Seth Goes to Spain
ByMy son Seth is now a world traveler or at least a European traveler. I have never been to Europe – a distressing fault I mean to mend once anesthesia school is finished. Seth came up with this idea to quit his job and apartment in New York City to search the Spanish World for what? Adventure and romance what else comes to mind? At first I thought the idea was crazy but after thinking about it for a couple of weeks I kind of like the idea now. Maybe this is something that I should have done when I was young and single – who knows that was another generation and time – the Viet Nam war was raging and people were somehow different back in the late 1960′s.
So today I am thinking that I will not hear from him in a while. Seth does not have a cell phone that will work in Spain so what happens – the remarkable – email! I received an email from my son today which I will share with you:
Dad,
I sent you an email but I had your address wrong. I just figured out the error and I’m now able to send you mail and I’ll write again soon.
Dad, this place is amazing; at first I was very concerned that I got myself into something that I couldn’t handle. When I arrived at the airport in Barcelona I didn’t know what bus to take or where to the find the station and they only info I had was the area of the hostel. I had already forgotten the name and left the hostel’s info at home. So I was freaking out because NOBODY spoke English. I finally found a steward and she told what bus to take to the Ramblas, which is the area where I am staying. I haven’t explored that much of the city yet, but the Ramblas is so cool with bars and restaurants every where and I can walk to the beach; and let me tell you, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time was one of the best feelings in my life?
I have made friends with my roommates in the hostel and have been going out at night with them. In fact this girl from London and I are going to go around the city together and check out parks and museums. Last night I went to an opening of a studio where they teach English to kids through art. I met this girl Kate online at craigslist while I was in NY, and I will be renting a room from in her flat in Gracia. Kate works in the studio at night and invited me to the party. The locals here are so clam and down to earth, really awesome people.
I met this older married couple that came to Barcelona from the states and explained to me how to get a residence visa. They took my email and are going to send me all the information to apply for the visa. So while I am working in South Beach for the winter I am going to apply for the visa; it takes a couple of months to get approved and you can’t apply for the visa if you are in the country so I am thinking about going to Argentina for the Spring while everything gets sorted out. It all about the Spanish speaking countries, yeah!
I love you Dad, slap Jen on the ass for me.
Ciao,
Seth
How great is that Seth and I will take your suggestion under advisement! There will be more installments from the European Traveler. For those interested craigslist is a great way to find people and housing. Maybe the FEMA should try using it. I post it here just as a hint to the Administration.
Patric O'Brian
Radical Brewing
[...] The saga of the world traveler son Seth continues with another adventure from Thanksgiving. You may recall that my youngest some left for Barcelona Spain a couple of months ago to “find the perfect woman”. You can find the write-up ‘Seth Goes to Spain‘. Why Barcelona I had asked, silly me. Seth told me at that time that it was all about the Latina women, their fiery temperaments and unbounded energy. Interesting I mused. So Seth sublet out his apartment in New York and gave notice at his job to travel and see the sights in Europe. Very cool except its wintertime and its cold outside. [...]