Estoy Aquí

I'm in Spain right now. What.


Let's start at the beginning shall we? 
El Vuelo: The flight was business as usual, except for the fact that I was sitting next to the coolest person ever, aka a Spanish student named Bea who is my age and generally hilarious. I'm pretty sure I woke some people up by laughing to hard at her antics. So funny. Hopefully I'll be able to hang out with her in Madrid at some point? 


Desde el Aeropuerto al Apartamiento: Since I got to the airport so stinkin early, there was no line for customs, and I could easily find our program director's assistant waiting for me. It rained a little bit, which Bea had just assured me it never does in Madrid, so that was weird. Some things I noticed about Madrid while briefly being driven through it:

• It's not as European-looking as Paris, probably because
• People know how to drive (ie they use their blinkers [shocking] and I didn't feel like my life was constantly in danger), however at rush hour that may be a different story
• The buildings seem more modern
• The cars are a bit more like what you would see in America

El Apartamiento: I got to the apartment first so I get the better room with more closet space, hooray. I went to sleep immediately despite the fact that there is construction going on on our building and the building outside my window. Whoever said there wouldn't be AC is correct. The woman I live with is a straight up artist, she has a whole studio room and shows her work and stuff.

Otros Tidbits: Understanding Spaniards so far is surprisingly easy, speaking is surprisingly hard. The Pope is actually in Madrid at this very moment, so there are upwards of a million extra people here just to see him. Coffee here is great. Elevators are scary and small. Life is good. I leave you with a pic of the view when I lean precariously out my window (sparing you the construction haha).

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