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Ben had the mixed grill - assorted meats served on a miniature sizzling charcoal barbeque. He quickly removed the meat so that it didn't overcook. When will restaurants ever learn? Don't sacrifice the food for the sake of some lame presentation! The meats were good - the steak was tender and the lamb was flavourful. Ben also had dessert - canned peaches with almond paste. Not so great. I stuck to a very weak café con leche. Perhaps you can only get a decent cup of coffee on the peninsula? Here, Ben is trying to do his best impersonation of me. He's a bit of an amateur - show more saliva, Ben!
Is that a cockroach, or a small dog?

December 27th 2007
Geo: 28.7383, -13.8681Up early for the flight to the Canary Islands. We had breakfast at "La Sirena Verde", a place just outside of the hotel. It was pretty early - 6 AM - you wouldn't think that any places would be open at this hour in Spain, because everybody is a night owl here and you wouldn't think anybody would be up this early for breakfast. But this is Spain - this r ... read more
Europe » Spain

Spanish Flag Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more
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