Cheryl and I made it through the long and relatively sleepless overnighter-train to San Sebastian--but let me tell you a little story about overnight train travel in Spain! Getting down to the train platform, first of all, was like going through airport security with the X-Rays, line-up to show tickets, and the typical flight routine. Boarding the train, you would think at first glance that it was the Hogwarts Express, with the long tight corridor down one side and compartments along the other, but then you look INSIDE the compartments and realize that it´s anything but the Harry Potter image I just painted for you! There were SIX beds (bunk-bed style x 3! vertically, with an "aisle" between the two sets of three, which is actually only wide enough for the skinniest of people to squeeze
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