I’m finally at the Edelweiss hostel in Barcelona. The trip was good but long. Delayed for almost two hours and a couple euros more than I wanted it to be. Ease and convenience cost money … inexpensive/cheap requires more work – a big lesson learned from my adventures. I hopped on a bus in Murcia thinking I was gonna get off at the train station. I totally missed the stop and ended up in some other city. So, I took a cab. Then in Barcelona, since the train was late didn’t feel like getting lost on another bus or figuring out the Metro, so I took another cab. Both dropped me off right where I needed to be, but cost 10 times more than public transport. No problems at all with me, other than just the usual language problems and tiredness! The train was delayed because someone tried to cross the track and was ran over. Never a good thing, but pissed off a lot of Spanish people on the train. No compassion!
Adrian and I parted ways at the bus/train station in Almeria this morning around 8:15 or so. It wasn’t a sad adios, if anything it was a little rushed. Adrian fell in the shower in the morning and bashed and cut his forhead open! So I don’t think he was thinking straight. He also wanted to get to the airport on time. I talked to him while the train was stopped and he got to San Sebastian ok, aside from my darbouka having been left in Madrid by the airline.
Anyway … I’m tired and hungry and my feet stink badly. I’m gonna eat my vending machine dinner and go to bed!