BIENVENIDOS A ESPANA!
So, I'm in Spain. I got to Sevilla at 12:30pm yesterday, so that would be like... 6:30am in the States. I was traveling with my friend Emily who also goes to App. One of our Spanish friends who lives in Madrid picked us up from the airport in Madrid (muchisimas gracias Christina!) and dropped me off at the train station. I took the train to Sevilla with my two massive maletas (suitcases). Each one weighed 50lbs, yes, I know, it was ridiculous. My room mate, Carmen, and her boyfriend, Jose, were there to meet me in Sevilla.
My apartment is in a perfect location. It's close to a lot of restaurants and shops. Its about a 15-20 minute walk to get to the main part of the city and the train station is like a 5-10 minute drive away.
I can already tell that my Spanish is getting better. Its hard to go back and forth between English and Spanish. Carmen speaks English almost fluently so it is easy to talk to her in English, but even when I do I try to think of how to say things in Spanish, so I might as well just talk to her in Spanish, you know? My other room mate, Irma is from Lithuania. She speaks Lithuanian, Russian and Spanish but hardly any English, which will definitely help my Spanish. Who knows, maybe I can learn some Russian too! Over lunch today I was talking to Carmen about something and I had to explain something in English because I didn't know how to say it in Spanish and by the time I figured out how to say it in Spanish I forgot why I needed to say the phrase. It was hilarious. But anyway, I expect more moments like that in the next few weeks.
The vocab in Spain is a lot different than in Latin American countries. For example, yesterday I told Carmen that I like her "anteojos de sol" but in Spain you say, "gafas de sol." So that should be fun, learning new vocab and the accent and the vosotros form (kind of like saying "y'all" in south).
Yesterday after I took a nap, we went to the store, I got a phone and some other things like bed sheets and towels and all that crap. My phone is amazing! It's a pay as you go smart phone, who knew they had those? Then we had dinner, at 10pm, which is normal dinner time here. I had tapas y un tinto de verano con limon! We had ham croquets and manchego cheese puffs and fried cod. Tinto de verano con limon is basically red wine with sprite and a little lemon. I know, I know... I thought the same thing the first time I had it, red wine and sprite?! But its delicious. And, apparently, whenever someone wins a futbol game, a restaurant will give out free shots. So I had some limoncello and some gummies after dinner. Drinking is much more of a social thing in Spain.
I woke up at 2pm today, Carmen made coffee and lunch (Spanish coffee is so much better than American coffee, lo siento). Then I finished unpacking and Carmen took a nap, well, is taking a nap. This afternoon (mind you it is already 6pm) we are going to explore the city and Carmen is going to show me some important places. Nothing in Spain is open on Sundays. Nada. So tomorrow we are going to go shopping, open my bank account, etc etc. Emily comes in tomorrow too so we will pick her up at the train station too.
Oh Spain... I am already in love with you.
Besos :)
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