Spain 2014.
In 2014 my friend Paul Dunne & I planned a two-city break in Spain. We flew to Madrid, spent a few days there & then caught a train to Barcelona where we planned to spend a few more days before flying home.
The plans didn't work out quite as planned for me. I ended up in a hospital in Barcelona, I came close to death, even closer to losing my right leg & will never get over the injuries I sustained there.
As if that wasn't enough to give me bad memories of the trip, my dear mum died in the UK whilst I was in the intensive care unit of Barcelona University Hospital.
I got up at around 5:45 this morning, 15 minutes before my alarm went off. I packed my last belongings to take with me to Spain, made sure mum was okay & then sat watching television until my friend Les arrived to pick me up to take me to Fareham train Station.
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After a large breakfast, we caught a taxi to where we were taking a Segway tour from. We were a bit early so had a coffee in a local bar before heading back to the Segway tour office.
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This morning we took a train into the centre of Madrid, to the Old Town in the 'Puerto del Sol', or 'Gate of the Sun'. We saw two guides who were giving guided tours, the type Paul & I like, they were free & you just gave a tip if you enjoyed the tour.
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We checked out of our hotel in Madrid today to take the Spanish version of the bullet train to Barcelona. It was quite comfortable & a lot better than the Chinese one I went on just a few months ago.
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I got up around 9:00 am which is late for me, I had a relatively good night's sleep. I went to get breakfast in the hotel restaurant & was immediately unimpressed by the person letting me in.
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We got up early today for a coach tour to Montserrat via The Church of Colònia Güell on the way. We had no breakfast as our hotel doesn't serve breakfast before 7:30 am.
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This was not where I had expected to be waking up in Barcelona. My leg is giving me a lot of pain now and they are treating it for an insect bite after last night's Doppler scan showed no thrombosis & the x-ray shows no breaks.
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I had quite a good time on this holiday before having to go into hospital. The trip itself changed my life forever. Whilst I was in hospital in Barcelona my mum died in England & I only just came out the other side of it alive.
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