protect fuen sanchez from any attacks by feral cave-dwelling hippies who might attempt to sell her jewelry or other things of little value? [ zack laughs ] fuen: that s actually a very bold vow. anthony: i figure now that zack is marrying into a spanish family, i can piggy-back along for a bit, suck up a little of the magic, live a little bit of what has often been my dream, too. zack: but if we can get weird for a second here, man. anthony: uh-oh. fuen: oh, boy. zack: some places, do they have an energy, man, about them? anthony: what are you saying, man? zack: i, you know, i don t want to get into metaphysics or, uh some places we go anthony: you re going to be living up in a cave, you keep talking like this, huh? [ zack laughs ] anthony: more wine. [ laughter ] anthony: to see spain, to see it straight, to understand it at all, you should probably peek, if only through spread fingers, at that most spanish of
the view. zack: that was amazing. right? wasn t that cool? see, tell me there s not so duende in their music. come on. fuen: it isn t duende in that music. zack: there is some duende. anthony: finally, bar number two, oliver. this place is always packed. beer, please. and with it comes a delightful tapa of mussels steamed in butter and olive oil. zack: oh that s a look at that. that s a great tapa. come on. this is what s different. anthony: right. zack: people come in here and they will eat like this, perfectly happy, perfectly content to forego the table, come out here and stand around and eat like this. fuen: exactly. anthony: fuen s glass of wine comes with fried eggplant and honey, which sounds to me like it s moorish in origin. more wine accompanied by these delicious little clams. anthony: oh, yeah!
most important cape. where they make all the art, all the poetry. exactly. oh, yeah. anthony: why the cape, not the man? alejandro: because it s moving. anthony: so that s important? alejandro: that s important. anthony: you don t want to be moving? alejandro: you don t want to be moving at all. it seems they they get they get more attack, more [ men shouting ] [ laughter ] anthony: this guy clearly has spirit. right away, he tries to take a poke at zack s femoral artery. promising. [ el fandi speaking spanish ] [ alejandro speaking spanish ] alejandro: now s your turn. anthony: i don t think so. alejandro: sure. now s your time. you are him. he s going to teach you. anthony: yeah? alejandro: sure. anthony: okay. anthony: no one likes to look like a pussy on tv, so, when el fandi jokingly suggests i join him in the ring to wave a pink cape at an aggressive young bull, who just moments ago
and, like a lot of us, wondered, fantasized about what it would be like living abroad in old europe, surrounded by crusader castles, delicious food, another language, another culture. what would that alternate life, that road not taken, be like? my longtime friend and cameraman from maine, zack zamboni, is finding out. so where are we going? zack: uh, right here, one of these tables, which maybe we want to do like this with. see? how often do you get to go out with somebody that can properly block the table? anthony: misery is what it is. zack: oh, boy. gracias. waiter: ah. anthony: ah, yes, of course. snails in an almond sauce, about as traditional and as delicious as it gets. that s a plateful of perfect happiness. zack: good tapa, huh? anthony: that s right, tapas come from here. and this is still one of the few places in spain where they re free. all you have to do is keep drinking.
sister one bartender, one cook, taking care of everything. fuen: tapa is for free. that s the main issue of the tapa. anthony: so, you re just paying for the wine? fuen: exactly. anthony: so if i were like a degenerate wino, i could still eat well? zack: yeah. anthony: as long as i could afford my wine, i d eat. zack: that s right. fuen: cheers. anthony: let us put this theory into practice. with our first round of drinks comes this. fuen: this is tomato with bread, garlic, olive oil, and blended. anthony: yeah, i could pretty much eat that all day long. zack: yeah. anthony: that s right, tapas are free. it shouldn t work but somehow it does. another drink, another tapa. anthony: tomatoes, olive oil, bread. fuen: yeah. zack: yeah. fuen: awesome. and this for me is just amazing. anthony: so i just all i gotta do is keep drinking and i m going to eat like a king? zack: yeah, and you ll keep eating here, yeah. although, uh, uh, maybe you ll