I'm writing this from a hostel computer in Bordeaux(which the french pronounce like boor-doo), where I've been since Saturday. Around Wedsnesday of last week I got a sense that I'd be ready to leave Paris within a few days, and so started planning where to go next. My general direction was south towards Spain, so I chose Barcelona. However because hostel bookings are always tough on Saturdays, I was too late to find any sort of decent place for Friday/Saturday
Instead I figured I would hang out in Bordeaux for a day or two, where the main hostel always has vacancies, and then travel on to Spain on Sunday. Well, I arrived in Bordeaux early afternoon Saturday, and quickly went to the ticket office to get my reservation (with the Eurail pass train rides are theoretically free, but you still need to reserve a seat and pay a generally nominal fee). Unfortunately trains to Barcelona were completely booked for Sunday. After a few changes in plans, I'm now on a early morning train to Narbonne, near the Spanish border, where the French have helpfully told me "good luck" on getting a train to Barcelona
After a week or more without a decent computer or internet connection and computer, I finally realized I can hack up the Ubuntu machine in the hostel to get an QWERTY keyboard layout and a terminal, so I'm hoping to stick around and do some blogging and upload pictures. Maybe I can finally get some on Flickr as well
More posts to come, maybe
