Day 3, Thursday, April 22, 2015

Ahhh, Albir, Spain. Mediterranean coast. I just love it here. I felt like I was stepping into peace. I had forced myself to stay awake until it was bedtime last night, because I had learned from experience that that’s the way to lick jetlag from an overseas flight, and I slept like a baby until 4:00 in the morning.

Certainly I woke up earlier than I wanted, but there was no going back to sleep. So I did my morning exercises and ate breakfast and took a beautiful, fairly short hike up to the famed lighthouse on the cliffs overlooking the turquoise-laced sea. I bumped into a Norwegian chiropractor who had spotted a dolphin through one of those telescopes and he had me look through it but I didn’t see it.

Then on my way down I decided to take a trail way down to some old ruins by the sea, which had always intrigued me but I had never hiked on before, and it was really beautiful down there. I sat by the water and became totally mesmerized by the sights and sound of the waves gurgling through the rocks. Instant, natural meditation. No extraneous thoughts. So peaceful. Went back to the hotel, ate lunch, went to the beach and lay down there to read (but fell asleep), went back, took a shower, and by this time many of my EPTers (Extended Professional Training people) had arrived. It was so wonderful to see them. I felt surrounded by love.