Smoke'em Out and Fry'em

So, I smoked my first and probably not my last Cuban today. Mind you it was a cheap one since this only my second time smoking a cigar. First, if you don't count graduation. Here's the story: Bought some matches, cheap cigar cutter, and a Monte Cristo Numero 4. I tried to light in the park but it was windy and kept putting out the match. So I retreated to the Cafe y Te where they allow smoking. Now this offered shelter from the crosswind but where I had chosen to sit made it difficult to smoke. Apparently the ventilation gust or air conditioning or whatever current blew the smoke out and passed me at an angle where it would blow the smoke back into my face. Now, smoking cigars is different from smoking cigarettes, you do not inhale the smoke. You draw the smoke into your mouth and taste the smoke. The reason is that cigar smoke is heavier than cigarette smoke and inhaling it would be like inhaling smog. Anyway, It was a little difficult at first but I eventually remembered that at some point I actually had to draw in smoke (It took me 9 matches this time.) to keep it alight. I decided to keep the band as a small keepsake. And for those of you who are worried that I'll turn into a chain cigar smoker. Don't worry. I'll probably end up doing this only five more times this trip. And only rarely in the US if I can afford it within my budget. Yum. I can feel the cancer cells multiplying in body right now. :)

In other news
I wish these damn Spaniards would quit staring at me. Yes, I tend act out of the norm and a little crazy but rarely enough to warrant you boring a hole in the side of my head. Jesus. I've sorted out my Granada transportation problem. I'm leaving in the morning instead of the evening so I can take the group bus at 2:00 AM and I can spend more time frying in Granada (100 Faren!!!!). I plan on spending the 30th reading Don Quijote in Spanish in Al Hambra all day before I leave the next morning. I'll try and put up the second part of Toledo and then the highlights of Salamanca and then Granada during the first weekend of July. See you then.