Friday 01 December 2023
Weather
Barcelona – It was 16°C in the morning with some cloud. It
felt much colder when I got to Bristol. A temperature of 1C was forecast.
I woke up early and pottered about before having a lie
down and another snooze until about 6am. I planned to allow 90 minutes to check
out and get to the airport. I actually checked out a bit earlier than
anticipated shortly after 7am.
I walked to Marina Subway L1 (Direction Hospital de
Bellvitge) journey for 17 min (12 stops) to Torrassa. At Torrassa change to Subway
L9S Direction Aeroport T1, journey for 22 min (11 stops) to Barcelona, Aeroport
Barcelona T2. I arrived at the airport at around 8:20.
It took maybe 15 minutes to walk from the T2 metro
station to terminal T2C. It was quite a long walk (maybe 1000 metres). The was
a fair wait to check in my bag. Then there was a bit of chaos at security.
Finally, there was a queue for the passport control to enter the non-EU
destination departure area (the M Gates). I finally sat down in that area at
09:40. My flight took off 10 minutes late but arrived 15 minutes early. This
was the flight: BCN (T2C) – BRS, Flight: EZY2704, departs: Fri 01 Dec 2023 10:55, Arrives: Fri
01 Dec 2023 12:20. I bought an anytime day single ticket for the Flyer and
train. I did this on the evening before my return flight. The ticket is
available on the TFW app on my iPhone. I got to Temple Meads about one minute
after the 12:57 train to Cardiff. Hurrah! The train was delayed so I rushed to
platform 5 and caught it. It was a bit crowded. When I got to Newport, I got a
Dragon taxi from the rear of the station. When I got home, I put the heating on
constant as the house was cold. I also took some meat out of the freezer. I
went up the Greyhound for a mini-mixed grill and a couple of pints.