Day sixteen- Port-La-Nouvelle

Hey there,
As you probably noticed by the title, I did not make it to Germany to meet Julia. I was all set to go, had my suitcases and wrote a little note thanking Hugo and Fanny once again for everything they did for me. Then I locked the door and put their key in the mailbox as I headed to the train station. Although when I got there, the lady told me there was no room on neither the train from Montpellier to Paris, or the train from Paris to the german town (I don't remember how to spell it exactly haha). I tried to get one for tomorrow, but those were all full as well. I could have taken a night train to Paris, but from there the lady said my odds were not good. So instead of risking a night alone in Paris, I stayed in Port-La-Nouvelle. Unfortunately since I put the keys in the mailbox, I couldn't get into the house, but I could get to the entryway and the room where they keep there bikes outside of the door of the apartment, so I left my suitcase and backpack with the bikes and took just a water bottle, my brioche, a book, ipod, camera, and my important stuff like money and passport with me out and about. As I was walking down the street from the house, a bird pooped above and it landed on my forearm as it swung forward with my walking. It felt like water, so it took me a second to process what had happened. Lol, but when I did, I was really disgusted. I laughed at myself for a moment and continued my walk to the beach to wash it off, but a little later I remembered I had hand sanitizer in my suitcase at the house, so I turned around to go get some of that. After washing it off, I sent out two postcards (because the post office was closed and i only had two stamps), then I sat in the shade (because my sunburn kills!) facing the harbor and read my book most of the day while listening to my ipod. It was very relaxing and although the people fishing distracted me from my reading quite often, I really enjoyed myself. Around 4, I took a break to walk around the shops by the beach and grab a snack--a crepe with nutella and bananas! YUM :) Then I walked around a little more before finding another spot to sit down. Fanny got home and called me just before 6 to let me know she could let me in the house, so I went back and we chilled for awhile. Hugo was home shortly after, and the three of us talked and then went grocery shopping. Once everything was put away, Hugo made supper while Fanny and I watched TV. For supper, we had cheese pizza, and I tried my first raw oyster! Hugo made a vinegarette sauce that was pretty good, but the texture got me. It was like a big snot blob. Lol. But the pizza was delish and I liked the cabbage salad as well. Tomorrow, I'm going to take a train to Cerbere and then to possibly Carcasonne, if time allows. I'm going to meet Fanny in Narbonne at 4.30ish after she is done with work, though, so she's going to take me around that town. Then Friday, I might take a day-trip to Barcelona before heading back north on Saturday. I'm excited. Ever since Tuesday I've just felt so much better and free. It's great. Hopefully the trains work for me tomorrow!
Bisous
Miranda