Everything is in Spanish

Hello to all my followers/blog readers! I am going to go ahead and apologize in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors. I am still half asleep from the 12 hours of flights yesterday and I have lots of questions to answer! Ok, my flights went fine. I didn't have long layovers and I met some other American students studying abroad on my flights. The only slightly interesting event was when we were about to take off from Madrid to Valencia on Iberian airlines. We were pulling out of the gate when the plane suddenly stopped due to electrical problems. So we had to jump on another plane, so no big deal. Then I met Kara at the airport in Valencia! We jumped in a cab and went to the apartment together. 

Ok, the apartment is great! Its about 2 blocks, maybe less, to the university. We share a cute little room and a bathroom. Our casa madre lives alone but has 2 grown children and 2 nietos, grandchildren. Cute love story: one of the girls that she hosted met, fell in love and married her son and they now live in Miami! But anyway, she is feeding us well. I mean, we are eating all the time! So much for not gaining weight. Last night she made us tortillas españolas which is potatoes, onions and eggs all fried together. The coffee here is super strong you pretty much just add a shot of it to a cup of coffee. 

We had orientation all day today where we met some other students and our professors and the staff. I am so excited because everyone is super nice and their philosophy in Spain is "no pasa nada" or don't worry about anything. So I am going to "carpe diem" and try it out! 

10 hours of sleep last night still wasn't enough so a siesta is in order for after lunch. The weather is beautiful in Valencia today so we are going to walk around and do more exploring. So all in all, I am having a great time and I miss everyone at home! Adios!