The Two EmmasAfter a wonderful two weeks with the grandparents, we left. It was the first of September - the first day of our one month Interrail ticket that gave us unlimited travel around Europe. We got the train from Alicante back up to Barcelona. It was a Sunday, and we were meeting Polly and friends on Monday lunchtime. Karim had told her we wouldn't get there until Monday night, but he was lying. He wanted to surprise her at the airport, meeting her off...

PolyestercottonmixAnd then there was six. There was me and Karim, Polly, Katie, Andy and Kristen. I had met Polly a few times, and knew Katie because she had worked with Karim at Pizza Hut. The other two were strangers, but we all got on well. Karim and Polly were spending some quality time together, quite rightly, so I was kind of forced into a crash course of getting to know the others as quickly as possible. We went back into Barcelona to find a hostel. The fi...