Kind senior couple
in Barcelona/Carlos Pueblo
I got off a
shuttle bus from the cruise terminal to la Plaza de Colom
and walked
towards la Plaza de Catalunya on the famous La Rambla
passing by
the famous fish and produce market. I was tired and took
a nap on a
street bench facing the building on Passeig de Gracia. When
I woke up, a
senior couple sitting next chair to me and I said Bon dias.
The senior
couple bon dias back to me and we started to chat. They
told me that
they were on their way home with the same subway
station and
offered to take me with them. The couple waited for me
patiently
while I was struggling to descend to the subway entrance.
My problem
was my ticket was inserted in a wrong end and stuck inside
the entrance
machine. The gentleman asked me to wait and moved my
heavy
luggage to block that entrance gate. The security guard came by
and advised
call the office for help. He did and waited for a while till a
life person
answering the phone. Their conversation was in Catalan
langue. Not
very soon, the subway officer showed up and opened the
key and saw
the ticket yet could not got it out and suddenly it was
disappeared
in front of our eyes. She gave me another tickets, it was
a multiple
passes.
We got off
the subway and got up to the street level. I appreciated their
Kind effort
so much, I invited them for a lunch yet they did not accept.
After they
showed me my hotel direction, we went on opposite direction.
I was lucky
that the wife spoke fluent English.
Peter and
Yong arrived to the Hotel first and was not able to check in;
therefore,
they went out for a taxi tour of Barcelona and left the luggage
at the hotel
front desk. I arrived late yet I was allowed to enter the ready
room. I went
to find a coin-operated laundry and took my dirty clothes
to wash. I
ran into difficulty again for not knowing how to operate, the
machine took
my coins and I could not start the wash machine and there was
no attendant
inside the shop. After several asking the passerby, I finally got
a next door
office gentleman came by to crank it up. I was very sorry for
myself hat
day.
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