After hunting rabbit it is time for a little Sobremesa
For most of today we will be walking along the road, gazing at the fields, and so let us have some more untranslatable Spanish terms. Resol - the reflection of the sun off a surface or the glare of the sun. Recogerse. To go indoors in the evening once the day is over. Estrenar - to wear something for the first time or to break it in. Merendar - going out for a snack, coffee or a small meal. Sobremesa. The conversation at the dinner table after the meal is over. Mezquita de Jarque has much the same History as many places around here. Around 300 souls till the 1960s. Today it has 83. The GSH says ‘ MEZQUITA DE JARQUE: Village with town hall in the province and diocese of Teruel (9 leagues),. It is situated on the left bank of the Mezquita or Jarque stream; with a somewhat cold climate , pleurisy and pneumonia being the most common illnesses. It consists of about 50 houses , including the town hall, distributed along narrow streets and a square; it has a jail, a boys' school atte...