Capdepera and THE RESTAURANT

GREAT NEWS!!!

I'M NOT DEAD!!!

AND THE 20% CHANCE OF THE RESTAURANT PROJECT UNDERGOING A COMPLETE COLLAPSE DID NOT COME TO PASS!!!!! :)

OK, so now I'm in the town of Capdepera, on the east coast of Mallorca. It's a really pretty, very small town!!! The restaurant I'm working for is an organic restaurant with a small general store inside. It was founded less than a year ago by four friends who all moved to the island for various reasons around two years ago. They rented an old run-down 18th century house and have fixed it up really nicely. They live in the upper floors and the lower floor is the restaurant. This floor opens into a large garden which they have turned into the restaurant's terrace, where almost all of the seating is. It is BEAUTIFUL!!! Aside from the four of them, they rely entirely on volunteers to staff it, which makes things really interesting. In exchange for working 5 or 6 hours a day, we get a room (the house has several spare rooms), three meals per day, and two days off per week.

The work is pretty easy so far - reminds me of the same kind of thing I did at Mio's. Lots of cleaning, chopping, and the other night I worked on some tomato plants in the garden!

The people who run the restaurant are extremely nice! I was a little nervous about this whole thing (basically, "What the hell was I thinking when I signed up for this???!"), but now that I am here it is going really well.

Here are some pics:

The terrace:

The bar area inside. Very traditional-looking Spanish bar:

La cocina:

The patio is also home to the group's two black cats. I have coddled them several times but have not yet hoisted...

Here are three quick shots I got of town earlier today. The castle from two angles, and an old well with a horse trough next to it:

That's about all for now. Stay tuned!!