We finally made it! The flight from Miami to Madrid was not too bad. I slept off and on. The plane was very big and I watched movies the whole time on the screen in the seat back in front of me. (I am already converting what I type from Spanish to English in my mind... I bet I will return with even poorer English!) Before we could exit the plane, we had to fill out forms for swine flu information. I kept a copy and thought ``I´ll scrapbook that!´´
I had a wonderful surprise waiting on my at the airport! Melissa Lang was there to greet me. She rode the train about 25 minutes from Alcala where her apartment is located. I almost cried I was so happy to see her. We took pictures and I will upload them later this evening. She has followed me to my host home orientation and everything. It´s great to have her along. Especially when it came to meeting my host mother...
Her name is Tania (prononced tan-nya) and she seems awesome. OMG... there will be ELEVEN students living in our home. It is more like a hostel. But she is so sweet. She places breakfast on the table every morning at 7am and does not mind if we do not eat until 9am (kind of like a continental breakfast) and buys fresh ingredients everyday to make dinner with at 8pm each evening. AND she does our laundry for us every Saturday and irons on Sunday! I have a room to myself until Tuesday when another student from Texas will be next to me in the other double bed. Tori Martin and Jordan Hahn are also in my home, both KDs from Southern Miss. Tania is actually from Brazil and says that she makes ``Àmerican coffee´´ every morning. She speaks no English! The men and women have separate bathrooms... but I do need to purchase towels.
Tori, Jordan, Melissa and I are using a Locutorio right now. It´s 50 cents for 25 minutes of internet use and it is only 100 yards from our house. However, this afternoon we will get an internet code from the school to use my laptop in our home. I should be able to upload pictures, make new posts and respond to email daily, as long as I am not traveling.
The city is gorgeous and easy (so far) to navigate. I think I will have the time of my life... but certainly be ready to come home June 29th.
Muchos abrazos,
Cirino
I had a wonderful surprise waiting on my at the airport! Melissa Lang was there to greet me. She rode the train about 25 minutes from Alcala where her apartment is located. I almost cried I was so happy to see her. We took pictures and I will upload them later this evening. She has followed me to my host home orientation and everything. It´s great to have her along. Especially when it came to meeting my host mother...
Her name is Tania (prononced tan-nya) and she seems awesome. OMG... there will be ELEVEN students living in our home. It is more like a hostel. But she is so sweet. She places breakfast on the table every morning at 7am and does not mind if we do not eat until 9am (kind of like a continental breakfast) and buys fresh ingredients everyday to make dinner with at 8pm each evening. AND she does our laundry for us every Saturday and irons on Sunday! I have a room to myself until Tuesday when another student from Texas will be next to me in the other double bed. Tori Martin and Jordan Hahn are also in my home, both KDs from Southern Miss. Tania is actually from Brazil and says that she makes ``Àmerican coffee´´ every morning. She speaks no English! The men and women have separate bathrooms... but I do need to purchase towels.
Tori, Jordan, Melissa and I are using a Locutorio right now. It´s 50 cents for 25 minutes of internet use and it is only 100 yards from our house. However, this afternoon we will get an internet code from the school to use my laptop in our home. I should be able to upload pictures, make new posts and respond to email daily, as long as I am not traveling.
The city is gorgeous and easy (so far) to navigate. I think I will have the time of my life... but certainly be ready to come home June 29th.
Muchos abrazos,
Cirino
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