We´ve left Paola´s farm in Cabo de Gata. Adrian and I said our goodbyes, smoked a little with Chris and Tibo and got yelled at by Alicja for not coming when she honked the horn. We didn´t hear it. And, Paola gave up waiting for us to say goodbye. Now I´m once again sitting in the yellow western union internet cafe here in Campohermoso. We´re gonna catch the 4:00 bus to Almeriá. We have no place to stay yet. Tomorrow morning I will head to Murcia where I´ll catch a train, either tomorrow of the next day, to Barcelona. I´ve nowhere to stay yet in Barcelona, either. But I´ll figure something out. I´m tempted to call the farm in France and see if they will have me a couple days early. I can´t really afford four days in a big city anyway. I emailed five couchsurfing folks, and haven´t heard back. The delay might be from the couchsurfing.com site being down, though, so I can´t blame them (yet).
I have mixed feelings. I am really glad to be moving on from Paola´s. It was truly amazing, though, and an experience I will not soon forget. Such an extreme! The people, the place, the toilet … the feelings, the moods, the food … it was quite a trip. I´m kinda at a loss for words, really. It might be the anxiousness about catching the bus and not knowing where I´m gonna stay or what I´m gonna do for the next week. That, and this past week was marked with a baby goat dying, an older goat being very ill, an old, ugly duck being killed by Petr´s dog Dingo (and his subsequent decision that Dingo has to leave the farm), various arguments, odd and ill feelings between people, and the reality that our time was limited. I have a lot to tell, for sure. Just not now.
So yeah. It´s an interesting time, another chapter in the adventure. I´ll post pictures soon!
hasta luego (see you later).