Bill and I are alive and well in Barcelona. :) We've spent the day walking around the central area and we went into the Picasso Museum. Now we're at an Internet cafe printing out his final exam and checking email.
Yesterday morning was an adventure in getting to the plane. Frankfurt Hahn, where Ryan Air flys out of, is just over an hour away from Frankfurt by bus. So Bill and I met at the Frankfurt Airport to catch the 7am bus from there. We waited exactly where the schedule said the bus would leave from, but it didn't show up. However, at exactly 7am, we saw it drive by. It had been waiting four or five stops down from where we were and we hadn't seen it. Argh. So we went back to the Main Train Station and took the 7:45 bus from there. I thought that bus might be cutting it close for the final check in time, but it was just perfect. We got there 25 min before final check in. Whew!
We were sooo tired. Both of us has a combined eight hours of sleep in the last two days. I tried sleeping a little on the bus, but managed to just rest. When we finally got into Reus, then took the hour bus to Barcelona and found our hotel, we just collapsed. Took a 3 1/2 hour nap. Woke up around 7:30pm and then went out exploring. Wandered down La Ramblas - a big wide pedestrian street that leads towards the water and is full of performance artists. Found a buffet, ate dinner, and wandered back.
Okay, I'm going to let Bill have a turn now. This place allows me to download my photos, so I might do that tomorrow. Don't have that many yet.
Adios!
Posted by Jinglelady at March 5, 2004 05:50 PM | Travelingisn't that like the same thing that happened to us trying to catch the bus from the hopbahnhof (sp?) to get to the airport when we went to rome ?
Posted by: Janine at March 6, 2004 12:34 AMNope, then we thought the bus was closer to Hauptbahnhof than it was. We didnīt figure enough time and ended up running over there to be the last people on the bus. Which was okay, because there was a line to get on anyway.
Posted by: Anna at March 6, 2004 10:32 AMMan, I can't wait to get to Europe. I'm shooting for the sometime in the spring next year after Val and Stephane are settled. Damn, I am so jealous. lol
Posted by: Amanda at March 7, 2004 08:20 PMI love Hahn airport (it's only 70 minutes from here). Small and easy to manage, much better than Frankfurt Flughafen.
I've just heard that Ryan Air now has a 40 minute before flight check in policy at ALL the airports it flys to.
Speaking of Ryan Air, I'm off to Tampere for the weekend. This'll be my first time in Finland. I'm so excited!
Posted by: Jay at March 25, 2004 08:50 PM