"We just have to think of June 17th," I heard Mum say to Jasper in murmuring tones as I sat on my bed feeling guilty for inflicting this hollow, lonely ache in the family. They were still rooted firmly at home, albeit shakily, as they watched their sister and daughter stuff pieces of her life into a backpack -- clothes, toothpaste, earrings, books ( Read more... )

SO. A woman security guard noticed us turning around in circles and was able to get us tickets from a machine, which wouldn't work for me but worked for her. The train was to come at 7:30. It was 5:30. I went up to the surface again to try to find a farmacia for my rash. I found one right away, and the woman spoke English and was pretty nice. I was ( Read more... )

On to Ronda we went. I was disappointed upon arrival, because it looked so flat! I had heard that it was quite a mountainous place, but it seemed to be in a valley of some kind, with rocky craigs beyond it and beside it, but this was the place with the towering 16th-century bridge over El Tajo bridge that looked like something straight out of Lord ( Read more... )