Spain 16,
Oct 28, 2024,
Hi Everyone,
Today was a rush beyond the pale. I woke up at 6:15, rather early for my relaxing vacation, showered, packed and ate a breakfast on the run. It had drizzled the night before making the city streets of Malaga, wet and slick, just what I needed for my last motorcycle ride. (Remember what I said on my last blog entry.) The GPS lady made a mistake on the Triumph address, or probably I entered the wrong street number. I went round and round the roundabout several times eventually asking Seri for her advice. She set me straight and I got to Triumph at 7:30 as planned. The manager opened the store early for me at 7:30 as I had previously told him that I needed to board my plane at 10:00. Usually they only open at 8:30. I offered to pay extra but both he and his nice employees refused payment.
I did a quick ‘Superman’ change in the lobby, picked up my luggage, repacked and I was ready to go. My previously arranged Uber was ready to take me to the airport at 8:00. I boarded the plane at 10:00 and was in Paris at 12:30. I picked up my checked luggage and somehow figured out how to purchase a train ticket with my new ‘Advantage Senior Pass’. I then took a metro to Gare de l’Est with only 1 transfer. It is no small feat to cross Paris by metro, with 2 pieces of luggage. I don’t think that a young person could do it. You have to be of a certain age with a lot of experience. Up and down the escalators, some of which work, some of which don’t, and some of which are non existent, replaced with long staircases. Several times a young man, seeing me struggling gave me a hand and carried a suitcase up the stairs.
I arrived early at the station, grabbed a Starbucks cappuccino and called Patrick who will pick me up at the station.
Most of the following photos were taken in Granada and on the route to Malaga.
Love,
Brian
gobriantravel 
Think I’ll be back in Israel to volunteer with Sar-El late Feb, early March. Hope to see you there.
Jeff
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