Day 37

Barcelona Train Station 9:03pm 7-27-10

Troy and I are waiting for our train to Madrid. Troy woke up with a cold this morning but we went down to the beach anyways. We read, enjoyed the sun and Troy played some guitar. We headed back to camp and started packing up. We got sandwhich stuff at a grocery store and took the metro to the train station. Once there we got a number and sat down to wait. We made some sandwiches and then we realized we were waiting in the wrong spot. I went to a different ticket window to buy our tickets for today. I asked the teller for the cheapest possible tickets and sold me tickets for a 3pm train. At two pm Troy and I headed to our platform and right before the guy stamped our ticket Troy said stop. The campsite had not given him his passport when he checked out! We got back in the ticket line and luckilly they let us exchange our tickets for the 6pm train. I stayed with our stuff while Troy took the metro back to the campsite. While wiating for Troy I met a woman from Finland and her traveling partner for the day, a guy from Austrailia. They had met yesterday and had taken the train to Barcelona together. We talked for a while and finally Troy got back with his passport. We exchanged info with Heini and Aaron and helped Aaron sort out his travels. Troy took our tickets out and looked at the price. The guy had charged 230 euro! I had thought it was only 115, but apparently that was per person. I went back to the ticket line for the 3rd time and got our tickets changed again to the overnight train. Heini and Aaron eventually left the train station and Troy and I found another waiting area. Our train leaves at 10:20pm and we get into Madrid tomorrow at 7:20 am.