Blake has to be frustrated at this point. He thought we were going to show up yesterday morning. Who knows, maybe he is pumped to get some time to himself in Barcelona. All I know, is that I want to just get there at this point...
...So, it turned out that the 7:20am train we thought we would get on was fully booked (this was a train that required a reservation). We actually woke up at 5:30am to get over to the station, only to find out that this was the case. The other option... an 11:45am departure that would require 1 change in Port-Bou, then on to Barcelona arriving at 6:45pm. Right now, I am writing from the train to Port-Bou. If all goes as planned, we will be in Barcelona in 5 hours or so. I will write more later tonight hopefully...
...We arrived in Barcelona on time, and found Blake fairly easily. We then had to make a decision on how to get to Pamplona. Since it was going to be really difficult to find a train, and expensive for Blake to ride one, we visited the rental car place. They told us that we could get a car for 2 days for about 150 Euros. So, almost without hesitation we went for it. It would be our transportation and hotel for the next 2 nights, so we actually were getting off pretty cheap.
We jumped in the car around 8 o'clock and took off to Pamplona. Everything was cool until we got to the first toll road stop. The guy at the rental car place told us that it would be free, but it definitely was not. We probably spent at least 30 Euro just getting to Pamplona. Thank goodness we decided to take the car one way! On the way, we grabbed weird gas station food and then headed to the center of Pamplona. The whole drive was around 4 hours or so.
Once we got in, we decided to just find a place to park, and then a place to buy our gear for the run. If you aren't familiar with what people wear, it's white pants and shirt and then a red scarf and sash worn like a belt. Anyway, we parked in a garage around 1:00am and then found a stand selling some stuff. When we were driving in to town, the place was still jumping! People party all night long here! More on that in the next blog though... Ok, so we found a place to buy our stuff, wandered around for a little bit and then grabbed the car. We headed out to a random parking lot and all took our places in the car for a big night's sleep. Bedtime (or I guess I should say Cartime) = 3:30am.
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