Wine or beer or a soft drink for your 5 euros. Not the cheapest of meals but for a reason......
The main fiestas in Yator are San Sebastian in January and Asunción de la Virgen María in August. The small fiestas such as this weeks are the fundraisers for the big ones, so most of the 5 euros will go towards those.
We walked down in glorious sunshine but with those weird spaceship clouds that signify swirling clouds way up high.
Another way to arrive in the village is by mulo mechanico a mechanic mule, otherwise known as a sit and ride rotavator.....
Then the arroz; Julio was stirring the huge pan
then Gabriel who was the barman for the day also wanted to be included,
About 100 of us sat down to eat, including children,
98 of them were Spanish
and us.
