Trip preparations

Arrived in Tampa late after driving back from Floral City and passed two hours at the Dale Mabry Borders—coming away with four Spanish language and grammar books plus Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan by Hugh Thomas, A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain by Chris Lowry, George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, and a Joseph Conrad just for fun (Lord Jim)—before returning to Ian’s around 11p.