a view of Casita de Cabreja

Day 17, June 6: Casita de Cabreja

This has been a very quiet day. Woke up at our usual time, had to wait until 9:00am for coffee and breakfast, then walked around the grounds for a while, took some pictures. There is a ping-pong table, bats and balls set up outside. I’ve lost some of my “skill”. In fact we both did, and spend a lot of time chasing the balls.


Dick checking out the vineyard at Casita de Cabreja

This afternoon we drove into Cuenca for lunch at the ‘El Togar” restaurant. We forgot that the servings are actually large enough for two people, so had no room left for dessert. We each had a paella, then I had a lamb dish and Dick had Iberian ham. The dinner included 1st and 2nd courses, dessert and a beverage, which included alcoholic beverages. Everything was delicious. We had a big lunch at 2 pm because the hotel would not be serving dinner this evening.

Especially for Bruce, a picture of the 'pre-dinner tapas' served at this meal. We're taking other photos of meals for you Bruce.

After dinner we did a little driving around to see if you could find a restaurant closer to the hotel. There is a service center on the highway between here and Cuenca that looks good, and we could avoid the city traffic.

We drove around the small town of Jábaga, which is even closer, but there were no stores at all there, not even on the main square. We discovered a recreation center under construction just outside the town, including a pool.

We were disappointed to discover that the pool here at the hotel has not yet been filled for the season. There seems to be only one other couple left at the hotel several couple checked out this morning - have to go to work in the morning.