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It’s all Ελληνικά to me
So much has happened in the past three days, it’s almost unbelievable. But also incredible. First thing is first though… I saw another wedding on our way out of Murcia. How many weddings is that now? We hit up a local supermarket to stalk up on food to last the day and night at the…
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Couchsurfing makes everything better
The bus had dropped us off at a cafe and, though I normally don’t just drink coffee, not having slept for two night necessitated it. We got more wifi and were overcharged for two cappuccinos, but we wre alive (albeit extremely gross-smelling) and we had a couchsurfing host lined up for that night that would…
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Paraíso
I caught my ride out of Valencia pretty easily and couldn’t wait to get to Elche. My driver (whom I found on blablacar) was Moroccan and spoke English, Spanish, Moroccan Arabic, and French. He was pretty cool up until about ten minutes into the drive at which point he proceeded to fill me in on…
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Viva Valencia!
Blablacar has proved the cheapest way of getting around Spain. Fortunately, there are tons of rides from Barcelona to Valencia every day, so I was able to find one for about €20 early in the morning. I got up, stuffed myself with as much bread as possible, and headed out on the metro to meet…
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Dreams come true
Okay. So anyone that knows me in real life knows that I’m obsessed with going to Spain. I’ve wanted to go to Spain for like, nine years. And I’m finally here. Viktor sent me off by driving me to town on Thursday morning. I planned on hitching to Foix where I would be able to…
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The life of a mountain man
It was only a few minutes before my host, Viktor, was there to pick me up. Here’s the scoop on Viktor: He grew up in England, but had a distaste for city life and ended up WWOOFing (World wide opportunities on organic farms) with his boyfriend for six years, living out of a van and…
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Don’t be a republican in France
Instead of hitching from Paris to Toulouse, I just chose to book a ride online through BlaBlaCar/covoiturage. It only set me back €40, and a train ride would have been at least three times as much, and as far as hitchhiking was concerned, I wanted zero more surprises, at least for a six and a…
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How to make friends
The last few days have been full of sleep, fun, and walking. So. Much. Walking. On Wednesday morning my backpack finally came, but Camille was planning for us to go out Thursday night with her friend for a ‘cheap’ €3,50 bière with some friends. So I resolved to see as much a possible between Wednesday…
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How to travel on the cheap
It’s no question whether I’m poor/cheap/stupid. When all three of those traits take over, though, it leads to adventure (and saving money, and illegal things). This morning didn’t start off too great. I had to make my first student loan payment, which I couldn’t do through credit card, so I had to dig through some…
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Cultures collide
On Saturday morning, Camillle and some of her coworkers/friends/brother planned on doing brunch together (a very un-French thing to do, apparently) and she was nice enough to invite me along. And oh, what a brunch it was. Let me tell you, the French know how to eat (…have I already written that somewhere else?). First…
