September 1st, 2009
Beachy Benidorm
We were eating breakfast in a cafe along the Levante beach, having just flown in very early to Alicante airport to the luxury hotels Benidorm offers in this once sleepy town, now a powerhouse of development. We had just come from a self laminating pouch convention in Brussels and needed some beach and sun. The pouch industry is made up of dour folks who are efficient but a little dull, so I was hoping to find a place to stretch my legs and maybe meet some interesting people. Instead, I wound up going to Terra Natura, and animal park on the outskirts of town. Actually, I wanted to see a porcupine and to take a picture of one for a client, a fellow who wanted to name his self laminating line Porcupine Plus, and wanted me to handle the marketing. I realized I had never ever seen a porcupine in real life, they just are not to common in Tucson, Arizona, and this thought would not leave my head, when I met Victoria on a stroll along the beach early the next morning. I am a very early riser and love to have the beach to myself as the sun comes up, and as I was walking along I crossed paths with this woman who was out that early herself. We nodded and said good morning and I thought no more of it, until a little later I saw her ordering cafeau lait at the beach cafe and I said hello again, and before I knew it she was inviting me to go along with her to this animal park, and I almost bowed out when I remembered about the porcupine guy and and asked if this place had porcupines and she said she did not know but probably, And that is how I went from the beach to and animal park in Spain in two hours.
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