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It was one thousand three hundred and sixty-three<\/strong> kilometers to cover from my starting point to the city of Barcelona. For me, this kind of distance means a difficult decision regarding the means of transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking a 2-hour flight is against any of my principles. It made me extremely angry that this seemed the cheapest way to get to Barcelona and plunged me, once again, into deep doubts about the current approach to the climate crisis, the collective use of common goods,<\/ins> and our economic system. I understand that 14 hours by train or even longer by bus do not seem appealing to people who embrace the comfort of today\u2019s technologies. Still, to me, it shows the attitude of disrespect and ignorance that human beings have towards our environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But enough of the rage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hitchhiking was one of my first ideas when I thought about how to get here. Unfortunately, this wouldn\u2019t have worked very well luggage-wise and time-wise since my semester at UPF started very early, on the 9th of January. Moreover, I remembered waiting hours for someone to take me (and with whom I\u2019d want to go) and couldn\u2019t arrange that with the temperatures right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are definitely affordable options by bus. If you plan well in advance, you can get a ticket for around 70 euros on FlixBus. However, I really don\u2019t like tour buses and besides, the time advantage was worth the higher price to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, I took the train. On the 6th of January, my alarm started at 4.30 am CET in Schleching, a small town in the mountains of Bavaria, where people could see very clearly the impact of what I described above, this year. Some friends accompanied me to Munich from which the first part of my trip would start. I felt a bit unprepared when I entered the TGV and was happy that Marie, a Karls friend would join me in Karlsruhe. The three hours to Karlsruhe went by like a flash, I slept so heavenly in the comfortable French train seats that I didn\u2019t even notice when Marie sat next to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At noon, we arrived in Paris where we had almost three hours stay. During this time, we changed the train station and went to a caf\u00e9 at the Seine. I love Paris and if I had more time and a lighter suitcase I would have stayed there for some days. Maybe on the way back! We had a caf\u00e9 (French for what we call Espresso in Germany), a 5.5\u20ac cappuccino and a wonderful view. I decided to spend some time in France this summer when I heard the people around us chatting cheerfully in French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second part of the travel went without problems, as well. We finished a university assignment, listened to music, and talked about expectations for our Erasmus semester. I tried to sleep for a bit but realized that I was too excited by now. At 9.30 pm we arrived at \u201cBarcelona Sants\u201d. Warm air welcomed us and made us feel like we skipped the winter to arrive in German April temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We really liked our \u201cGreen Travel\u201d adventure and can recommend all other students to check out this option \u2013 it is quite comfortable and you get to see so much of our European landscape!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are very excited to be spending this semester in Barcelona and are looking forward to the many experiences to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article by Tabea Buck – International Relations (B.A.)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were 3 remaining options that I took into consideration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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