Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Thanks for a good description, to which I can only add that a lot of tapas is eaten with your hands or from the same plate as the other people around the table, hence the "social skills" part of my comment--sometimes it is not easy to eat a piece of bread with ham and tomato, generously bathed in olive oil, without making a mess of yourself :-) I can also very much confirm your observations re the night life. My favorite restaurant in Seville opens at 8.30 pm. Nathan Jim Laurel wrote: > > Tapas are little portions of tasty dishes usually served by bars in > Spain. Ah, just thinking about them makes me miss Spain. I lived > there for around 4 years - 1 year in the south (Malaga), when I was 12 > or so, then 3 more years in my last 3 years of High School in the north > (Zaragona). Even at age 16, my friends and I used to roam the old > city, hopping from bar to bar, eating tapas and having drinks until the > late hours. Night life in Spain gets started around 8pm. In the > south, you can see whole families out on "Paseo" (walking) even after > midnight, especially in the summer. > > More on tapas here: > http://www.andalucia.com/taste/tapas/home.htm > > I was just in Spain in December/January on the way to/from Morocco. We > did a bit of tapa bar hopping in Toledo and Malaga. What a lovely > country. > > --Jim > > On Feb 22, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > > >> Even in February, we eat lunch outdoors, and I saw this woman teaching > >> her little child to eat tapas (an essential survival skill): > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_8alt1.jpg > > > > What are "tapas" and why is this an essential survival skill? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Adam > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html