2004-09-29 | Ancient Spanish Town,
Spain
John and I had heard of this great day trip with this cute little company
called Spanish Trails. Last night we booked and put down payment on a 45 E
trip out to an ancient Spanish City. We got to the place before it opened so
I drank my coffee and had my breakfast at the Placa de Cataluna.
While I was eating, we both saw a guy selling stolen stereos to some of the
locals. John and I laughed and also talked about how we have both had first
hand experience with getting our stereos stolen. He said "If only there was
a cop I would say something" And as we were walking there turned up a cop. I
was quite far away enough to simply point him out so I did it. I just had a
conversation with the cops. It is not like I am looking for trouble with the
seller, but it felt like payback for the 2 times I have had my car stereo
stolen. Come to find out, they wont do anything unless I wrote a
2004-09-30 | Barcelona, Spain On Thursday John and I were on a venture out to find an STA travel store in Barcelona. The reason that John and I set out to find an STA travel was so that I could make major changes in my trip schedule.
Here is what I wrote when all of these things were going through my head one night.
I am thinking of going home early by a few weeks. Reason being... I would think I would be entirely exhausted if I traveled very quickly from city to city. It might of possibly been a mistake buying a 30 day consecutive rail pass. It forces me to try to get the most value out of it. It also cost me 700 bucks. Now that I am in the Mediterranean I kind of realize that I would rather chill than be in a hurry.
Fully utilizing rail pass cruising around Europe would be better if I had someone to interact with while on the boring trains.
I actually am doing quite well right now traveling by myself. I just enjoy relaxing and
Today I got into town at about 7:30 AM and these really friendly French people in my crammed couchette helped me get situated. Once I hit the end of the station a guy walked up to me and asked if I had a place to stay. He showed me pictures of the hostel his sister ran (which was basically a huge house). I got the directions and headed there to check it out, for I would rather just get the pack off and stay at least one night.
I got in there and once I found it I saw that there were Eastern characters describing the location on the map and come to find out they set this up for Korean people visiting France.
I got in and I hadn't had dinner the night and they were having breakfast so the owner insisted I join in. It was very good and it definitely hit the spot.
The good thing about this hostel was that there was free internet so I caught up on things. While I was typing away I talked with the guy who
Today I woke up and went to my Korean breakfast. This place is starting to grow on me a little. I thought that while in France I would be wining and dining at some nice cafes. But here I am learning about Korean food and customs.
I woke up and went down to eat my breakfast. We have chopsticks and usually a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup. In the middle of the table is 4 dishes with spiced seaweed of some kind, some beans and a some other stuff (maybe some fish). This morning I was feeling rather adventurous and I was feeling comfortable with not disrespecting what they cooked me so I grabbed the milk and sugar and poured it on my rice (Taylor ). Immediately I got a reaction from a girl shocked that I did that. It was hilarious. I was explaining that that was how my family eats it. It was a great conversation piece because we were all giggling about it. They were even giggling about me shaving later.