Barcelona it is

So, today I finally arrived in rainy Barcelona. Its indeed a beautiful city! Im here with View management and they seem very professional and kind, so all good there. The apartment is fab and so are the other models staying here, so my coming weeks here are looking quite bright.  

On to something totally different because today it struck me how insane the fact is that EVERYTHING seems to costs money these days. Even to enter the bloody airport they charge me 1€. The whole payment situation of this particular 1€ was really ridiculous.

I was on my way in to the airport when I suddenly came to a stand still, they were charging us 1 € just just to enter the airport. 1 € is of course nothing if you think of the over all cost of traveling, but its a hell of a lot of money if you spent your last coins on gum just a few minutes before. So there I was with no money whatsoever, not even my bankcard was working. 

No cash + a non working bank card = panic situation. 

So, what to do? Go up to the guard and flirt for free pass? 

Nope. That didn't work.

 He told me to contact my bank and pay like everyone els, or do the other alternative; leave.

Thats what I call a big fat B.A.S.T.A.R.D. 

So, what I finally had to do was to go all they way back in to town and draw money from an other cash-machine (which thankfully did wonders with my bankcard) and then go back to the airport again.  However when I was going to pay for this stupid "1€ entry fee" it turned out that this machine only gave back coins in change. So when I payed with a 50€ note I got a surprise when I got back 49euros in 1€ coins.....which in the end meant 416.5 extra, very irritating, grams for me to carrie. (Apart from my 25kg suitcase, hand luggage and handbag.) 

All this for just 1€.....