The building in the distance is the Jackson Building in downtown Asheville, NC. We’re dining on tapas at Capellas on 9, in the new AC Hotel by Marriott where we’re splurging on a two day birthday celebration. In a little while we’ll watch the rise of the full super moon over the mountains!
That one was:
Capella Hamburguesa: grass fed pork and beef sliders, piquillo peppers, manchego, arugula aioli. It was followed by Croquetas De Gambas: shrimp croquets, romesco sauce, fried garlic. The next night we started with Costillitas De Res: rioja braised short rib, farrotto, butternut squash, rosemary parmesan. But the very best was a special that night, Lamb Sliders. Since it was a special, we don’t have access to it’s Spanish name but it was an amazing treat for the tastebuds!
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
And the flight of what kind of sandwiches?
That one was:
Capella Hamburguesa: grass fed pork and beef sliders, piquillo peppers, manchego, arugula aioli. It was followed by Croquetas De Gambas: shrimp croquets, romesco sauce, fried garlic. The next night we started with Costillitas De Res: rioja braised short rib, farrotto, butternut squash, rosemary parmesan. But the very best was a special that night, Lamb Sliders. Since it was a special, we don’t have access to it’s Spanish name but it was an amazing treat for the tastebuds!