Food - Beer and Pizza, Venice

Breakfast this morning consisted of half a pack of cookies and 2 cups of coffee, needless to say after a 2 hour plane ride, followed by one hour finding our hostel, then forty five minuets commute into Venice, followed by a half hour search for a place to eat we were very parched, very hot, and very hungry. We wandered into what seemed like the only place that was open and ordered 3 beers. Berkley was pretty silly after her first sip. After we had almost finished our entire beers out pizza came, it was tasty but I had high hopes for italian pizza. I don't have photos of them but we did end up having better pizza in Venice.

Food - Chorizo

Mahou pronounced MAO like cow, a very easy drinking lager that cools you off in the 31 degrees celsius heat. For you American readers thats the low 90's, and keep in mind air conditioning is typically reserved for stores here in Madrid. To escape the heat we ducked into El Neru, near Plaza Mayor in Madrid. This is a tapas bar in the style of the region of Asturias in the north of Spain. We enjoyed more than a few glasses of Mahou and with every round they bring you pinchos (a small order of tapas on the house). We ate queso de cabrales, a stinky, salty, spreadable sheep's milk cheese, the most amazing chorizo that either of us have ever consumed (chorizo a la sidra), slightly salty and incredibly flavorful, and as a special treat our friend Alberto treated us to a bottle of sidra. This amazingly fun drink to pour is also refreshing. Although made from apples it's not overly sweet like most other ciders i've had.

Food - Beer steamed mussels and chorizo

These steamed mussels were both my entrée and a massive hit at our table. We drove over an hour and a half to get to what is currently my favorite restaurant on the western slope of Colorado, The Pullman in Glenwood Springs. It's been open just over 3 years and I make the trip every time I come out to visit my parents in Meeker. It was my 31st birthday on the 22nd and my moms birthday on the 27th, we decided to make the drive and catch a late lunch. The mussels were perfectly cooked and had a wonderfully sweet flavor that balanced out nicely with the heat from the chorizo. Topped with home made fries and garlic mayo, dipping those in the sauce at the bottom was the best part.