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While in Spain exploring Sevilla and following the warm genealogical trail of Charlene’s maternal grandmother, we stumbled into some cool serendipity. It’s a fun story, worth telling ... with a worthwhile takeaway.  For now I’ll call it the “Serendipity Effect."

While researching things to do in Sevilla, Charlene and I heard that "the international festival of the [Spanish] guitar" was taking place around the city during the month of October. That week, several of the world’s leading guitar masters were in town for a special event - to pay homage to Paco Lucia, a mentor to many and pioneering artist of the genre, who passed away earlier this year.

Remarkably, we were able to secure $12 tickets to the commemorative concert at an intimate little venue buried in a maze of back streets. To be clear, this is the kind localized event you wouldn’t even hear about if you weren’t already in town … and even then, you had to...