Arrival in Spain

The first couple weeks in Spain were out of control! The first weekend was a full excursion of Madrid and Toledo, leading into a week of testing and tours around the city of Granada. All the while, trying to get acclimated and at the same time live it up before we actually had to go to school. Meeting my host family was a little bit nerve racking, but now that I am settled in, I feel a lot better about everything. My senora makes the BEST food, which is only negatively contributing to the obesity problem I thought might be cured by coming a country that doesn't have a McDonald's on every single corner. WRONG. I eat anything and everything she puts in front of me and then some haha! The food here is so different than at home. I eat literally a single piece of toast for breakfast. That must last me until 230 when we have our big meal at lunch. I eat until I wanna puke at lunch and then eat dinner at 830. This schedule is not unlike the one I have at home except for the fact that there is no such thing as snacks here. I don't really have the luxury of a bag of tostidos and some salsa con queso like I do at home. Enough about the food. What about the culture? I think the most surprising thing to me is that cars can drive anywhere they want to. All of the streets that people walk on double as streets for the cars to drive down...minus the big main streets. The city is made for pedestrians, which is optimal for an extranjera like myself. All of the people here have a cigarette in one hand and a lover in the other. Can you say PDA?! Not my cup of tea, but I guess spaniards don't have to keep it in their pants. Who knew? My life before school is sleep all day and explore and then at night discover a new discoteca...(or try to make it to the discoteca and end up stranded in gypsyland at 3 am) but that only happens to unlucky rubias like myself. I am excited to see all the Spain has to offer and maybe actually learn how to speak spanish along the way! ha