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Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.

The show went great!!!!  I was feeling really really jumpy beforehand.  Ryan and I hadn’t played together in about six months, unless you count Ryan’s birthday party show we did in July, where I did mostly cover tunes anyway.  Tonight we played in one of the university’s auditoriums, or maybe it was the only one, I’m not sure.  It’s an old chapel that got converted into an auditorium about four years ago, they told me… not too big and not too little.  I guess there were around 150 or 200 people.  The acoustics were really really great.  I could hear everything perfectly and didn’t have to ask the soundman to adjust a thing.  All the seats were full and people were standing in back and on the sides.  The audience was so nice.  I was talking mostly in Spanish wherever I could, and I even did a song in Spanish for one of the encores, an old Lydia Mendoza cover called "No Es Culpa Mia".  I GOT TWO ENCORES!!!!  I’m totally stoked.  :-)

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Tapas at the bar/restaurant ‘Sal y Pimienta’ after the show. L-R: Jesus; Luis (director of the university); Marisa (who organizes shows there); Ryan Hembrey (my bassist); Andy Jarman (our driver/tour manager); a girl named Amparo; another girl whose name I have sadly forgotten.

Played at the Colegio Luis Vives on the Universidad de Valencia campus.  Ryan Hembrey accompanied me on electric bass.

Hi there!  Ryan and I got to Valencia just fine.  We spent the night in a couple of dorm rooms at the university where we’re playing tonight.  Found an internet cafe practically next door, but now I have to go because I wasted all my time reading my mail instead of blogging.  I had weird dreams last night, and my stomach feels all jumpy today.  I’m halfway across the world so it’s no wonder.

Hope I can blog again soon… wish me luck on the show tonight!

Guess what!  I’m in the Munich airport waiting for my connecting flight to Valencia.  I opened up my iBook just for kicks, found an Airport network, and got online!!!  I’m very very impressed.  Really glad I got that Airport card now.

The flight over here went fine.  They didn’t give me any trouble about my guitar case; I was a little worried about that.  I sat next to a guy from Munich named Stephane; we spent the whole flight making fun of all the other passengers.  Good times.  Now I have three hours to kill… uggghh.  I’m so tired.  It’s 2:14 in the morning for me but 8:30am or something here.  Really glad the first show isn’t until tomorrow.

I kinda doubt I’ll be able to get online this easily over the next few weeks, so if you don’t hear from me, you’ll know why!