Narciso’s Backyard

This time our early monday morning visit to the Sammic factory in Azkoitia involved a pitstop to check out the locale for the Sammic 50th Anniversary dinner tuesday. To our delight, we were greeted with not only a Sammic-embellished kitchen in which to cook the following evening, but also with ponies!

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Apparently, just like the dogs in France, ponies too enjoy nomming on baguettes.

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The ponies were not alone. There were many other friends here in the backyard of Narciso, our lovely host:

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Roosters are like emperors with concubines. Apparently this dude had nine hens to his name.

Then we had a few [vegetarian] nibbles for ‘breakfast’ (in case you’re wondering, we didn’t have eggs).  The best cherries I’ve had yet–fresh off the tree!

cereza

 I have a curious fascination with HOW fruit grows thus whenever I encounter fruit on a tree or on a vine or in a bush.

kiwi

It was such a pleasant start to a morning’s ride into the land of greenery. Narciso was a superb host–knowledgeable, kind and endearing. Stay tuned for more on Narciso and shots from the Sammic 50th anniverary dinner celebration.

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