The English have a different attitude to family that do the Spanish. To the Spanish, family is important however distant the relationship. Our Spanish cousins welcomed us with immense warmth a my great grandfather´s bicentenary celebrations in Morella last November.
Today I am invited to lunch by distant English cousins of my generation.
My brother gave me their address.
My cousins are kind: two brothers and their wives - both wives are from Uruguay.
We lunch in a panelled dining room.
I feel scruffy in my cargo trousers.
However a man without his baggage has few sartorial options.
I hope to meet with Chilean friends in Santiago.and I have friends in Granada, Nicaragua.
The distance between Santiago and Granada is immense.
Maybe I will feel less vulnerable and more confident once I have my bag!
