Hasta la Vista Espana

Today I leave Spain for Italy. Not sure how much internet access I will have from here on out so this may be my last post for a while.

Last night Miro and I went out for tapas and wine. He tried to take me to this place where they offer wine tastings, but unfortunately, they are now closed until Oct 13! We wandered around and found a little place that offered what they called "pinchos" which are a type of tapa I guess. It's essentially a piece of bread topped with different things - meats, cheeses, fruits, etc. I had one with sausage and grilled green peppers, one with a dry salami, one with grilled chicken and peppers, one with some sort of fried cheese/potato/pepper deal and one with soft cheese, walnuts, raisins and a drizzle of some sauce (awesome). We also got a bottle of wine to share. They we walked to another little wine bar and had a glass of some really good red. As we were heading outside to a table, some of Miro's friends from another boat in port here walked up so we sat and chatted with them for a while.

When we returned to Shadow, I expected Neil to be back (since he was due in at 6:30) but he still hadn't arrived. Dan said that Will had been waiting for him at the airport since about 5 when we went to drop off the captain for his flight out. Neil finally showed up around 10 PM. We caught up about the tank briefly and then I went to bed.

I got to listen to most of the Giants game through my iPhone!! Unfortunately, I probably will be cut off from that until I get back - not sure if I will have internet access in Italy and I doubt there are many wi-fi cafes open at 4am when the game would be on here. Just one more win and we're in!!

I know I've said it before, but I'm glad this part of my trip is over. I did have some good times, made some new friends but the hassle of that tank just wasn't really worth it! I feel like I failed at what I was supposed to do, which was essentially prevent any major disasters but disasters kept happening. All in all, I didn't wreak havock on the livestock so I guess that was a small victory. And I got paid to be in Europe on a luxury yacht so I guess that's better than not getting paid to do nothing in California. I can't wait to get home and I hope that Giants baseball is still going strong by Oct 14th!!

Ciao for now!