Monday, July 24, 2006
just winging it
and finally, i feel like the rest of the tourists here!
because i actually rented an apartment and i “live” here and speak spanish almost fluently, i haven´t really felt like all the backpackers i´ve met who are hopping from city to city…
that is, until this week.
i got so comfortable in barcelona all i was doing was hanging out in my house, and i figured, since i have two weeks left, i might as well go to another part of the country and see it. so i asked my roommate and her friend, outta the big cities (madrid, valencia, sevilla, granada), what should i do? it was unanimous - the best place for me to visit was granada. even better, the friends i made in pamplona live in granada, so i don´t even have to worry about the cost of the hotel!
well… when i got to the train station, i found out i could only buy a ticket as far as valencia. so i did. i figured, hey, i can get a ticket from valencia to granada, right? nope… nothing… all sold out! they guy at the window was like, you have to wait for a month, they´re all sold out!
i was like, DUDE!!! i´m not going to wait in valencia for a month!
so then he sold me a trip to madrid, and then i leave from madrid to granada.
so apparently, i get to hit ALL the cities on my list. well… almost…
even though my train leaves at 7 this morning, i didn´t bother getting a hotel. i figured, all the other times, i´ve been fine staying up all night, so i just sat my butt in the plaza till the restaurants closed at 2am, and then sat on the steps with a crowd of people that were playing guitar and singing. yup, that was my night!
now i´m on my way to madrid, to see what´s there… i can´t wait till i get ´home´ to granada… i can finally shower! yay!!!!