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It feels like summer here. Not Córdoba summer since the temps have only been 30-ish/86-ish, but sunny and spectacular. I continue to miss the mornings, although I was out of bed at 10:15 today.
We met Lulu yesterday at Mercado Victoria for lunch, then went our separate ways (for siestas), and met again for dinner at a restaurant called La Viuda (The Widow). I’d passed it many times just inside the Seville Gate, but we had never tried it. Lulu looked it up and made a reservation and I can’t wait to return. Charming, unusual, delicious, friendly, excellent service. And then of course we had Lulu. Today we’re meeting for a quick lunch before she catches the train back to Málaga.
Lulu’s ride up yesterday was a bit convoluted but she managed to get here in good time. The trains are still a nightmare as a result of a mudslide during rainy season. The work has been appallingly slow. Lulu bought a train ticket from Málaga to Córdoba only to discover at the station that she was being put on a bus. On the bus, she learned they were going to Antequera an hour north. She then was relieved to learn they would be brought to the train station at Antequera for the 50-minute ride to Córdoba. The high-speed train between Málaga and Córdoba would have been less than an hour in total.
Getting the trains back to normal service has been a moving target and it’s been difficult to get correct information. I guess we can’t say it’s “Spain” because we had the same problem our last time in Norway. We scheduled a luxurious, scenic 7-hour train ride from Oslo to Bergen only to discover as we were about to board the train that it was only going part-way there and we would then be crammed onto buses, in the dark, for the last few hours, making more than a half dozen stops. Had we known, we would have flown.
The cold symptoms are hanging on, although milder each day. Boring! I need to review Córdoba’s calendar of events. This is a busy time of year here and I’ve been missing everything.
Today’s photos are from Mercado Victoria where we all ended up having Mexican food. It’s good for Spanish Mexican. We need to get to Mauricio and Diego’s new restaurant where they’ve added genuine and superb Mexican specialties to the traditional Spanish menu.
Aquí se siente como verano. No como el verano de Córdoba, ya que las temperaturas han estado alrededor de los 30/86, pero soleado y espectacular. Sigo extrañando las mañanas, aunque hoy me levanté a las 10:15.
Ayer nos encontramos con Lulu en el Mercado Victoria para almorzar, luego nos separamos (para la siesta) y nos volvimos a encontrar para cenar en un restaurante llamado La Viuda. Había pasado por allí muchas veces justo dentro de la Puerta de Sevilla, pero nunca habíamos ido. Lulu lo buscó e hizo una reserva y estoy deseando volver. Encantador, original, delicioso, amable, excelente servicio. Y luego, por supuesto, estaba Lulu. Hoy nos vemos para un almuerzo rápido antes de que tome el tren de regreso a Málaga.
Su viaje de ayer fue un poco complicado, pero logró llegar a tiempo. Los trenes siguen siendo una pesadilla debido a un deslizamiento de tierra durante la temporada de lluvias. El trabajo ha sido terriblemente lento. Lulu compró un billete de tren de Málaga a Córdoba, solo para descubrir en la estación que la iban a subir a un autobús. En el autobús, se enteró de que iban a Antequera, a una hora al norte. Se sintió aliviada al saber que los llevarían a la estación de tren de Antequera para un trayecto de 50 minutos hasta Córdoba. El tren de alta velocidad entre Málaga y Córdoba habría tardado menos de una hora en total.
Restablecer el servicio normal de trenes ha sido un objetivo en constante cambio y ha sido difícil obtener información correcta. Supongo que no podemos decir que sea “España” porque tuvimos el mismo problema la última vez que estuvimos en Noruega. Reservamos un lujoso y pintoresco viaje en tren de 7 horas de Oslo a Bergen, solo para descubrir justo antes de subir al tren que solo iba a la mitad del camino y que luego tendríamos que ir hacinados en autobuses, en la oscuridad, durante las últimas horas, haciendo más de media docena de paradas. Si lo hubiéramos sabido, habríamos volado.
Los síntomas del resfriado persisten, aunque cada día son más leves. ¡Qué aburrido! Necesito revisar el calendario de eventos de Córdoba. Esta es una época del año muy ajetreada por aquí y me lo he perdido todo.
Las fotos de hoy son del Mercado Victoria, donde todos terminamos comiendo comida mexicana. Es buena para ser comida hispano-mexicana. Tenemos que ir al nuevo restaurante de Mauricio y Diego, donde han añadido auténticas y exquisitas especialidades mexicanas al menú tradicional español.
• Sin motivo aparente, pedí salsa suave. Una salsa picante habría sido suficiente para mi gusto. Resultó ser mayonesa. Aun así, las quesadillas estaban muy buenas.
• ¡Estos se ven tan bien, pero oh, la sal!
• Al otro lado de la calle del mercado.
• Lo último que quiero hacer después de parpadear y vibrar es comer. En inglés, más o menos. Supongo que ya sabemos a quién se dirige Mercado Victoria.
Mexican food is probably my favorite food to enjoy so don’t mind me if a dive in headfirst on your table!!!! It all looks delish. And those purple flowers are stunning and bright! Sure to cure a cold. I also find when one gets a cold outside of say the winter season, those are the worst…and just….linger and linger. Spring and summer colds are the worst. I fortunately haven’t had one in years.
Mistress Maddie:
The food at Mercado Victoria is OK, but not what we’re used to. Not easy to find good Mexican food here. This cold has become a royal pain.
Those quesadillas are very artfully presented, I must say. “When flash and vibrate, please take the meal” — there’s some wisdom of the ages hidden in that phrase, no doubt.
Debra:
The pager message does seem somehow profound.
Those flowers flash and vibrate! I’m glad you’re feeling better. I think that’s an international cold, probably carried about by travelers, because your experience was so like mine, anyway glad it’s lifting. Boud
Boud:
I was thinking it might be germ warfare.
I find myself flashing and vibrating often and NOW I know it means I need to eat???
Grateful for the food porn and glad you’re feeling a wee bit better,
Bob:
I can’t remember the last time I flashed and vibrated. I’m overdue.
I’m picking up good vibrations, that should wake up the ear-worms for the day.
David:
Time to play some Beach Boys
The food does look very good. And I like the flowers hanging from the ceiling. Also the lobelia outside.
ellen abbott:
I love the ceiling flowers. It seems that’s the spring decor every year (or at least since we’ve been here).
The restaurant buzzer is funny. Spanglish!
Ah yes — the trains. We remember them well. The fact that they weren’t running, anyway. I thought it was the crash north of Cordoba that was the problem, but maybe it was in fact a mudslide? Who knows.
Steve:
I think the train problems were still from the crash when you were here. Since then it’s been the mudslide. And the report that ridership is way down. Imagine!
Mexican food in Spain! Do you ever see Tex-Mex anywhere?
I LOVE the color of those violets! (or whatever they are)
Kelly:
There was a Tex-Mex restaurant in Seville when we lived there, but we never tried it. Mexican food at the time was NOT good there, although we finally found three restaurants owned by a Californian-Mexican expat that were perfection. Those blue-violet flowers are lobelia.
Oh, I wish you could watch me as I read your blog posts … especially this one. 🙂
Smile… interested eyes reading… smile…happy face… WIDE EYES… smile… then HAAAAAAAA! Laugh-out-loud big huge smiling laughs 🙂
Judy C:
Oh, thanks, Judy. I haven’t been feeling great about my blog lately and your comments really help.
Beautiful flowers – I’ve never seen Aubretia quite that deep purple before!
I’m a bit hit-and-miss with Mexican food (apart from chilli con carne) – but I’d be straight into those banderillas (there’s probably more salt in the salsa you ate than in those olives and boquerones)! Jx
PS Spanish trains? Least said, soonest mended. I’d say.
Jon:
The blue-violet flowers are lobelia. My quesadillas were very mild, surprisingly little salt (and not exceptionally flavorful). We loved traveling by train here. Cercanías used to be so much more pleasant. Now it’s always mobbed. And RENFE has been a mess since the terrible accident and then the mudslides. Hoping RENFE at least will soon be back to normal.
Oh, those loaded nachos and green olives: gimme, gimme, gimme! Those purple flowers are amazing too. And it’s good to see your happy, smiling countenance again, Scoot!
The sun is shining here, the snow is melting, and it’s a balmy 13 Celsius. It’s supposed to be 22 C tomorrow, then it’s back into the freezer for a few days. That’s spring in Canada for you: three steps forward, two steps back! I just hope all this precipitation will ease areas of drought here in the south and make forest fires not so severe in the north.
Tundra Bunny:
The kiosk with all the olives looks so good. SG’s nachos were very good. My quesadillas were dull and Lulu’s soft tacos were a disappointment. We’re in full-blow spring here. As I’ve said many times, O Canada.
The food looks good! I wish we did not have the same toxic chains “Mexican” restaurants (Chipolte, Qdoba, etc.) here that everything looks the same.
I am having some difficulty downloading and commenting on your blog since our cell-service change and related internet change.
I did comment on this but it didn’t go through, obviously. What I mainly wanted to say is that you are so very, very handsome.
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moon:
Ah, technology. Isn’t it great staying up to date?!? But I think maybe your previous didn’t appear because it was determined to be spam. Handsome?!? But, thank you.