Day 40 - La Ultima Cena

July 10 – Bye-Bye Dinner

Since some of the girls haven’t seen the Puesto del Sol from the Mirador and we were having our dinner at the Albaicin, we all went early to the Mirador to watch the sunset. The view of the Alhambra was amazing as always. Jose and Veronica came up to meet us there and we all went to this nice restaurant called Casa Torcauto. We sat in a patio. It was the best dinner I’ve ever had since coming here. It may be one of the best dinners I’ve ever had in my entire life. For starters, we ordered drinks. From then on, there was a steady flow of jars of water, Sangria, and Tinto de Verano. Then, Veronica ordered 3 plates of salad for appetizers. Here, they don’t have dressing for salad like we do in the States. There’s no such thing as Ranch, Thousand Island, or Blue Cheese. There’s only olive oil and vinaigrette I think. Here, they use olive oil for everything – for toast, frying, boiling stuff, salad dressing, everything. Anyway, we ordered our main course. I ordered calamares a la plancha. In English, grilled squid. When my plate came, I was in awe. They were so pretty. All six of them. The sauce was a light garlic-flavored olive oil. The salad was amazing. It had a tropical flavor. There were lots of purples and greens and I saw some pineapple slices in it. I rarely rave about food and I’m not a big salad eater. So for me to say that the salad was amazing, that’s a big thing. I tried to eat as much as I could but all six of them were just too much for me. I quit after 4 and a half. The whole time I was enjoying my food, all the other girls were wondering what I was eating and were eeeww-ing and making faces. I don’t really care. For me, it’s their loss. LOL. I finally made them try it and they said it wasn’t as bad as they thought it would be. They just said they would never go to a restaurant and order a plate of grilled squid.LOL. I understood. Touché.

Next in line: dessert. :P Most of us ordered cheesecake. Their cheesecake is different but was good. As with almost everything I’ve had here, it seemed less processed. It was more cheesy and less sugary. Then, the champagne came. We made a toast; to our amazing Spanish experience and Juanes. LOL. As if we hadn’t had enough, we were given glasses of bailey’s on the rocks. It was amazing. I loooove Bailey’s. It was like drinking milk, only better. I finished Breanna’s and Amanda’s because they didn’t really want theirs and gave it to me instead.

It was a fabulous dinner – all 3 hours of it. :)

After that, we went to El Camborio. Although every inch of my body and every cell in my brain didn’t want to, I went anyway because I didn’t wanna be the lame-o to split and go back home. I had a paper due the next day and I knew it wouldn’t be fun. Boy was I right. We were there till about 3am and it was boooring. Half the time, I was falling asleep. The other half, I was freaking out about my paper. When I got home, I wrote a few paragraphs from the notes I wrote on a deposit slip while we were in Camborio. LOL. I was soooo sleepy by 4am so I slept. I intended to woke up at 6:30 to finish it but we all know how that went. :P I only had 15 minutes of spare time to work on it and I suppose I used it well. By the time I got to class, I had no choice but to turn in what I have. I did have a couple of sweet lines in there though.