Hola a Todos,
So my journey here to Spain was a long one: The short of it is I travelled for approximately 21 hours (origin to destination) and have just started my Spanish classes. The details are below. WARNING it may be a little long winded and ramblng.
The airport wait was the shortst I had ever experienced I went from the ticket counter to the gat in about 30 minutes, so I had plenty of time before the flight The first flight was to London and it went smoothly (though I had to reduce my bags because London is very strict about 1 carry-on) I found out jut how strict in the airport when I had to reorganoze again just to fit their standards of bag size. But I continued into Madrid and this is where the actual adventure began. I arrived in Madrid at about 12:30 in the afternoon and did not get my bags until apporximately 2 pm because the baggage claim was very slow.
I should mention here that I really did not have any concrete plans on how I would get from Madrid to Valencia (about a 4 hour trip by train). I knew there was a train but no idea how to get there. So I carry my luggage onto the train....
**Interesting sidenote - to all of you who convinced me to carry 2 bags instead of 1 I am very angry with you....Carrying these bags all over Madrid (There are stairs everywhere!!!) was very painful.**
...and go towards the train station, which was of course sold out. SO I went to the bust station and bought a ticket to Gandia (destination). It is now 4:00 pm and the trip by bus is 5+ hours long. After an hour we sotp at a gas stop and I have my first Spanish meal..an empananda and a bottle of water. The bus continued and I finally arrived at the destination at abiout 10:30pm At this point I went about finding a taxi and arrived at my apartment at 11pm. Luckily the mangager happened to be there and he let me into the building so I was able to get into my room. I met my roomates (2 German and one Fin) and sat around and talked for a while before goiong to bed.
The next morning I saw that 90% of the people here in this program are from Germany. I met one American from Oklahoma, a couple guys from Australia, and the rest Germans. We beagan our classes and the go for about 4 hours a day for two weeks.
Now I have to go about finding an apartment in Valencia, I start tomorrow. The adventure continues.....
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haha, I forgot about the stairs thing in Europe. Man, you'll be happy with 2 bags in the long run. See, you survived and it wasn't too bad. I'm glad you got to your final destination in one piece and hey, you saved some money on the train ticket - now you can spend that on some liquor ;p. German people are cool, do they speak English?
BTW, bout time someone else got a blog, now we gotta link em!
EDDEH!!! Glad to see that you now have a blog! Ok, I apologize for contributing to the whole "two bags will be fine" thing. Between you and me, you needed the workout though... lol. I hope you have fun finding your apartment, and I hope it's nice. Make sure to post pictures. Picasa is amazing. Also, I'm so glad you did this!! Once you know where you live, let us know how we can send you stuff, and quickly... your birthday is around the corner!
Take Care Buddy!
I assume that the cafe is the one across from Hiper Patri? And are you staying at Apts. Biarritz?
Ah the memories come flooding back. I'm jealous of you!
Hey,
Glad to see you made it to Spain in one piece. I have to say I was in big support of the less bags idea. lol. Make sure you load up every single picture to a web album, I want to know what I am missing out on. Hope all is well. Take it easy. :)
-Deji
Hi Eddie!
I am glad you made it there in one piece. Sorry about the luggage situation; if I was there, I would be in a world of hurt. Take plenty of pictures so I can imagine I was there. I hope to be a world traveler like you someday. Remember us folks here in the old ATL.
Hola!!!
Hey Eddie!!! How is it over there??? We miss you!! I'm mad that I'm not there too!
Hope all is well!
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