Sunday, August 16, 2009

Postcards from Spain : 050807

Ola,

Is this easier to read? Get some glasses the lot of you.

Do you smell it? Yes, fresh clothes. The smell of Staysoft wafting through my nose. I have my bag and my pleasant odor back.

First day of competition today, Round 1 & 2 nailed, three girls/woman eliminated. Picture it, you fly halfway across the world to wait a day and get knocked out the very next. Oh the life of a pro-surfer with $2500 for their efforts.

The swell chart is looking a bit sad but so do I when waking up in the morning. Must be this sun which only goes down at nine and rises at eight. However unlike my mood lifting after a Burn (Spanish version of Redbull) first thing at the beach the swell does not. Come lunch time and like everyones appetites the wind rises yet still the swell eludes us. And SO that is what is expected for the remainder of the week.

So much for a Dream Tour. Oh yes only the men get that tag line. The 30 cases of Fosters festering in the sun would beg to differ.

Dinner tonight was packet pasta with tinned mussels. So much for Authentic Paella.

Oh and you must check this portaloo. Do your business and pile some wood shavings over your deposit. No foul odor, environmentally friendly and one hell of a potent compost after two years. I literally feel like I'm in a hamster cage when I go in there. All I need is a wheel and you can call me Charlie.

Till your next inbox arrival . . when in Spain do as the Spanish - lift your nose to the damn tourists.

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