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I'm on a train
moving at 300km/h. We're about halfway to Barcelona, and I did manage to get
about two hour's sleep in half hour segments. So now I've got about five ish
hours under my belt and I'm feeling better.
I bought a tuna
salad, yoghurt, and fruit for lunch, and Mikayla gave me her hot chocolate
right before we boarded (which was really rich dark chocolate -so good), so I
had plenty of food.
At this point in the
trip, it being Friday and us coming home on Sunday, I'm starting to really look
forward to coming home. I'm not necessarily home sick, but I will really
appreciate sleeping in my own bed on a normal schedule. I'm a bit apprehensive
about my viola, both GVYO and festival music, but I practiced a bunch before I
left and hopefully I'll get enough in this week that I won't be butchered in
orchestra on Saturday… I'm excited to
bring home my gifts for everyone, and to wear scarves everyday. I could wear a
different one every day for 12 days now, with the ones I have here and at home.
And they're all so nice. And the nice olive oil will be good to cook with. And
the fancy flavoured lindors (I had a couple of each, but there's still plenty
for everyone back home).
I'm going to see if
I can manage to read some King Lear on my phone. Or maybe math, or maybe the
Supernatural song. I think I can read King Lear all in one day on Monday, and I
have a nice smooth ride and flat surface right here, so I might choose math. Or
I might play cards.
In our hostel, the
lobby has a broken chair, and a chessboard missing half the pieces, and a
guitar with three working strings and one broken, unraveled, and loose. They
are tuned to F, D, Eb. I used them to compose a lovely song and sing.
Our room is quite
nice, six deprecate fluffy beds and a bathroom. Nice and roomy. One key. Later
today we're doing a Gaudi tour, and out for dinner. I'm so excited about seeing
Gaudi's buildings, including the one still in progress.
We saw a park
entirely designed by Gaudí. Palm trees and ceramics and curves everywhere. Tall
hill to see the entire city from. Then we did a lot of walking in really busy
streets, and ate dinner on a hole-in-the-wall kind of place. We had falafels
and they were so good. Then we came back to the hostel. We're gonna play cards
now until late: partying hard.
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