The trains in Spain are ... ON TIME!

So I just had a funny thing happen to me.. .well, funny may not be the word....

I have a reservation for a train to Sahagun from Santiago.
The train is to leave at 9:17 am from Santiago station.

I do not have an alarm clock so I don´t really sleep well, worrying about oversleeping.
But I manage to get myself up at 7 am and am at the train station an hour ahead of time.
I breathe a sigh of relief.

At 9:15 a.m., on the platform from which my train boards, a train appears.
I get on it.
As it pulls out of the station, I realize I am on the WRONG TRAIN!!!
Literally, two minutes before my train was to leave, another train arrived and left...

I had a lovely trip to Vigo.

I now sit in an internet cafe, trying to contact Rebecca, who is going to pick me up at 2 pm.
I won´t be there.

I will take another train at 2:45 to Leon and arrive around 9:45 tonight.
I will have to find lodging and find my way to the Peaceable Kingdom tomorrow.

Boy.. could I use some of that PEACE! ::::cackling::::

Anyway, take care pilgrims... the trains in Spain are ON TIME, unlike those in the USA.
Be sure you are stepping onto YOUR train!

Wel... I wanted to see Vigo anyway... this has certainly been an interesting Camino!

Ciao!

I wanted to add that when I told the "Help Person" that I felt stupid, he told me that they have many people who make this mistake and take the train to Vigo... mostly foreign, of course. But I didn´t feel so bad then :lol: