Taking a speed train to Madrid/Carlos Pueblo
I went to
Barcelona Sand Station for a train ride to San Sebastian,
a northwest
seaport of Spain. I always like to visit the ultimate end
of a
territory, such as the northeast end, the center, the southern tip
, the
northern tip etc. I also hear a lot of Basque Independent and I
like to the
actual place myself. Basque territory covers most of the
western
Spain which facing the Atlantic Ocean. It would take 6 hours
to reach San
Sebastian and I would not have a returning train till the
next morning;
therefore, I decided to switch to take a speedy train
ride to
Madrid, the capital city of Spain.
The train,
AVE, can reach to 300 Km an hour and is about three hours
ride from
Barcelona to Madrid. We passed by a city called Zaragoza,
in Aragon country.
I can see the Spanish farms field and the pueblos.
By the way I
change my last name Chuang to Pueblo due to the
difficulty of
westerner to pronounce the word and the meaning of
that word is
pueblo in Spanish, and from now on, no confusion between
Chuang and
Chang when people says it.
Not too far
from Madrid Station, I found a small restaurant which offered
the menu of
the day special. A plate is 9 Euros plus a bottle of wine. I
finished a
bottle and was still thirsty so I paid 6 euros for another bottle.
I did finish
the second bottle and paid my bill; however, I was drunk. I
Believed that
he called polices for help to escort me to the station. I missed
my return
train yet I did get on the next one back to Barcelona.
On the
train, I met a Chinese lady tailor from Liao Ning Province near North
Korean
border. I guess her business is very well; therefore, she can afford to
take the
train to Madrid to visit clients. She is very appreciative for Spain takes
her as an
immigrant and let her start a new life in this country. She did recommend
he to live
in Spain and I was not in a good state of myself to discuss with her
further
more. Before arrival, she invited me to have the same shuttle with a
Chinese
driver who had been in Spain for years as a taxi like driver serving in
Chinese
community. I was very impressed for their effort to earn a living in
Spain.
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