Monday,
June 9th
"A Productive Day"
Some days you're inspired
to do a lot. Especially when you have to get up at 8am, which is early
for many people in Sevilla. After eating a breakfast of tostada
con jamón serrano and a cafe with Granada we
head to Diario de Sevilla where I'm to meet a friend for an interview
with a reporter there. He's started an internet marketing company and
I'm helping get things off the ground in hopes of some real work down
the line. Granada leaves me outside the building and heads to the doctor
while I wait 20 minutes for my friend to show up.
 We
meet with the reporter for an hour while a photographer snaps 30-40 pictures
of my friend and I. He does most of the talking, being from Peru and of
course having much better command of Spanish. When applicable I chip in
my two cents and give them a little little background info, my marketing
beliefs, etc.. The interview goes well, we have another cafe afterwards
and decide we've made a valuable contact and hope it pays dividends in
the future. The article should be published soon. We're both working on
separate projects and agree to pool resources as much as possible. And
we agree that as much as we're working it's all too easy to lose track
of time and get distracted in Sevilla. A quick trip down the street to
meet a friend and have a beer can turn into a 3 hour event, with tapas,
another beer (the next is always la penúltima, as they
say here), and a lot of discussion. Granada also has 5 brothers and sisters,
and their is always someone to see or something to do.
Well caffeinated,
I meet Granada and we head to El Corte Inglés to buy groceries.
After 2 hours in the grocery we take a break for a cerveza then head back
to El Corte Inglés to buy a new pair of glasses and a few other
things. We have lunch and head back home. Since then I've been cleaning
the house (it was greatly needed), balancing checkbooks and have sent
about 5 emails. I work a little on the page and decide I need to include
a page on the Betis-Sevilla rivalry. As for now my plan is to stay inside,
keep cool and do a lot of nothing.
A link for today:
Diario
de Sevilla
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