on a recent stay in mojacar, i had to take the train back from almeria, a sleepy port city in the deep south of spain, to madrid to catch a flight back to the states. miguel angel, the husband of my wife's sister, drove me an hour south to catch the 07:15 departure. train transportation in spain are handled by the government entity renfe and are generally of very high standard so imagine my surprise when the big old diesel locomotive backs up with 9 cars anno ??? pulls in to the platform. 7 1/2 hours it took. oh well, it was an experience. some of the scenary was beautiful: edgy mountains filled with caves, fields of sunflowers, dusty old farmhouses.