After flying away from Indonesia for almost 22 hours!!
Then it's been almost a month since I stepped my feet in this mysterious land. Why it is mysterious? Because I don't know what will I face, what will happen, and what am I going through here!. First of all, me and my friends had a bad experienced when we just arrived in Barcelona Airport. I thought it was bad because we didn't know how to reach Castellon de la Plana city (our destination) from the airport. All we knew at that time was to go to the station as soon as possible. We took a settle bus which brought us to the station. Yet, the station is not the main station, we have to go to Barcelona Sants from that station. Then, we went to Barcelona Sants by spending money around 4 euros to go there. After arriving in Barcelona Sants, we started looking for our train. But it didn't come easily. Actually it wouldn't be so hard, if everyone could understand what we wanted to say, or we understood what those people were trying to say. But in the end, after we bought the ticket around 24 euros, we took a wrong train which made us come back again to Barcelona Sants. We asked again to the information center, and ensured that this time won't be wrong, so we waited again for the train. The train came, and I quickly assumed 'This is it!'. So finally we took the train and I just feeling relieved because carried a big suitcase all the time was very tiring. Hahahaa
Then it's been almost a month since I stepped my feet in this mysterious land. Why it is mysterious? Because I don't know what will I face, what will happen, and what am I going through here!. First of all, me and my friends had a bad experienced when we just arrived in Barcelona Airport. I thought it was bad because we didn't know how to reach Castellon de la Plana city (our destination) from the airport. All we knew at that time was to go to the station as soon as possible. We took a settle bus which brought us to the station. Yet, the station is not the main station, we have to go to Barcelona Sants from that station. Then, we went to Barcelona Sants by spending money around 4 euros to go there. After arriving in Barcelona Sants, we started looking for our train. But it didn't come easily. Actually it wouldn't be so hard, if everyone could understand what we wanted to say, or we understood what those people were trying to say. But in the end, after we bought the ticket around 24 euros, we took a wrong train which made us come back again to Barcelona Sants. We asked again to the information center, and ensured that this time won't be wrong, so we waited again for the train. The train came, and I quickly assumed 'This is it!'. So finally we took the train and I just feeling relieved because carried a big suitcase all the time was very tiring. Hahahaa
Unfortunately, this suffering was not over yet. The train that we took ended at Tortosa city as its final destination. Yet, our destination was to reach Castellon de la Plana!!! So, we met a guy (Now we called him as 'a mysterious guy from Tortosa') who can speak English (fortunately!) and help us to ask the information center in the station of Tortosa. They said we have to get off from the train in the two previous stations, I forgot the name, but if I'm not mistaken, the name was L'aldea ...... station.That guy explained our condition to the information center, then the officer made a note behind our ticket to show it to the officer in the L'aldea station (maybe because if not so, we have to buy for another train ticket). We thanked to the officer and to the Tortosa guy and then took the same train to go to L'aldea station. Yet once more, we missed L'aldea station! It happened because we were too afraid that the station was not L'aldea station. And when the train started moving from that station, we just noticed that the station is L'aldea station. Reluctantly, we stopped in the next station, and like it or not we have to wait another train to bring us to L'aldea station (again). It was dark when we arrived to L'aldea station. And we got the last train to Castellon at 9.15 p.m. That was the last train we took, til eventually we reached Castellon de la Plana city!
Another problem came up, because it almost midnight and we couldn't found any wifi to contact the one who will picked us up and brought us to our flat. Then, we gave up and decided to stay at hotel overnight. Because it was very very tiring to the maximum! The day after, we have the orientation in our new university! we took the tram and went to Universitat Jaume I. Then, after following some welcoming things, we met someone who in the end brought us to our flat and took a rest. What a day! I don't know whether it could be called as a bad experience, or not because I found a good story too to be told, isn't it? :D
So, if you don't want to have the same experience like me, just be aware and please recognize exactly the way to reach your destination.
However, I'm fine now.. Spain, I did it!!!!