This was tapas night. I have heard about tapas for many
years but never tried them. I think they are appetizers that people eat in
bars. Since I don’t go to Spanish bars,
I have never run across these in my normal life and really wanted to try them.
They were just samples of odd, mostly salty food. There were
eggs cooked with salmon and shrimp, marinated black olives, baby squid, figs,
oysters and clams, sausages, breads, tomato and bean dishes. Great band, too.
The Main Stage program tonight was a ripsnorter. It was the Zamba
Local Cultural Show including rumba, flamenco and torero. We saw the Toreador
dance from the opera, Carmen, in a very energetic presentation. They also danced
with scarves, with canes and with castanets. One lady did a dance with hula
hoops that had almost continuous applause.
We are on our way to Palma de Mallorca. We are going on a
private excursion with some Cruise Critic members. We lost CNN while we were in
Barcelona. It’s back now so maybe they will say why the stock market went up
today.
