Ireland day 0549. Friday 31 March 2023- Tapas!
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
Val was back to work today so my first task was to try and cobble together breakfast and packed lunch from the very limited range of ingredients we had to hand (in the end it was ham and cheese salad followed by a jam sandwich).
Once she was safely off to the museum, I decided to tackle this week’s Spanish homework. It took a couple of hours today – which was actually quite quick for me, as I find the audio comprehensions, in particular, very hard. Anyway I think I managed to bludgeon my way through it eventually, although I must admit I did have to resort to Google Translate more than once.
Anyway once that was despatched, I headed back to the gym for a few more of my agonising physio exercises followed by a much more enjoyable dip in the pool.
But the highlight of the day today was an evening trip out to a pop-up restaurant, only open on Fridays and Saturdays, which has just appeared in Townyard lane, here in Malahide. It’s in a slightly surprising venue – evidently a shop previously occupied by a clairvoyant – if the neon sign in the window is to be believed. Toro is a Spanish tapas restaurant, and seeing as I seem to spend most of my spare time these days slaving over intractable Spanish homework, it felt like an ideal spot to celebrate the end of the week – and also Val’s first complete year of work at the museum. It seems incredible that she’s been there a year already! And the meal itself was excellent. Good service, nice ambience (thick velvet drapes made it feel like a speakeasy) and excellent tapas. A thoroughly enjoyable evening and I’d definitely go back.
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Interactive map
(No map today)