First night in a hostel was surprisingly great. I have nothing to compare it to but pretttyyy sweet. I took a nap after my last post and woke up around 8:30pm. I went on Facebook and Laura was on again. We planned to meet at 9pm for dinner and drinks. We met at the Sol station which was super close to my hostel and about a 30 minute walk for her... She was awesome once again. We had an awesome dinner and then we walked around Madrid at night. It was super cool to see all of the beautiful buildings all lit up. I know I would have never seen so much if it wasn't for her, so I am pretty darn lucky. I think the highlight was drinking a tinto de verano or something like that... Fruity iced wine I guess is the best way to describe it... While watching the prostitutes try to pick up some classy gentlemen. I didn't get home until around midnight. I was so tired I felt like I swam across the ocean not flew just hours earlier. However, I decided to get the guy working at the hostel to help me with me train ticket to San Sebastian. I printed my eticket for an 8am train, passed out, and at 630am this morning I ventured to the Madrid metro for the first time. It was pretty easy to navigate and found myself on the right train and arrived at my destination with time to spare. I bought a chocolate pastry thingy ma bob that was super good and wandered until I found the train station. Trying to match up my train, gate, and what on earth I was supposed to be doing wasn't too bad. I am now sitting on my train waiting to depart in about 8 minutes. When I get to San Sebastian I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do. I arrive around 1pm and hopefully I can see some cool stuff and figure out if it's best to head to St. Jean pied de port this evening or tomorrow morning to start the walk. This involves crossing into France... First time there -hopefully it's sweeeet!!
Hello from France! I am currently waiting for my train in Bayonne to take me to st. Jean pied de port which is the starting point of the camino. I hung out in San Sebastian for a couple of hours today before catching a train into France. It was a beautiful city. Really cool, clean, fun beach, and the people were really nice. I wandered around and took some pictures of sweet stuff. I stink at the language... I was speaking english while in Madrid, forgot anout basque being different than spanish in the north and now I'm speaking Spanish while in France... It's a lost cause. I just said gracias like 10 times to the cyber cafe guy in France.... Oh well.
Hopefully I can find a hostel in SJPDP tonight... And then I'm starting the walk tomorrow! Woo-hoo!
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So fun to follow your blog! Peggy Ross or Margie Miller or whoever you are supposed to be like would be proud. Andy says that "fermez la bouche" is a good line to use in France. He learned it from Saucy who learned it from Eliza who learned it from Francoise the bagel lover. Have fun!! Miss you!!
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