We met in a crowded university classroom in Seville. You, the American student recently arrived in Spain, struggling with the language but swept away by the history and color of this ancient land. I, the suave Spanish gentleman, also a student but fluent in English thanks to having spent many summers in Ireland and the UK. We glanced at each other several times in class, and after a few days of eventually I approached you and introduced myself. During the next few days we found ourselves spending more time with each other, until I asked you out. You gladly agreed... Early that evening I take you to a small village to the south of Granada. The white sand of this beach on Spain's southern coast is reflecting the last dying rays of the setting Sun. We are in a charming restaurant right on the beach, a typical Spanish building of white stucco walls and red tile roof with the warm blue waters of the Mediterranean as the backdrop for a candlelight dinner. You look exceedingly beautiful, wearing a simple white summer dress that accentuate your feminine figure.
I suggest that we order, as a main course, "paella", a rice and seafood dish that is the specialty of the area. We have a nice white wine with our dinner.
A trio of Gypsy musicians is playing for tips, going from table to table serenading the people at the restaurant. I motion to them and ask that they play for us. The sound of guitars and melodious voices singing in Spanish about lost love and unrequited desire fill the night...