'Oh, What a Night!'

After a full day of boating and beaching we were ready for a night out but we already knew from the previous night’s search there simply wasn’t much to be had in Tossa de Mar.  We didn’t know how we were going to do it but we were determined to make a night of it in Costa Bravo.  We both took those long showers where you shave everything, lotion your entire body and actually leave the conditioner in your hair for 2-3 minutes like the bottle tells you to!!  When we were done we went through every item of clothing we had with us until we both had selected the best party clothes in our backpacks.

At the front desk we asked about possible restaurants and I asked my favorite question, ‘If it was a special night and you wanted a really good dinner and some fun, where would you go?’  Without hesitation the very pretty 20 something behind the desk said, ‘The Castle Restaurant but it is expensive’.  Tonight we were willing to pay the price for some action so off to the Castle Restaurant we went.

It was a pretty good hike straight uphill but with only one stop along the way for cava to keep us going we finally reached our goal………a darling young man greeted us and assured us we had found the right restaurant.  It really wasn’t the food we were looking for but the fun so we each just ordered a salad.  I choose one with octopus because after all we were dining in a castle on the Mediterranean!!  Joan is gorgeous and had been hit on all day……..including one of the guys on our boat ride,  a soon to be groom who was dressed as a baby in a diaper at his bachelor party who was willing to forgo his wedding for one date with her and the guys who kept staring at her when we stopped for cava.  But the dinner was all mine.  After lots of eye contact with one of those very handsome, middle age guys with lots of dark hard and just a bit of greying at the temples, who looked to be the manager, a few smiles back and forth, he sent us over a complimentary dessert and after dinner drink.  While thanking him we asked if he knew of anywhere we might find a little music.  Yes, he did and in fact he would be going there himself after he finished work……and would love to buy us a drink when he arrived.

He quickly grabbed a drink napkin and started to sketch out how we were to find this magic place.  In towns like this they never use street names simply ‘rights and lefts’ and then a big X with a circle around it where the place is supposed to be.   Knowing we were going to need a little help from one kind of god or another to find this place we set out opportunistically.  There were a few wrong turns and a couple of pretty dark corners we didn’t care much for but the miracle happened and we found our bar. 

As we walked in Mario greeted us with a huge smile and said, ‘It’s the American women, Carlos called and he is buying your first drink, what would you ladies like?’  Mario was a bundle of fun all wrapped up in a short guy who looked exactly like ‘Super Mario’………this can’t be his real name but he insisted it was.  And yes he was from Italy so he and Joan hit it off immediately as the Italians always do when they find each other.   Mario asked us who are favorite musical artists were and in no time at all we were listening to the Stones………..Joan’s favorite and Maroon 5, mine.

We had not only found our bar but also our bartender.   When we finally convinced Mario it was time for us to leave and somehow stopped the steady flow of drinks that had continued to come our way all night he insisted he had to play one more song for us.  Soon blasting throughout the entire bar was the Stones, ‘Oh, What a Night’……….we started singing along and in no time we had the whole bar singing with us.

We’ve tried and tried to determine exactly what time it was when we returned to the hotel and for the life of us we can’t seem to come up with it but one thing we definitely had no trouble agreeing to was that Tossa de Mar can be a lot of fun……..oh, what a night, indeed!!