Serban Chinole

A week ago, I arrived in 2 Mai with a bad back and hopes for sun, relaxation and some fresh fish. My back pain was something that reminded me about my age, minutes spent walking or working out, and many other personal failures in the sport arena.

Weather was hot, so we went to the beach and had the usual procedure, sun bath, water, beer etc. In all this usual and repetitive ritual Mihai was the breakthrough. First he fixed my back suggesting some water exercises, later he cooked some stir fry with unique ginger sauce, secret recipe that I am not sharing, BTW this is not a how to blog:)

Today I woke up at 5:30 being prepared for a double action, fish acquisition and massage in Siemens hotel. We accomplished only the fishing part, you can see the witness pictures.

The turbot we found was around 6 pounds, so we bought 4 and reserved 3 more, the Master cook worked for almost 2 hours to cut the pieces for different dishes.

I can only say this: if you have a bad back and want to eat fusion, look for Mihai, he is the One.

There are many good things to mention about this holiday. Meeting my family from abroad is one of them, my nephew gets bigger every day and challenges my sense of humor.

Ebro Delta was that ”new” thing, unexpected, good example of a Nature 2000 area, well preserved, clean, attractive, smaller than our famous Danube Delta.

We choose this place, close to Barcelona, hoping to get some taste of Catalunya, the first impression on the local services was as low as it can get. Many tourists mean for people working there, at car rentals, villas etc, just a flow of income, nothing from treating customers, hospitality and other fairy tales.

Perhaps we get used too much with Turkey, Greece or more recent Bulgaria, make sure you go in Spain to enjoy the wines, food and places, about service, choose a different place.

Am I too demanding? Not at all, the only smile and welcome I heard was in a gas station run by Romanians, so, we can!