Today we had lunch with some friends from my Spanish class who are leaving Sevilla tomorrow. We ate at a little cafe across from the language school. We started out with four people, but when a fifth person joined us, we combined two tables so we could sit together. I was chatting with Joey and Yukiko across the table when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Cameron lurch and spit into his napkin. My first thought was that his Spanish omelette was so awful he couldn't swallow it. I asked him "are you okay?" He sheepishly replied that he had accidentally taken a large gulp out of Yukiko's cup, which unfortunately was filled with beer. This surprise beverage was what had caused him to spit into his napkin. We all had a good laugh (our friends know that we don't drink), finished lunch and said goodbye.
As Cam and I were walking home together, Cam expressed his true feelings about the experience. "Why on EARTH do people drink that stuff? It was so nasty and bitter, bitter, bitter! Why don't they just drink shots if they want to get drunk, so they can get drunk faster and not have to drink so much of this disgusting stuff?!?" (Bear in mind, this was an expensive, high quality beer).
When I ask him about it now, he still cringes and mutters words like "bad, very bad, foul, horrible horrible, awful, bitter bitter..." :)
