Arrived in Barcelona after our 13 hour journey from Cadiz.
Tracey refused to pay the exorbitant prices for a hotel room in Barcelona so we booked two beds in a hostel close to the station.
Our dormitory consisted of 4 bunk beds so we had to share with 6 other people. As it turned out Tracey was the only woman in the dorm.
After a surprisingly good night’s sleep and a different experience we boarded our train to Valence. The train was a TGV inoui double decker so there were a 1,000 passengers on board. The first class carriage was extremely comfortable and the only way we knew we’d crossed the border was text message from our phone provider.
Even though the train hit speeds of 187mph we still arrived 20 minutes late which gave us just 5 minutes to catch our connecting train to Annecy.
Along with 50 other passengers we rushed up a lengthy staircase over the station and down again. We reached the train doors just as they were closing. I was guillotined by them and was ready to admit defeat. Tracey was having none of this defeatism so she wrenched open the doors and pushed me in. We made it!
The train was packed and even though we had first class tickets (of course) there was no way we were going to reach that carriage.
There were a couple of lads playing videos games loudly on their phones.
At one station three heavily armed SNFC police got on and announced that they wanted to see everyone’s tickets. I was so flustered I think I showed him the nectar card qr code on my phone. He seemed satisfied with that thought. The two lads who were disturbing the whole carriage were fined for not having a ticket and they quietened down after that.
Now to explore Annecy…
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