i love the colour of those christmas trees...............

mine is black............!

r.e what is it?

i imagine you remember the town by the sea we visited during your stay there...............the one with that towering lighthouse.............

well..............we go there from time to time to spend the day and to have lunch............

last saturday we discovered a new tiny seafood bar cornered behind one of the diving clubs in the town...........

they prepared 'cartagena-style octopus', which is served only in a few restaurants in cartagena............so we made a stop to try it.............

this octopus is boiled till tender and then it is grilled for a few minutes..............then it is cut into bite-sized chunks and served with olive oil, wine vinegar, salt, black pepper and freshly-squashed lemon juice...........

what you can see in the composition is the bar behind which the octopus was prepared (it is normally prepared outdoors because of the funny smelling smoke of octopus when it is grilled)...........it was in the street, behind the diving club............on top of the bar are the seasonings for the dish..........all but the black pepper which did not fit into my composition................the star in the bar is the logo of murcia's most famous beer...........called 'estrella de levante'...............southeastern star...............

there are so many things that we were unable to do when you came here.............it was such an intense but short weekend......................

maybe next time................!

:)