BACK TO THE BEGINNING

So Portugal beat Holland in the semi finals and actually played well in doing so. I watched the match in a bar in Viana, and after set off for some food. The streets were empty as I walked out, and thought maybe this town wouldn´t go off like the others. Right. After eating, a mere 30 minutes or so, the main avenue was full from the train station at one end to the river at the other. So and it goes. Ran into the Aussies from the campsite, and ended up hanging with them for a bit. Wandered down the back streets toward the sound of the drums, and stumbled upon a little street party. Even got a chance to display my suberb musical ability by banging away on the drum for a good few minutes. Ended up closing the night out hanging out with some locals at a disco. The DJ was cranking out the typical beats, but the twist was a live drummer banging away with his hands, making something up to match the music as it went along. Great stuff.

The plan for Thursday was to take the train straight from Viana to Vigo, Espàna, but as it turns out the Spanish railworkers are on strike from 30 june to 5 july, so the trains are sitting idle. That left us, again run into a few of the aussie crew at the station, taking a train to the border town and walking over the river into tuy, spain, then catching a bus into Vigo. Messed around a bit in Tuy before heading off, nice enough town but nothing spectacular. A stroke of good luck in Vigo as the city bus from the bus station dropped me off right in front of where i had arranged to stay. Saved a bit of hassle. Messed about the city a bit before having a siesta and then watching the unfortunate tragedy of greece beating the czechs. So, as I said before, the first match of the euro is also the last: Greece V Portugal. Went out for a wander later on, and ended up wandering a bit farther than desired. Ended up meeting a guy from Venezuela while out, and we wandered out to a few bars for a bit. Have yet to speak any English yet in Spain, hope to keep that up for a bit.