Time 2 Travel

Perfect mornings be like

Almost a week has passed, but it feels like we’ve been thrown into an entirely different universe. Like we hit some kind of turbulent disconnect, and now we’re just drifting in open space, occasionally catching distant signals from Earth.

(God, how I’ve missed this feeling!))

So, let’s keep going—even if we’re running a little late 🙂

On March 13, after France, we spent our last day at our usual hotel in Alcossebre.

A bit of rest, final packing, loading up the bike, and the next morning—350 km north along the coast, almost to the French border.

Naturally, we picked the perfect time for a motorcycle trip along this route 😆. Spain was getting hammered by a full-force Atlantic cyclone. If you’re not familiar with an Atlantic cyclone, let me explain: one moment, it’s warm and sunny, people are out in T-shirts, girls are taking pictures in blooming almond orchards… and then—boom. Dark skies. Rain. Drizzle. Wind. And just like that, the entire coastline is screwed. For a week, two, or however long the universe decides to mess with you.

But when you’re hell-bent on something, nothing stops you. So we packed up, had breakfast, wrapped ourselves up like cabbages (me: thermal wear, pants, rain pants, moto jacket, and over all that—a full-body rain suit), and set off toward Catalonia.

Long story short, we managed about 150 km instead of 350. Ended up at a damn Burger King—may they choke on their own fries—because it was the first warm place we saw when we just couldn’t take it anymore.

Burger King was closed for lunch O_O.
Burger King.
The place where people eat.
Closed.
For lunch.

But oooookay, this is Spain. Anything can happen, and siesta is sacred 😂. We only had a few minutes left to wait, the staff was inside, the doors were open, but they still wouldn’t let us in to warm up—even though we looked like a couple of drenched street puppies.

Ooooooookay. We waited, then finally got in. Fedya ordered coffee. I asked for… tea? Hot chocolate? Anything hot that wasn’t coffee? Nope. Only coffee. Another strike against this cursed Burger King.

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