Monday, March 11, 2019

Bus schedule?

Yes, a bus...……………….. schedule? Well, not exactly a schedule that was met. I had to go to Dos Mares food shopping so that meant taking a local bus. Now, the schedule said there was one at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30. I was ready for the bus at 9:30 but it didn't arrive until 10:00. I asked the driver if he was going to Dos Mares and he said NO, the next one would. The next one, 10:30:, arrived at 11:00 and he said NO. he was not going to Dos Mares. I called the tourist information office to see what was going on but they could not get a phone answered at the bus company. Dos Mares is 3 km away from our house. There is another store, Mercado, about 1 1/2 km away. To get to Mercado is a walk, there and back, with bags full of groceries. I thought taking the bus to Dos Mares would be better.

I tried one more time, at 14:30, for the bus and this time the driver said YES. The cost was 1Euro 25 cents. The problem was the return bus was at 15:20 so it only gave me 50 minutes to shop and on top of that, the bus going there didn't arrive on time and I only had 25 minutes to do all the shopping. I ran around the store quickly, bought almost everything and was back at the bus stop at 15:20. I waited and waited. Finally I saw the bus, the man inside waved and kept driving. He didn't stop. The next bus would be at 18:30. 3 hours later. I had no alternative but to put the bags on my shoulders and make the 3 km walk back to our house. It was along, very long, walk with the bags hanging from my shoulders. Maybe I should have just taken Joan and rolled her up to Mercado but they don't have everything.

Tak, autobus ... .................. .. harmonogram? C贸偶, nie do ko艅ca harmonogram, kt贸ry zosta艂 spe艂niony. Musia艂em i艣膰 na zakupy spo偶ywcze Dos Mares, wi臋c oznacza艂o to wzi臋cie lokalnego autobusu. Teraz harmonogram powiedzia艂, 偶e by艂 jeden o 9:30, 10:30 i 11:30. By艂em gotowy na autobus o 9:30, ale nie dotar艂em do godziny 10:00. Zapyta艂em kierowc臋, czy jedzie do Dos Mares, a on odpowiedzia艂 "NIE", nast臋pny b臋dzie. Nast臋pny, 10:30: przyby艂 o 11:00 i powiedzia艂 NIE. nie zamierza艂 i艣膰 do Dos Mares. Zadzwoni艂em do biura informacji turystycznej, aby zobaczy膰, co si臋 dzieje, ale nie mogli odebra膰 telefonu w autobusie. Dos Mares znajduje si臋 3 km od naszego domu. Jest inny sklep, Mercado, oko艂o 1 1/2 km. Aby dosta膰 si臋 na Mercado to spacer, tam iz powrotem, z torbami pe艂nymi artyku艂贸w spo偶ywczych. My艣la艂em, 偶e zabranie autobusu do Dos Mares by艂oby lepsze.

Spr贸bowa艂em jeszcze raz, o 14:30, na autobus i tym razem kierowca powiedzia艂 TAK. Koszt wynosi艂 1Euro 25 cent贸w. Problem polega艂 na tym, 偶e autobus powrotny by艂 o 15:20, wi臋c da艂o mi to tylko 50 minut na zakupy i na dodatek autobus jad膮cy tam nie dotar艂 na czas i mia艂em tylko 25 minut na zrobienie wszystkich zakup贸w. Pobieg艂em szybko po sklepie, kupi艂em prawie wszystko i wr贸ci艂em na przystanek o 15:20. Czeka艂em i czeka艂em. W ko艅cu zobaczy艂em autobus, cz艂owiek w 艣rodku machn膮艂 i kontynuowa艂 jazd臋. Nie zatrzyma艂 si臋. Nast臋pny autobus b臋dzie o 18:30. 3 godziny p贸藕niej. Nie mia艂em innego wyj艣cia, jak tylko w艂o偶y膰 torby na ramiona i oddali膰 3 km do naszego domu. By艂o to bardzo d艂ugie, spacer z torebkami zwisaj膮cymi mi z ramion. Mo偶e powinienem zabra膰 Joan i zwin膮膰 j膮 na Mercado, ale nie maj膮 wszystkiego.