Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Cerbere, France

My overnight ticket from Barcelona to Paris had short layover in the border/coastal city of Cerbere. I was getting rapidly sick of the city life and a day on the coast sounded wonderful. So, I headed out of Barcelona earlier then planned and arrived in the afternoon.

Of course the train station had lockers but had closed them down for security reasons. So, I had nowhere to ditch my pack. I ended up heading for the beach pack and all. I quickly found the very small center of town. I started heading up the mountain outside of town and found a path leading down to the water. I found a slip of crystal clear blue beach with only a couple of other friends on it. I enjoyed multiple swims and just laying out. It was wonderfully relaxing. The Mediterranean seems incredibly concentrated, at least that portion, I was floating like descriptions I have heard of the Dead Sea.

My train to Paris was better than my last over night train. I actually had a reclining seat and I slept!

JOEL

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