I am officially settled in my new home in Spain. The first day in Spain was definitely a long one. Another girl in the program and I arrived in Spain around 6AM on Thursday. We got our luggage (I was so nervous it wouldn't make it) and got a cab to our hotel in Madrid. Our room wasn't going to be ready for several hours, so we wandered around the city and got churros and hot chocolate. So delicious! As soon as we got into our rooms, we had about 10 minutes to change and get ready to go on a museum tour and a walking tour of Madrid. After not sleeping for about 24 hours, an art museum was not the best place to be. But, it was great to see the city and after we slept for a few hours, we had dinner and went out with some of the other girls in the program.
Churros and hot chocolate!
La discoteca
On Friday, we took a bus from Madrid to Toledo, which only took about 40 minutes. The city of Toledo is so beautiful and full of history! We had a tour with a resident of Toledo (quien fue muy guapo), and saw several of the churches, synogogues and other amazing buildings throughout the city. After the tour, our group split up for lunch. A group of us went to a place where they serve typical Spanish food and I was a little freaked out because the shrimp in my paella still had eyes...BUT I want to be open to everything! The people in Toledo were so nice and really open to speaking with all of us. I'm trying to talk to as many people as I can to practice my Spanish!
View of Toledo from above
My roommate, Kim, and I!
Our tour guide!
Catedral de Santa María de Toledo
There was a parade/play going on in the streets!
On Saturday, we left Toledo and took a bus to Sevilla to meet our host families! I'll talk more about it in my next posts!
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