Dinner at “That’s Amore” had only two choices tonight — “menu of love” or “menu of passion.”  We had both!

Valentine’s Day seems a bigger deal here in Cuenca than back in Berkeley.  All day long, we saw women walking with single roses, and couples arm-in-arm.  Though young couples dominated, there was plenty of grey hair also holding roses and walking arm-in-arm too. Similar to Berkeley, every good restaurant was sold out, though we got reservations at a brand new place called That’s Amore.  There were only two choices for their special dinner, so we each had one and shared the meals.  Those are the “Coctel That’s Amore” drinks with Evelyn above.

The presentation of the dishes was outstanding, and left us wishing we could both keep them and eat them at the same time…  The appetizers and desserts were all fabulous.  Unfortunately, the main courses looked better than they tasted, but were good enough for us to want to return and try the regular menu.

After dinner, we returned home for an hour, and then went back out to the symphony. This program was celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Collegio Benigno Malo, which is a High School we can see from our condo bedroom window. We didn’t recognize any of the pieces played tonight, but enjoyed them all.  Other than four instrumentals, the other pieces all featured six vocalists, singly and in groups.  Their voices were superb, though we are not able to yet understand very much from the songs.