4am and I find myself awake ...
Reasonably priced rooms in the centre of Barcelona may have one or two drawbacks.
I didn't know that there was flooring that could radiate a million creaks from every footstep taken but it's true, there is flooring like that and so when the first person creaked out to the bathroom just before 4am, I woke.
I believe everyone may have woken because in the course of the next 15 minutes, everyone here seems to have creaked their way to the bathroom. I had only heard footstep volume like that on Mr Bean or perhaps in a Monty Python show.
The couple next door appear to have begun packing and I think one of them is showering as I write. I guess they have an early flight ...
Good morning world, from Barcelona.
Update: 4.42am: long shower over, room neighbour has just blow-dried her hair as she and her partner talked.
Another guest just creaked into the bathroom.
Coffee is still 4 hours away.
I do hope this post has helped anyone out there suffering from Barcelona-envy.
Oh the quaint charms of 19th century buildings and guests who have no qualms about how much noise they make at 4am.
Oh, Di! Only you could've picked that one :D
ReplyDeleteIt's growing on me ;) I was a little dazed and confused last night but this morning seems simpler ... of course, there's a porter between certain. That knowledge does give some people a certain confidence.
ReplyDeleteI met a Finnish couple at breakfast this morning, they've been here almost 2 weeks. We discussed the flooring ...
ok. Maybe a bit less envy.
ReplyDeleteca
I'm glad, ca ... although this place kind of grows on you and I would be tempted to stay here again.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe NO ONE was having sex at 4 a.m. If they're going to wake up everyone, they ought to provide some entertainmnet--and hand out cigarettes afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI think these guys simply hated us because they had their 4am wake up call and theoretically, we didn't.
ReplyDeletePerhaps some people had sex after they were woken ... it wasn't a question I put out there over breakfast.