so I’ve got this David Hasselhoff song stuck in my head..

Travel Commentary:

Lines:
Lines here form in exactly the same manner in which they do in the USA. But that’s where it ends. Let’s say you’re next in line and your standing 3 feet from the back of the person currently at the window. Well that’s your first mistake. See, that distance means that you’re not really in line. You might as well be orbiting Mars. People look at that distance as an opportunity to form another line perpendicular to yours and much much closer to the person currently at the window. Then, when that person moves, even slightly, the person who started the new line to your left elbows the person at the window out of the way guaranteeing 2 things: 1 you’re never going to be next and 2 that person IS.
A similar thing works when boarding busses; if the line to get in looks too long, just start a new line right at the door of the bus that runs perpendicular to the first line. That way, if you’re 1st in the new line, you’re a lock on at worst, 2nd in the bus…never mind that “idiot” (usu ME) standing at the end of the original line awaiting his/her turn.
I tried this new-line trick today…and it worked like a charm…no dirty looks, no scowls, just call me Mr 2nd on the bus. I probably looked local!
I still can’t get used to hugging the person in line in front of me from behind in hopes of preventing an 80-year-old, 3-foot-zero lady from jacking my spot when I’m about to miss the last train/bus to some place having a one-night-only festival, and she’s buying a ticket for next week to the next town over, but probably won’t go anyway…yet it about happens to me everywhere I wait in line.

Glossy napkins!
Now what’s up with this? The napkins here are made with some sort of glossy paper. It works really well as a face-food-mover. Like if there’s a bit of food on your cheek and you use one of these glossy things, you can be assured the food is gone from the cheek, but you can also guarantee it’t equally distributed over the rest of your face and that there is absolutely none of it on the napkin. It’s like wiping your face with the cover of one of those Daniel Steel novels.

Phone:
When you really need to get something done, T-Mobile has got the worst cust service…makes even Sprint look good!

Backpack:
This thing is too heavy. No one needs 2 pairs of pants! And 4 T-shirts? Who wears that many shirts? 12 pairs of socks? For real, they’re cleaner after a long hike than the rest of me most of the time… ;). Soap…should have brought this; some hotels don’t have it.

Misconceptions:
1. I would have washed my clothes since the last time I did it about a week before leaving SD - Aug 10th.
2. It wouldn’t be a full time job planning where to stay and what to see and when.
3. George, who’s meeting me in Barcelona, would have called to let me know if/when he’s coming before leaving for Paris yesterday.
4. Trains would be the way to travel…buses have proven faster and cheaper, thusfar.

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