\tWe arrived at one of the biggest train stations in Barcelona, if not the biggest. As we were walking through to the metro side, I wondered to myself \u0093When is the last train back to Sitges?\u0094 I didn’t see anything remotely helpful… not even the word Sitges… on any of the reader boards we passed. So I posed my question aloud. All I got then was a brief lecture on planning. I walked away from that and marched up to a desk touting in English that it was the place for \u0093brief questions.\u0094 The answer to my first brief question \u0093Do you speak English?\u0094 was \u0093not really.\u0094 Not a promising start. So I plowed ahead and asked when the last train is to Sitges. \u0093Platform 9.\u0094 What time? \u0093platform 9. is free.\u0094 Is not helpful. I was beyond mad. I pointed angrily at my wrist \u0093WHAT TIME?\u0094 \u0093platform 9.\u0094<\/p>\n
\tI gave up on the information desk and walked over to an automated ticket machine. I figured I’d just try to buy the last ticket to Sitges. It didn’t have Sitges in as a destination. Some woman who’s part of a force of \u0093helpers\u0094 tried to offer assistance. All she offered was more frustration; she had no clue what we were trying to accomplish. <\/p>\n
\tFinally we just left the train station and figured that we were too tired to be out late enough for the trains to have stopped running anyway.<\/p>\n
\tWhat a fine welcome to Barcelona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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