On The Train, Again - In Spain!

After an aptly named PETIT dejeuner, Mum and Dad stashed our big suitcases with the horrible noisy wheels at the ‘Consigne à Bagages’ at Lion Station (still haven’t seen him)

The station is grand and beautiful with a lovely old long mural showing all the places you can go to on the train, should anyone else be as silly as us to want to spend days on trains.

We then had a good 5+ mile walk to Notre Ham. It was delightful not to have the suitcase wheels thundering next to my ears.

The Cathedral is still being repaired after it got badly burnt. This was my favourite bit -

We also saw some handsome holy men and I made ‘un ami’. French chiens are odd; they say ouah, ouah. What’s wrong with woof, woof?

As Mum and Dad like to be super early for everything, we returned to the station leaving plenty of time for our train to Barkerlona. However, when we arrived, there were lots of police with guns and big scary train guards stopping us from entering. All the trains were stuck in the station because of a mass signal failure. There were people everywhere, staring at information boards or talking scribble into their ‘phones. Nobody looked happy. Dad said some rude words. Mum used her rusty French to try and persuade one of the guards to let us into the station to get the noisy suitcases, which eventually worked on the fourth man. By some miracle, our train was the only one not delayed or cancelled - phew!

After all the excitement, I slept all the way to Barkerlona, only waking up when Mum and Dad were sneakily eating cheese.

Once we arrived, we got a taxi to yet another long street with tall buildings and wiggly wrought iron balconies. Am beginning to forget which city I’m in. I shared my furry warmth with Mum and Dad in another small, dark, cold room with ‘waffer’ thin bedding. Clearly the owners had spent most of there budget on the huge TV which shouts scribble at us. After a walk and comfort break, we all shivered through some bad dreams. Mum’s was about going on holiday to an asbestos theme park. Am starting to wonder if that might be a better option.