Welcome to real life - the good way! 🚗💨

It’s time to come back to living the right way. Leave the screens behind and enjoy life again… in the fast lane, where we learn the best. 🚗💨

After leaving Liddes, Martigny, Vevey, Geneva, and France, I find myself in Spain 🇪🇸.

Starting my journey yesterday at 4:30 pm in Marseille, I battle late-day traffic, having just read the invitation from my Helpx host in Spain. Before I leave Marseille, I fill up my tank with Euro 95 for €1.67 and find a parking spot around 11 pm, just after a quick stop at the Novotel and McDonald's in Perpignan 🍟.

This morning, I wake up around 6 am, read my class materials, and set off while the rain drizzles down 🌧️, greeting me to Spain with the changing landscapes and coastal vibe of Costa Brava 🏖️. Crossing the border into Spain, I head towards Gerona, where my host is located. The old douanier posts at the border stand as relics of a time before the European Union, and I make my way smoothly to the first stop at the Repsol service station ⛽. The light morning traffic—mainly trucks with a few personal cars—ushers in the daybreak along the E15 🌅. I marvel at how life, and my guide God, always lead me to new places. For that, I am grateful 🙏.

At the service station, I order tea and a chocolate croissant, just like in France ☕🥐. I strike up my first conversation in Spanish, explaining that it’s my first time in Spain alone, traveling from France by car 🚗. The helpful attendant tells me about Catalunya, and I sit down to enjoy my tea—still steaming hot—and my chocolate croissant, which costs only €1.65 and €1.35, respectively. The lower costs in Spain are a pleasant surprise 💸.

As locals come in for their morning coffee and pastries, much like in France, I work out a route to Gerona on my laptop 💻, listen to the local dialect and learn some words, and manage to get some work done with the perfect Wi-Fi connection 🌐.

As the day continues to break, the mists over the Spanish trees create a peaceful atmosphere 🌲. I allow myself to relax and reflect 🧘. Once again, I’ve made it to a new adventure—this time, crossing through Switzerland, France, and now Spain 🌍. What more does the world have to offer?

Next stop: the Gerona Cathedral ⛪, and then onto the coastal vibes of Lloret de Mar 🌊! 

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