illegal

Today is Leap Year Day and my world is a little backwards - today is my last day as an officially welcomed tourist in Spain. Tomorrow the entry stamps on my passport are no longer valid, and I will be an illegal alien. I´m actually a little excited at the prospect. I feel a little fear as well when I think about it, but I've been doubly and triply assured that nothing unfortunate will befall me in this situation. I carry an American passport, after all - until this travel I've never fully understood the value of that. Even the Policia Nacional - Spain´s version of Immigration - told me when I went there to ask them about it that I won't have any trouble or consequence as long as I don´t stay for a very long time past the invitation my stamps afford me. I haven't yet found a suitable position on a UK sheep farm, though I'm still working toward that.