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¡Bienvenido a España!

Posted on January 18th, 2008 by bmgray.
Categories: Uncategorized.

I feel like I have been planning this trip forever and it is finally here. I left January 23rd and I didn’t get here until late last night. I started in Evansville, then went to Chicago, London, Barcelona, and Alicante. The flights were fine and all went smoothly. When I got to Alicante I had to get my huge suitcases and push them up a ramp to the bus station. I thought I was going to die, my suitcases together weighed 103 pounds! At this point I was so tired and hungry I thought I was going to cry. The bus finally came and the bottom opened so people could put their belongings inside. I of course had the most. I stacked my two suitcases on top of each other in the bottom and the lady next to me gave me a terrible look. I just ignored her and got onto the bus, 45 minutes later I was finally in Murcia. We unloaded the bus and the same lady who gave me the death stare said in Spanish “She knows what you’ve done” and walks away. I am still unaware of what “I did”, perhaps it was because I stacked my suitcases? I caught a taxi outside the bus station and took the taxi to my apartment. The taxi driver dropped me off and then I was standing outside my apartment with no way to get in! Standing there with my 2 giant suitcases just waiting for someone to come let me inside. I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do once I was inside since I was also key-less, but I just wanted in. An old man came and I told him my situation and where I was supposed to be living. He said he knew the two girls living in my apartment and that he thought they were “Inglesas”. He took me upstairs and also called the land lady. She came in and was super friendly, but talked about a mile a minute. She would ask me a question and while I was preparing my answer in my head she would ask me three more! She told me I would have to pay her on Tuesday and that she wants a copy of my passport, easy enough.

When I walked into the apartment I first met my roommate Lize, pronounced “LeezUH”. She is from Belgum and was very nice. She speaks mostly English to me. My other roommate is from Germany and her name is Christine, she speaks only Spanish. Christine helped me clean my bathroom because it was so gross. She kept saying “increíble eh?”, I wonder if the “eh” after everything she says is a German trait or a Spanish one, I guess I’ll see. I won’t live with these two girls very long because they were here for last semester. I will live with a French boy and an Italian girl in a couple weeks. I have no bedding so I had to sleep on a coat and cover myself up with a coat until I can go to IKEA tonight or tomorrow. I also need to go to the market and get some food. Now I have to go get ready now for orientation at 12:00. I have no idea where it is but I guess I will find it!

p.s. The weather is fabulous! (Although everyone is still wearing coats! locos!)

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