into the wild wild west!

when we arrived at mendez-alvaro station in madrid - we have to find the bus station - the latest bus departing to la coruña was at 7-30 am!!! we only have 30 minutes! that subway ride took most of the time as barajas airport is located in the north of madrid and mendez -alvaro station in the far south! aaarrrghhhh

we ran like idiots to the ticket counter! and i saw a logo resembling "alsa bus" and immediately went in line but it was one of the idiotic moments i have - well i have to be excused because i/we didnt had any sleep at all! hahaha and it was the wrong ticket counter! hahahaha

then we ran to the far far corner were alsa bus ticket counter was located, it was early in the morning, so only one ticket counter was working and the people behind were sooooooo sloooooow. when it was our turn, i asked her if she speaks english or german and she said no! hahahaha she rolled her eyes to her co-worker - and said in spanish - is he crazy asking if i speak german?!! hahahah  i was stumped on my spanish, but nevertheless it went well! so everybody got their fucking tickets! then we forgot to ask which line was the bus going to la coruña - so we looked up the tickets and it said something like 20 or 30, when we got there and we never ran so fast because we only have 10 minutes to spare - the bus sign said going to santiago de compostela, damn it! i asked a man beside the toilet, but he looked latin, i asked where the bus going to la coruña was, i was having a hard time understanding him coz he spoke a different spanish, but i catched what he said and he said its ON THE OTHER FUCKING SIDE WHICH WAS 200-300 meters away! aarrghhh what the?!

as were about to run! i said to the guys wait, i asked the conductor if the bus with the sign santiago de compostela was going to la coruña, and he said YES! oh my god! it left after 2 minutes and we had the last spare seats! i coudlve strangled that guy who said it was on the other side of the station! and when i looked at his direction from the bus - he was gone! WHAT THE?!


the trip was 8 hours long - we took the alsa supra bus - which was 57 euros going to la corunya - we didnt expect everyting but it was damn worth it! a toilet inside the bus - a movie screen in every seater with earplugs, a stewardess, breakfast and lunch with drinks and a free handover dvd compliments from the bus company! wow!!!! ALSA BUS you are the best!!!!

pablo will meet us at ferrol - theres no bus in the morning from madrid to ferrol - i couldnt find it in the website beforehand - so its better to drive to la coruña then take a bus to ferrol.

till then, there was no problem with the trip - my little spanish was helping us along the way - it went so smoothly.

galicia is very different from the rest of spain - its much more colder in summer - comparable to the climate of ireland - with wild coasts and mountains and hills full of eucalyptus trees.  high cliffs, more greener and wetter and constant changing of weather.

the bus station was very confusing AND DESERTED well its siesta time when we arrived about 2.30 pm so almost  everything was closed. as we got off the bus, we put our bags in the pavement and suddenly there was a police who came! hahahah i was damn scared! i dont wanna get jaild before the adventure begins! i didnt know what we did wrong - but he just said to move our bags because were on the way of the bus stops! my god! hahahaha

then after we got settled down and trying to figure our way how to get to el ferrol, an old woman approached of all persons - rubby the cheetos, she personally asked rubs but i heard it, and spoke in english if she wanted a spare room to spend a night, hahahaha ruby was i dont know - she doesnt looked scared but trying to keep herself from laughing, hahahahaha well of course i rescued her and said politely no to the old woman but behind her back i said to rubs, she's probably needing some young meat for her dinner tonight! hahahahahaha

so there we were, looking like idiots and dont know where to go,  so finally, robbo decided to come with me to buy some tickets which we dont know exaclty where to buy them! we went up and it looked like some old office rooms, i knocked on a window and asked an old man if he knows were the tickets to el ferrol are located, he was so helpful! he even asked us that we look on the big screen which i honestly didnt saw the bus schdueles! hahahaha so robbo and me made our way to the ticket counter and bought a ticket to ferrol - it was amazing how i managed to speak to the people in spanish and understood each other! hahahahahahahaha i felt like a mutant and robbo's mouth was wide opened of how things between me and the people were progressing. he couldnt believe what he just saw! hahahahahahaha. i just couldnt believe it either!

so we bought the ticket to ferrol - texted pablo and he will wait for us there!