Day 14 - Adventures in travel

We went to the train station this afternoon planning on buying our ticket to St Jean Pied De Port. The Ticket machine said that there were seats available on the night train, but that it only accepted Euro-Mastercard, and VISA. We do not carry these cards, so we made our way towards the counter.

We stood on line. We stood on line for a looooooong time. The very nice lady (she really was very nice and patient with us) at the counter told us that there were no more seats on any train going to Bayonne or St Jean today. Perhaps we could come back later and see if there had been a cancellation?

We came back later. We stood in line. It was a long line. The very nice man said that there were no more tickets on any trains going to Bayonne or St Jean today.

We bought tickets for tomorrow.

We went back to our hotel. All rooms were booked for tonight.

We went to the hostel across the street. YES! they had beds available. Not only did they have beds available, but they had beds in a room with a flawless view of Sacre Coeur. And it had a little terrace with tables, so for dinner, I popped into the grocery around the corner, picked up sonme tasty treats and a bottle of wine (the same price as a bottle of Fanta soda!), and we had picnic on the patio under Sacre Coeur.

It made all the day's hassle worthwhile.