train in vain

A word of advice: If you're planning a trip to Espana anytime soon, and plan to travel between two or more cities, book your train tix in advance. Because they sell out.
The BF and I made this unhappy discovery Monday night when we tried to leave Madrid for Barcelona. Seems it was a holiday weekend here, which meant we were S.O.L.
Ever the spontaneous guys that we are (stop it -- I am!) we decided to hop a train to Sevilla instead. It was on our list of possible places to see anyway, and we thought we'd go there, grab a hotel room (thanks to JP, that part was easy), do the tourist stuff during the day, then hop on a sleeper train to Barcelona that night.
Wrong again.
All those trains were booked solid as well. For two days.
And so, the BF bravely volunteered to drive us -- that's right, drive -- from Sevilla to Barcelona.
Which is about a 10-hour drive.
Many adventures were had along the way, none of which I'll force you, gentle reader, to suffer through. The good news is that we are at last in Barcelona.
JP's lovely apartment feels about like heaven right now.