What can go wrong will go wrong. I arrived in Thurso, Scotland a few hours ago after leaving Biarritz, France 51 hour prior. The 6 hour layover in Paris was filled with coffee, beer, Eiffel tower and drunk Parisians harassing some of us. Then, UK customs was in a bad mood which was followed by some of us not making the first train, one of us making the second train and the last of us making the third train. We finally got to London and thought the worst was behind us. We (kinda) stole luggage carts from the train station and began our pilgrimage 10 blocks to the left. Could you imagine 7 of us walking with all our luggage down some busy London streets? 4 that were hung over, 2 that were grumpy and 1 that was a friend of mine. The locals were all wided-eyed, especially the ones we almost tackle with our train. We got the busy destination and found out that we were meant to go to the right. So, we packed up and walked the other way…Got on our train and all exhaled when the conductor announced that free wifi was available to all passengers. Our smiles were erased and forever forgotten when our train stopped in the middle of no where without explanation. We later found out that the break were broken and being fixed. We moved a few miles (not kilometers, anymore) and stopped again. At the next station the conductor informed us that this train was now terminated and that we would have to de-train and re-board the next one…In turn, we were late arriving for our car reservation and missed it (because this is a part of Europe-which means that any business can close at weird hours with out explanation or reopening times). Taxi to the airport to rent another, load up 7 people with 5 surfboard bags staked like an old Ikea commercial and we’re ready to go. “Not so fast,” said two cops. Its 11pm and we’ve been traveling for nearly 30 hours and cops are now saying no go.
We stayed in a hotel (which was a nice upgrade from the Paris sidewalk the previous night) and I was a lucky one who got to sleep on sofa cushions. Drove (in two cars) the following morning for 5 and-a-half hours to our spot. Got in an evening surf with was accompanied by a chilly wind and some rain drops right next to a pasture (which smell really bad by the way and made me think about becoming a vegan again, but its not gonna happen Mam so dinner can go on as usual).
The waves are suppose to pick up so I think I changed my ticket to stay a few extra days.
I need to do laundry and buy long underwear and gloves. Scotland and Hawaii have one thing in common-houses have washing machines but no dryers…should be alright.
Tags: europe, law, murchphy's, scotland, travels
