Back to Spain

Well, yesteday I had planned on spending some more time on the coast, but I really just felt like coming home. So, I hopped on the train and took it to Barcelona, the closest thing I have to home here. And I´m happy to be here. I met a girl on the train, she pulled out an English book, and was sitting across from me, so I asked her if she spoke English (in Spanish of course) - and she looked at me weird (turns out she was trying to figure out what language to answer me in, she´d been in France for a week but is fluent in Spanish and . . .) Turns out she´s American! And I say "where from" and she says "michigan" and I just about scream "ME TOO!" (this at a moment when Michigan is exactly where I wanted to be) - she attended Albion College, is from Sterling Heights, and we talked for the long and cramped 3 hour train ride back to Barcelona. It was great. I got into Barcelona at about 7, without a place to stay, and figured I´d just wander around, but Rachelle (the girl from Albion) needed help with her luggage because she was just movign here for the month to do her TESOL! so, I told her I´d help her, and she told me I could crash on her couch with another girl from Albion, and it was great. It was wonderful to be there when they were discovering the city. It was great ot eat dinner with people, not alone. And to have a beer and toast to things, and share jokes, and things in common. Jessica loves Dr. Suess, and reading childrens books, so we shared our favorite childrens books (Lorax and Fall of Freddy the leaf for me - Thru the looking glass and What was I afraid of for her). It was great. It was exactly what I needed when I had been traveling alone and feeling alone and really wanting to see my friends and fam again.

So, today, I´m going to call up Josephine, who i think is still in Barcelona, and see if she´s up for touring the coast south of Spain with me. Otherwise I´m off to the beach cities, probably down to Gilbralter, maybe. Then I don´t know. But don´t worry! I´m doing fine. I take care of myself, eat, drink water, sleep in safe places and don´t go out at night. Things are fine. If there´s a delay in my blog entries it´s proably because I couldn´t find an internet cafe! I love you all. Thanks so much for keeping up with my blog - it´s wonderful to hear from you. Talk to you all again soon!