Moved In! (For a few days now...)

It's taken me wayy too long to update this considering everything that's been happening over the last few days. Unfortunately, not many pictures yet, but more should be coming very soon.

To begin, the metro in Madrid was definitely a more pleasant experience than any that I've been on the U.S. However, lugging a 70 pound bag on said metro during the morning rush hour, not so pleasant. Met everyone from my program back on Sunday at the airport, then took a bus into Salamanca. Spain is a lot more barren and farm-y than I was expecting, at least the part of it that I went through. Not a whole lot of trees.

I moved into my room as soon as the bus got into the city and it turned out that I'm sharing my kitchen with Reid Wilson from Amherst. It's a pretty good set-up because I've got my own room and bathroom, but I still have a semi-roommate person so that I'm not just sitting around my room alone when I'm in it. Everyone has their own individual water-heater so making showers quick is definitely important. Still getting used to the whole cooking-your-own food thing too. We made lemony-chicken tonight; wayyyy to much lemon. Getting there though. Here are some pictures of my room.


Orientation has been crazy busy. I once again find myself hating orientation-type activities like role-playing games, and "social hours" when they send you to an arcade to mingle... Awkward. I'm already starting to get used to the streets of the city. You can walk from one side of it to the other in a half hour which is really nice. All of the streets are cobblestone and a lot of the city center was built in the 1200's. It's so amazingly beautiful. Most streets in the city are pedestrian only, or so you think until a delivery truck goes flying by you at 40 mph. I was surprised at the degree that siesta exists here. Everything in the city just closes from about 1 until 4 or 5. Nothing's open, it's really hard to get used to. Also, maybe its just Salamanca, but there's soo much ham and yogurt, it's everywhere!

I'll leave it at this for tonight as its probably already way too long. I'll update soon with more photos.