Today has been a pretty solid day. Christina and I decided that since we don’t have classes yet we should go ahead and get as much done as possible so we went to the bank and opened up our accounts for school. Luckily her spanish is much better than mine and we were able to get this done as painless for us and Eduardo (the guy working at the bank) as possible. Account is open and we will be getting our cards in just a few days. By the time we were done roaming for the morning and we got home Kristina and Michael were here and getting settled in with all there stuff. Christina and I made some lunch and napped for about 2 hours. Perfecto. We got up and went to the store with all the housemates and did some final apartment shopping (hand towels, trash can, shot glasses...etc.) and I think we are good to go for a while. We went exploring again and there is so much to see here that I don’t think I’ll get everything in within our 10 months. Sooo different from Ireland :) Got some great dinner this evening again at a local cafeteria and went to the internet cafe to get some things accomplished online. The people at the internet and cable place told us they should be out very quickly to set up our stuff here, within 15-20 business days. aahhh, the spanish are so relaxed about everything. Im American, I want things done and I want them done NOW. Not here my friends. They all close their shops and take a nap in the middle of the day for 2 hours and I swear people are just out walking around and hanging out with friends all day long, they don’t even have jobs and aren’t considered bums. I don’t know how things get done around Spain, but while I’m here I can promise you they will be doing things a little faster around me if I can help it! Anyway I am doing great and finally able to recognize things around my apartment and I know the general area pretty well already. The fact that we don’t have internet at our own place is pretty frustrating but there is an internet cafe just up the road so it’s not too horrible. There ‘s just not a whole lot to do in the actual apartment but it’s good because it makes me want to explore all day long. SUCCESS!
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