El Salvador, Great 1st Night

I need to go to bed.  We leave for the mountains at 8, and it is almost 12:30.  Having said that, it was a great evening.  The presentation from Fintrac and the food was OK, but it was the talking afterwards, rum in hand out on the pool deck that made the evening for me.  I got to reconnect with Bob Weeks from Redeye Roasters (cupped together last year at BOP).  I met a tonne of new folk all who are passionate and commited to great coffee.  The evening ended with a smaller group, Bob and Mike and Laura from Johnson Brothers Coffee.  It is always such a cool thing for me to be able to sit and talk into the night with people I have just met.  We share a passion for coffee and can tell stories all night long.  We spur each other on, inspire each other, with our victories, and educate each other with our mistakes and failures.  All in all, at the end of the night I leave richer, fuller, and glad for the experience.  Can't wait to actually taste some coffee.