Got up early this morning so that I had plenty of time to get to the train station. Turns out it was a good thing I did because when I arrived at the station they told me I had to go to a different one due to rail maintenance! So I quickly got back on the metro and made the 30 minute trip to the other station. I made it in time and took my first train to Port Bou. I had about an hour there and then hopped on my second train which took me the rest of the way to avignon where my parents were staying. The trip took me about 8 hours in all so it was a long day of traveling and I was glad to see them! Dad and I went to dinner at a place called Label ID (read la belle idée, or the good idea). We had a yummy meal and then the three of us spent the rest of the evening swapping travel stories and getting ready for the next day’s journey to Italy!