Travel back to Spain

Travel from Rome wasn’t quite as smooth as I might’ve hoped - the flight was fine but by the time I got to the train station I had missed my next train. It was very hot in Madrid, I was tired and hungry, and I couldn’t seem to rebook tickets online or on the app. Not my happiest hour! I went to the service room and after my number was called (!) an agent booked me to León with a train from there to Ponferrada the next morning. It was, he said, the best they could do. I canceled my room in Ponferrada, booked a new one in León, and figured out how to get to the different Madrid train station where I then finally got the train out of Madrid. If the screen on the train in Madrid was to be believed, it was 105 there!

It was a relief to get to my room for the night. It was about then that my ratio of excitement to anxiety swung to a better place!Read more