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Hello everone. Had a bit of a day yesterday.......
Due to what seemed like a good idea at the time, i sat in the Gatwick airport all day. I booked my ticket for Barcelona for a much later time after Kim's in order to avoid mssing my flight and still get her to the plane on time. Note to self: make the wait shorter.
Needless to say the airport is not a comfortable place to sit all day. Just before it was time to board the flight was delayed by another half hour. hahaha
Anywho, i made it on the plane by just after 6pm and the pilot 'made up some time' in the air so we arrived in Barcelona almost exactly when we were originally supposed to land. However, i decided to treat myself to a bevy on the flight and as i had calculated my Pound Sterling to the last p, i did not have any cash. Np i'll just use my Visa. Makes sense right? Well much to my surprise, the credit card was declined! S.o.b. right! For the rest of the flight i sat there thinking that some a$%hole had skimmed my card.
I arrived in Spain and it took me about half an hour to figure out how to make a call on the payphone so i could get my hotel shuttle.........not off to a good start. I was starting to think i would be sleeping in this fancy new airport with all the teen age backpackers just off to my left. hahahah......Still worried about card skinmmer. Finally success after i got some help and learned that i didnt need the +34 when making a local call. The hotel bus arrived and off to my oaisis.
Once at the hotel i managed to figure out how to make a collect call to Visa.....thank goodness for Google and free Wi-Fi.
Now that your all on the edge of your seats, my card had not been skimmed and i did not run out of money and i didnt forget my pin, there was a system glitch on the plane! Argh.....lol......Pretty funny looking back.
Well, its time to pull out my Spanish phrase book, sort out the public transit system and get out of this hotel.......no more hotels. Next stop Barcelona city centre. Hopefully i dont get lost like Karen and i did in Mexico! Or maybe hopefully i do!
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gord Did they not take Euro's on the flight son? Note to self always keep an emergency 10 euros or 10 pounds in the back of your passport. Funny I found a 10 Euro note in my old travel wallet when I was getting ready for my LA trip last May. As for pulling out the phrase book - what the heck did you do at Gatwick all day? or should I ask?!! Let me know when you go to Barca stadium - Nou Camp or as the locals say Camp Nou. Some fans describe it as a football fortress but for god sake please don't call it Barca Castle.... Later - and be careful if you are out and about on Las Ramblas at night dude - That area of Barcelona takes on an ugly face in the wee hours...