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A boring last day and also my thoughts

2004-09-30 | Barcelona

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 getting to know a culture a lot more with time rather than breezing through.

I guess I didn't realize that it is best to take your time. I would be doing myself a great dis-service by breezing through France, Belguim, Amsterdam and Germany. After a while, I have a feeling that cities will be looking the same museums will get more boring, the train rides will get longer and I will feel more and more reluctant to interact with the locals because of my ignorance of their language, cities and way of life.

Even in Spain (where I should feel most comfortable) I have a hard time breaking out and interacting.

Another thing about canceling the northern part of my trip is that most of the destinations are big cities. One huge thing that I have learned on this trip is my new found extreme love of nature. Maybe it was Scotland or the Pyrenees that did it to me, but I would rather look at the beauty of nature rather than get run over by some car speeding by.

So by eliminating a lot of Europe, I can focus on something that I anticipate being forced to rush through (The alps and Italy).

I think I could handle those and it will save me probably 2000 dollars in the end.

The only thing I will be sad about is missing the Eiffel Tower. I wanted that Kodak moment to come true.... but it will always be there.

So that is my decision, I am going to do this and I will make it a surprise on Susan. I will do it so long as I can work things out with STA travel.

OK... back to the story. Now that you have read what crazy things were going through my head, you might get the impression that I am homesick and lonely. But it is the total opposite. Surprisingly I haven't felt a drop of either of those. I really just wanted to chill out in the warmth of the Southern Countries and relax before I have to join the rat race of corporate America.

The things I miss most are the two girls in my life... my mom and Susan. These girls worry about me the most out of anyone.

Anyways after talking with Rachel, Katrine and John (my rape preventing friends). I have figured out a healthy medium. -Use the pass -Don't change my flight -Continue to chill out (Thus not getting the full value of my rail pass.... I am such a business man with my cost benefit analysis on everything)

Anyway back to my last full day in Barcelona. John and I ended up having a not so good day. We seemed to walk around way too much. We saw one of Gaudi's buildings and also walked far to confirm the time and place of Johns bus ride to the airport.

After that we had the dumbest idea, we decided to walk up Mt. Monjuic to see the Olympic stadium and to also get a great view of the city overlooking the Ocean. It totally sucked because the stadium sucked ass, the view sucked ass and the walk sucked ass because we were tired and also come to find out the buses don't run on weekdays.

Our night ended much better because we hung out with Rachel and Katrine again. We had dinner and then ITALIAN ICE CREAM!!!!!!! We ate this while sitting (listening to jazz) on the steps where Chris Columbus proclaimed he found the new world. No kidding. History is cool sometimes.

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