Barcelona

[Filed 09:01AM, while waiting for my plane in the airport in Barcelona, Spain.]

Trip Stats:
Cities visited: 2
Broken Sunglasses: 1
Major bruises received: 1
Lost clothing: 1 pair of underwear that I think fell out of my locker in Barcelona (TMI?)
Blisters: still ow.

Only 4 days into my trip but it feels like it’s been forever. That’s probably mostly because I had less than 4 hours of sleep last night (yay for early flights…:\). I was in a panic that I wouldn’t wake up in time and so all of that wonderful sleep I’d gotten the night before was put to waste.

Rewinding:

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Madrid

[Filed 11:05PM, on a train somewhere between Mardrid and Barcelona, Spain.]

Well, I’m on the train from Madrid to Barcelona. It’s 10PM and we decided to take an overnight train to save ourselves the hostel fee and to avoid the ridiculous costs of taking one of the high speed trains. This one is an 8 hour journey overnight as opposed to what I think would be about a 3 hour trip otherwise. We couldn’t get couchettes or anything like that, so hopefully we’ll be able to get at least a little bit of sleep in our seats.

I haven’t been on a long distance train before – most, if not all of my train travel has been on NJ Transit trains between Pt. Pleasant and NYC – but this train is set up like the trains Harry Potter takes to Hogwarts. I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty cool. Now if only someone would walk around with chocolate frogs and those crazy colored jelly beans…

Anyway…back to Madrid…

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Hola from Madrid!

Hello Hello!

It’s 7:25PM, but my brain thinks it’s about midnight. I’m kind of fuzzy on what day it is (Thursday according to my calendar) and I’ve already managed to develop blisters from all of the walking. It’s hot as all heck and I seem to be insatiably thirsty, but it’s awesome so far!

Unfortunately, I don’t have a phone at the moment. I’ve poked around in various shops but all of the cheap phones don’t have SIM cards. I’m already starting to miss my iPhone. I’ve gone to pull it out a few times and then realized that I couldn’t use it. Ah withdrawal…

The good news is: I’m not completely Spanish illiterate! Yay! I’ve managed to survive the last 11 hours without too many problems…

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