Madrid: My New Home!

Madrid: The city of merchants on the street selling you god knows what! People coming out of the restaurant asking you to come in and try their food, and of course the best tapas you will ever have! 

So, I have been here now for a week and a half. I like it, but it still takes time getting used to. My host family is nice and they are always helping me with places to go and what to see. I have so many things that I want to do while I am here I have to remind myself to breathe. Just breathe.

I was so overwhelmed on my first day here. I had no phone, no map, and no idea how to get to the metro from my house. That is all in the adventure I think. I did make it to the metro on my first day and did not even get lost. My host family showed me around which was so helpful. Thank god my mother blessed me with a good sense of direction. I wanted to see the city right away, so i left on the metro the first chance I got. It took about 45 minutes to get to the city center which is a while, but it is good for me. Gotta walk all those thoughts off. Man, cause I can think about things I want to see and do for hours. Sometimes it is just nice to walk and put my head phones in and just listen to other peoples thoughts for a while (aka the music). I got to Puerta Del Sol (city center) and thought it was nice. Lots of people selling things on the street and policia everywhere. That was to be expected. I walked for a while and it was nice. I got to get a sense of where I was and what kind if city this would be. It is nothing like I expected, but nothing ever is.

I finally got money on my phone after the third day here because I could not find anyone to speak English to me and at that point my Spanish was not good enough to tell them exactly what I wanted. Thank god for hand motions. I also had found the Corte Ingles. Which is even better than Costco or Walmart. It consists of seven stories full of anything you would possibly need. Literary. I felt that I could get anything there.

As days passed I started to feel home sick. I had no friends yet and felt lost. I went to the Club Del Internationals which they gave me a huge list of all of the other language assistants in Madrid. I love that place. They helped me so much. I have know made many friends and I am super happy about it. I am slowly warming up to the city and it's way of life. This is know as: having dinner at 10:00pm at night, Having a big lunch and then Siesta (best invention ever), and improving my Spanish. I will hopefully start Spanish school on October 4th. We will see since it does cost money, but in the end it might be worth it.

Everyday I walk around and see something new. I went to the Museo De Prado yesterday. It was amazing. I did not appreciate art until I had actually seen some great masterpieces. Their were artists like Goya, Valazquez, and many more. I spent two hours just looking and listening to the audio guide. This was so relaxing and nice. I enjoyed it very much. Talk about too many rooms though. woooah! after room 66 I was about done.



                               Last weekend I went to Barcelona, but that story is for another day.

Barcelona!!

Phrase learned in Spanish this week: Yo nessisita Ayuda! ( I need help!)