A Little Music and Beer

Un-planned plans are perhaps some of the best. All of a sudden you get a call, a text "hello, you wanna hang out?" It's even better if youre available and everything works with your schedule, so you just get ready and go.

Last night, i met up with a friend for a little music and beer. It was a nice quiet night, and I walked down the street where we had planned to meet, and we went to a little bar down the road.

Unlike most high-end bars I would see in Manila, and some of the "giddy-filled" ones in Mallorca, this one was the complete opposite. It was completely cozy and laid-back. The bar was of a typical rectangular confuguration like most "locals" and flats in Spain (or maybe Europe). Long, cushioned seats lined the longer sides of this narrow bar and in between them, little round tables, and stools. "Hang your coats up on the walls" the waitress suggested as we settled into our seats. The walls were covered with cork board with coat hangers every 1.5 meters. So i sat on my spot and had my jacket hanging right above my head. On the far end of the bar you see a wall with the name of the local painted on it, and a man playing his acoustic guitar.

We arrived a little early, and had a beer each (one is PLENTY for me) and a conversation. Before we knew it, the local was filling up. Groups of friends came. The guitarrist changed, and more music, with some added humor was played. As the night went into morning, the place grew warmer, the waiters and waitresses served the people as if they were guests at their homes, the would shout out and talk to the live act up on the corner that was the stage, and the people all sang in unison to the all-so familiar spanish contemporary song they grew up with, and 'Catalan Rock'.

As for me, i still have a lot to learn about music in these parts, although what i've heard from Spain in general will take A LOT of getting used to. What I heard last night was alright though, none of your typical commercial pop that all sound the same, just nice, familiar music and good company for a nice, quiet, plan-less night. No stress, no worries.

If only i find a way home that's safe, and i dont bump into some drunken psychos in the middle of the night while walking home, i could have more nights just like this one...