Day 36 - Guejar Sierra

My third and final day on the farm. Our plan for the morning is breakfast, bike ride, the Granada. Graham, Josh and I will bike down the mountain where Rosie will meet us with the van. Then we’ll drop Rosie off in Guejar Sierra and we’ll continue off to Granada so I can reserve a spot on a train to Barcelona tomorrow. I get out of bed and head into the house. Breakfast today is toast with the delicious cherry jam, pancakes, and bread with drizzled olive oil and diced tomatoes. Everything is incredibly rich and delicious. I’m a big fan of the banana pancakes though. After breakfast we set off down the mountain. It’s a challenging ride, but it’s a ton of fun. Lots of photo opportunities as well. We get down towards the bottom, Graham leading the front, Josh in the middle, and me bringing up the rear. Graham points out a rock just to the side of the trail that he once hit and broke a bunch of bones. Naturally, Josh hits the rock too. He falls off the bike, but he’s not hurt at all. We rest for a few minutes before setting off the rest of the way. At the bottom, we pedal around the old train line for a few minutes until Rosie shows up with the van. We all pile in, drop her off in Guejar, and drive down to Granada. It takes us a few minutes to find the train station, but eventually we do. I run inside to reserve a spot on the train tomorrow morning.

Hablas Ingles?

No.

I guess we’ll be speaking Spanish then.

I ask for a ticket for tomorrow mornings train to Barcelona. He says no. No explanation, just “no.”

“Por que no?”

He tells me its full. I ask him to put me on the next available train. Again he just says no. The guy is an absolute ass and as making it as difficult as possible. He tells me that tonight’s train is full, so is tomorrow morning’s.

Just put me on the next train. I don’t need you to tell me all the trains I can’t take.

Eventually he puts me on the night train tomorrow night. It leaves Granada at 11:40p and arrives in Barcelona at 9a. Not ideal, but I’ll take it. I walk back to the car and we head back to Guejar. Graham takes the scenic route back so that we can see Guejar and Granada from a different perspective. It’s amazing how beautiful it is looking down from high up in the mountains. When we got back to Guejar we picked up Rosie and drove the rest of the way back to the farm. Once we’re back, Rosie prepares us bread with chorizo and cheese to put on top.

After lunch we continue putting in steps around the side of the house. By the end of the day we’ve completed 6 risers. It’s coming along nicely. We head inside and all sit around playing Doom, a board game, for an hour. It’s an intense game, and half of us aren’t really into it. Graham is having a great time though since he’s the one unleashing monsters on the rest of us. I’m entirely convinced that the game is impossible to win. Rosie gets up halfway through the game and makes us rice and veggies for dinner. There’s a salad with tuna mixed in as well. It’s quite good, and I really like the vegetables. After dinner we have more honeydew and watermelon, followed by a couple games of Graham’s dice game and tea. After the women have gone to bed, Aidan, Graham, and I sit around for a bit. Graham and Aidan explain some of the workings of railroads to me, and I throw puzzles back at them. It’s a lot of fun, but by the end of it my brain is fried and I’m ready for bed. I’ll have only a few more hours on the farm to finish the steps that Kiara started.