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More on the Almerimar bars and restaurants merry go round.....

I have heard from a few people that Milenio has closed.

Jacqui said it was all shut up when she walked past it earlier today.

There was a repeat of the Almerimar episode of A Place In The Sun at 3pm on Channel 4 today. For those that may have missed it the first time it was shown.

Looks like today is one of the windiest days we have had for some time in Almerimar. yr.no has us down at 12 m/s  (around 43 kph) wind speed. I guess that gusts of wind will be much more that that.

Watch our for falling trees.....

Apologies for not publish much here recently. Last week Jacqui and I were visiting family and playing a bit of golf in the UK. So I did not have time to publish stuff.

At the weekend we made a repeat visit to Hotel Zerbinetta in Dilar (near Granada). The photos above were taken from the garden and terrace of this rustic hotel.

Here is the story of our first visit there in 2015 (with a lot more detail of stuff). Since then Jacqui, myself and our friends Alan and Sharon have visited the same hotel and area on a number of occasions.

This time we had a 1 night stay in the hotel. With a lovely a la carte dinner in the hotel restaurant. Including among other things some local produced black pudding, Plus a meat platter for two that was very good (with a side portion of chips added).

In the morning we had a light breakfast and a wander around the area close to the hotel.

After checking out we then went to the La Tasca restaurant in Nigüelas for lunch. Again we had another lovely meal. The chicken souvlaka was great. As was the shared grilled vegetable starter. Also, Alan said that the pizza he had was the best he has ever eaten.

Be warned that La Tasca gets busy at the weekend. So it is worth booking in advance. Also it is best to park in one of the two parking areas on the outskirts of the the town. Then walk up to the restaurant from there. As the streets in the village of Nigüelas are very steep and narrow.

I can really recommend a trip to both this hotel and restaurant. The area is less than 2 hours away by ca from Almerimar. With dual carriageway all the way until the turn off for Dilar

The hotel is on a hill at the top end of the town. There is a route through the countryside that you can use to avoid driving through the centre of Dilar. However the drive through the town is an interesting experience.

More nostalgia.

I had a bit of a shock when I googled my name today. I do not remember ever doing this before. So I had no idea what to expect.

Thanks to a site called The Olive Press I am on the front page of google when you search for my name.

I wrote some articles for The Olive Press in the period from 2010 to 2012. Their Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) must be pretty good to have got me there and then kept me there for so long.

Later during 2012 I had to relaunch the Almerimar Today site. As the old site had some technical problems. When I did the relaunch I decided not to try to reinstate all of the old stories. So I started the Almerimar Today blog anew.

So the stories here on the Olive Press site is a little look back in history. There is a total of 35 articles on a wide range of subjects. Including, Almerimar, Middlesbrough, Almería and computer science stuff.

We had Canadian rummy the other day. Now we have another look back in time.

In 2015 we stayed at Hotel Zerbinetta in Dilar. About 15 minutes from Granada. It was part of a trip we made to the Lecrin valley.

While there I found a recipe for Cazuela Dehesa. Today I am cooking the dish again for the first time in a while.

Here you can see the article about the trip to the Lecrin valley.

You can find the recipe for Cazuela Dehasa here on the site.

Following on from the taster menu evening last Saturday. Taberna B11 has contacted me to give me details of their breakfast offering to mention on here. They sent me the photos above. Please note that I generally do not get up early enough to go and try this out.

We enjoyed a very pleasant 7 course taster menu at Taberna B Once last night. Like most events like this not every course suited every person.

My personal highlights were the home made paté, duck kebab with fruits, beef wellington and the dessert of small cherries with ice cream.