close call

first off, i nearly missed the bus!! i was sitting at the wrong bus stop on the wrong side of the road (doh!) as i wasn't sure which way out of mojacar it would be going. the bus was ten minutes late and i started panicking that i was in totally the wrong place when i saw it come round the corner up ahead and stop at the bus stop across the road. i literally jumped in front of it as it came towards me and then ran round the wrong side of the bus to get on, much to the bemusement of the driver. i then thought i'd better check he was going to murcia - it was like a comedy sketch! "murcia?", "que?", "murcia?" "como?", then he turns round and asks the spanish couple sitting behind him...they shrugged and shook their heads. then a guy a few seats back piped up "where you wanna go miss?" and i said "murcia". so he says to the driver "blah blah blah murcia" and he goes "aaaahh, murcia". i was like, yeh thats what i said?? it was like deliberate not understanding of the foreigner!! i said it exactly the same as everyone else...i give up!! anyway, i was on the bus and off to murcia so it was all good, especially when i looked around and saw a total honey sat a couple of seats back. as i turned back round i pulled a "phwoar" face to myself, only to be caught in the act by another hottie getting on the bus in front of me...very embarassing!! finally got to murcia, a little bleary-eyed, and spent about half an hour scaling the perimeter of the bus station hoping to figure out the way towards the centre of town (and hopefully a tourist office with a map!). was elated to finally find it, albeit after a very pleasant wander round some nice areas, and be able to plan a course of action to include all the major sites. sat outside the teatro romea to have a drink and get my bearings, and a guy came up and said hello. assuming he was the waiter i ordered an orange juice, only to realise that he was actually begging for money. again, rather embarassing!!