That is official now - Prince Hefromund likes to make little excursions to pastry and coffee shops.
We can't deny it, as last weekend we ended up having a huge piece of apple cake, coffee and chocolate in Diferens, and look at him again!! Posing by that tall tower of snow! I think he misses a bit his home in Poland and the cold winters...
Maybe you, dear reader, are new to my blog and see this little clay figurine for the first time. If that is the case, I should give you a little background about him. He was born in the Kingdom without limits, but around a month ago I adopted him, brought him to Spain, and gave him a new, complete name - Prince Hefromund XVI (aha Ph16).
He follows me wherever I go. Work, walk, rehearsal, concerts, shopping, excursions, or cafés - he is fine with everything. Sweets - you also see that he likes them. Coffee is still reserved just for me as he is still young and small!
Btw, have you heard about that saying that if you drink coffee as a child you'll grow a tail?
I think it was just an intimidation of little children in the country where I was growing up. Or, could it be true? I can check on myself as I drink a lot of coffee and... oh, I do have a tail... a ponytail when I tie my hair up. 😁
Anyway, back to that snow tower sweet on my plate. {In our plate actually, as it was shared with my husband - I would not be able to eat it by myself}. When we decided to enter this place, Café Filarmónica, (Philharmony Café) we still didn't know what we would consume. The idea was a slice of cake or a pie but the choice was not too wide. Yes, there were several types of cakes, of which I liked only the apple pie, but not to repeat the same thing so many times, we chose... this white one you already saw in the first photo. We didn't know the name of it in Spanish so we showed with a finger (like kids in the pastry shop hahaha) what we wanted to order! 😂
We found out later that it would be called simply Meringue. It is not my favourite sweet but it was the best choice yesterday. We know it is prepared of sugar, egg whites, water, and a bit of lemon can be added too. Children sometimes call it winter ice cream!
The real winter is still a bit far away, but November is here and it's musical offer. There was a poster at the entrance of the Philharmony Café showing the upcoming concerts in honour of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music. I could visit that one concert yesterday, but Meringue and coffee...
We just went home later, without attending the concert but yes, I found a different activity that fed my soul and mind. The bookshelf in the café was a subliminal message to start reading the next book that I had already prepared on my nightstand.