I just spent the last hour wandering the streets surrounding Barcelona Sants train station looking for my hostel. Or more accurately looking for the street it is on. Why must the street signs be located ON buildings here in beautiful Barcelona? It probably took me a full 20 minutes before I even realized that. For a bit I was starting to think that they were adverse to street signs and everyone here just inherently knows where they are at all times. Geez and I thought I had a good sense of direction!
But now, and hour later, I am checked into my hotel, slowly cooling off, really wondering how much my backpack weighs (I was afraid to weigh it before I left...decided it was better to not know at all), trying to forget that it´s 430am in Iowa as I am determined to get on the right time zone immediatley, working on adjusting to this funky keyboard, and am relaxing because - I made it! Iḿ really here! Now letś go explore...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Glad to hear that you made it OK and are not lost yet!
ReplyDeleteYeah basically all over europe the street signs are on the buildings. This can be kind of confusing especially in Italy where all the streets are so random.
ReplyDeleteWe are glad you made it safely. And where did you stop to change planes? We are having yucky weather again. Cloudy, misty and cool. What is the temp where you are? Send plenty of pictures.
ReplyDeleteLove Grandpa & Grandma Lewis
I changed planes in Philadelphia - so windy that both my landing and takeoff from there were kinda scary. Today was about 72 degrees - lovely! Going to be cooler when I head north to Brussels and Berlin.
ReplyDeleteYea, the street signs are on the buildings in Paris too. It can get really frustrating when you are walking on the same street, same direction, and all of the sudden, the street name has changed!
ReplyDeleteWOOO HOOOO!!!!!! Wish I was adventuring with you! :)
ReplyDelete