A Train Journey from Madrid to Barcelona: A2 Spanish Reading
Read a short A2 Spanish train story about taking a notebook to a cousin in Barcelona.
Mi viaje de Madrid a Barcelona
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A concrete A2 Spanish train journey from Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes to Barcelona Sants. It includes a verified fact that Renfe runs AVE services between Madrid and Barcelona.
Antes de entrar en el vagón, miro mi mochila. Dentro están el cuaderno, una botella de agua y un libro. Cuando el tren sale, estoy un poco nervioso, pero también emocionado. Mi padre está a mi lado y mira por la ventana conmigo.
Desde la ventana veo campos, puentes y pueblos. Una persona lee un libro a mi lado. Yo escribo en mi cuaderno: «El tren sale de Madrid y llega a Barcelona». El paisaje cambia mientras hablamos de Lucía.
Renfe ofrece servicios AVE entre Madrid y Barcelona. En mi viaje, una pantalla muestra la próxima estación. Yo la miro y envío un mensaje a Lucía.
Al llegar a Barcelona Sants, busco a mi prima junto al cartel de información. Le doy su cuaderno. Ella sonríe porque lo necesita para una clase. Después caminamos hacia la salida y hacemos una lista de lugares para visitar mañana.
¿Qué llevas en tu mochila cuando viajas?
¿Qué ves desde la ventana?
¿A quién visitas en otra ciudad?
About this article
What you'll learn
Rail vocabulary and a concise journey from Madrid to Barcelona, with selected exact forms from the text: “olvidó”, “voy a llevarle” and “le doy”.
A concrete A2 Spanish train journey from Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes to Barcelona Sants. It includes a verified fact that Renfe runs AVE services between Madrid and Barcelona.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
de Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes a Barcelona Sants
newfrom Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes to Barcelona Sants
De ... a ... names the starting point and the destination of a route.
It gives the real rail route in the story.
olvidó un cuaderno
newshe forgot a notebook
Olvidó is the third-person singular preterite of olvidar. Here it names one completed action.
It explains why the narrator makes the journey.
En la pantalla
newon the screen
It names the place where the narrator sees the station name and seat number.
It gives a useful location phrase for travel.
Desde la ventana
newfrom the window
Desde indicates the place from which the narrator looks.
It introduces the landscape observations.
a mi lado
newbeside me
A mi lado means next to me.
It locates the narrator's father and another passenger.
junto al cartel de información
newnext to the information sign
Junto a means next to. Cartel de información is an information sign.
It tells where the narrator looks for Lucía.
Al llegar a Barcelona Sants
newon arriving at Barcelona Sants
Al + infinitive can name the moment when an action happens.
It marks the change from the train journey to the meeting.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Train carriage
el vagón
train carriage
Vagón is one passenger section of a train.
It names where the narrator enters before the journey.
Seat number
mi número de asiento
seat number
Asiento means seat. Número de asiento identifies a seat.
It is a practical phrase from the screen.
Backpack
mi mochila
backpack
Mochila is a bag carried on the back.
It lists what the narrator takes on the trip.
Next station
la próxima estación
next station
Próxima means next or upcoming.
It is the information the screen shows during the journey.
Exit
la salida
exit
Salida is the place or direction for leaving.
It names where the cousins walk after meeting.
Notebook
el cuaderno
notebook
Cuaderno is a notebook used for writing.
It is the object the narrator returns to Lucía.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ir a + infinitive
voy a llevarle el cuaderno
I am going to take her the notebook
Voy a llevarle el cuaderno uses ir a + infinitive for a plan. Le means to her and refers to Lucía.
It helps the reader talk about a planned action for another person.
Estar for a current feeling
estoy un poco nervioso
I am a little nervous
In this scene, estoy un poco nervioso uses estar for the narrator's current feeling.
It models a natural way to say how someone feels now.
Salir and llegar in the present
El tren sale de Madrid y llega a Barcelona
The train leaves Madrid and arrives in Barcelona
Sale and llega are present-tense forms. The sentence describes the route in the narrator's notebook.
It joins two useful travel verbs in one sentence.
Indirect-object le
Le doy su cuaderno
I give her the notebook
Le means to her and refers to Lucía in Le doy su cuaderno.
It avoids repeating Lucía in the sentence.
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