So...we went to the mall. Yep, there was a mall in Pamplona and we went. It is called El Courte Ingles. It was a pretty big building with I think 8 floors. We arrived at about lunchtime, so we headed to the restaurant first. After our previous disappointing experiences with the food, I was happy to see a hamburger on the menu. So that's what I ordered. It came back pretty raw. It looked cooked on the outside, but when I cut it in half, it was very red on the inside and barely warm. Needless to say, I didn't have much of an appetite after seeing that. I ended up taking the hamburger off and eating the bun with lettuce, tomato and bacon - so I had a BLT! Becky was more adventurous than I was. She scooped out the middle and ate the outside. (It still makes me shudder to think about it.)
After lunch, we went shopping. It turns out it was a pretty expensive mall. But I did get some red fans for the girls.
This was also Ian's 4 month birthday - so here is his serious photo:
and his happy photo:
There was a group dinner planned for that evening and Ian and I got to tag along. We left the hotel by bus at about 8pm and traveled about 20 minutes to the restaurant. Once again there was lots of interesting food. Several appetizers - all kind of weird stuff. One looked like bacon - but undercooked. I tried it and could barely swallow without gagging. Brian was brave and tried most everything. Everything came out kind of slow and I was getting pretty hungry. At one point, I left to feed Ian and realized I hadn't missed much when I returned. Everyone was talking and drinking. It was interesting to listen to all the people from all over the world.
I was glad to see steak on the menu and after my hamburger experience at lunch, I ordered it well done. Brian told our server to make it negro or black. The other options were a couple different kinds of fish. When our entrees arrived, I was especially glad I ordered steak. The fish looked very strange. One of them had some kind of weird bone sticking out of it. It looked like a chicken leg. Very weird... When I looked at my plate, I could see red juices running out of my steak, so I sent it back for more cooking and it came back pretty good.
We also had dessert, which looked like melted vanilla ice cream. But it didn't have much flavor. By then I was about ready to fall asleep sitting at the table. We didn't end up getting back to the hotel until about 12:30. Yep, you read that right, over 4 hours for dinner - and it wasn't the best dinner either.
We headed to bed knowing that we had a fun day coming up. A tour of a palace and a winery!
3 comments:
Wow...is that how the eating went throughout the trip?? Still sounds fun though!
Ian is such a chubbster!!! I love it!
Deb - yea, the food wasn't great. It was served at odd times and seemed undercooked most of the time. It is also a very leisurely event, as we discovered. I ended up eating a lot of bread (super good!) and grilled ham cheese sandwiches.
Kels - yep! He is getting super chubby. I'm thinking he is about 17 pounds now at 5 months!
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