WARNING: THIS WILL BE A LONG ONE!
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Hola a todos!
So on Sunday, we arrived by bus to Getxo, where we will be living for the next three weeks. It is pronounced Get-Cho. I live in an apartment in the area called "Las Areetas" in Basque or "Las Arenas" in Spanish. Depending on the area that your in, in Getxo, they call it either one. This can get confusing especially at the Metro when I'm figuring out where to get off/on. I have my own room (pictures attached. sorry it's messy.) which overlooks the little apartment complex I live in. Theresa and Alma both live with me and they both have their own rooms. We have a living room/tv area, a kitchen, bathroom, and a clothes drying room/porch. The only real problem we've experienced is that the shower is weird. As can be seen below, the glass door doesn't cover the entire tub so it doesn't keep the shower water from spilling over. Along with that, the shower head is so high up (i never thought I'd complain about that EVER) that the water is cold by the time it gets down to you and splashes everywhere so you have to hold it. Not TOO terrible right? I can work with it, just took some getting used to.
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On Sunday, we settled in, got lost for a while exploring and trying to find food. In Spain, everything except for certain restaurants are closed on Sundays all day. Stores aren't open so we couldn't go buy food or drinks until Monday. Then we sat around watching the Spain vs Italy game and Spain kicked Italy's A$$! It was legit. Too bad we weren't in Madrid because no one here gets nearly as excited.
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Monday we had orientation at the college so we took the Metro (about a 20 minute ride) into Bilbao (pronounced Bill-Bow) where our college is only a 5 minute walk from the metro stop. On our way home, we stopped at the store. Unfortunately, we forgot we had to carry all of our groceries home WALKING (only about a 7 minute walk) so we bought a little too much. I ended up carrying a box the size of a small child home. Pictures on facebook, as usual. Then we met up with everyone at a beach down in the section of Bilbao called Algorta. It is a beautiful place, but I don't have many pictures just yet. Luckily, the bar that our group hangs out at in the evenings/mornings (depending on how late you stay) is a 2 minute walk from our apartment. It's called West Side and it's pretty chill. A really calm place. I would compare it to maybe frog and peach on a week night. Empty except for our group of about 10-15.
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Yesterday, Theresa and I got lost trying to find the school again and were late for class. It started at 8:45 and we got there at 9ish. We took a wrong turn from the metro which was embarrassing since you basically just go straight then make a left. My Elementary Spanish 1 class is SUPER easy but it's 4 hours long. As boring as it gets reviewing how to introduce yourself and ask someone's name, it is nice to have the refresher and not be in a hard class over here. Anyways, we went to the beach again and they have a bar there. We get this drink called "Calle Mucho" (i think that's how you spell it) and it's Wine and Coke. It's actually pretty good. Not going to lie, I feel like Spain is making me more classy. Drinking wine (without coke most of the time) and dressing all fancy-like! Weird... especially since I'm more often wearing shorts and tank-tops. I wore that on the metro to the beach and I felt like a Spanish whore.
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Anyways, that is a general update. I've met WAY more people here the last few days and I just love everyone! The guys are very down to earth and easy to get along with and most of the girls are too. It's very refreshing to be in a group of people so similar to myself. So the plan for this weekend is off to Pamplona to see the running of the bulls. Right now: sleep. It's only 3:20 pm but I think I might be sick so I'm taking a recovery day (don't worry mom, I drank a fizzy).
Hasta Luego!
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