Estoy Aqui!!

Hola amigos!

Well, I made it! It’s 10:28PM Spanish time, Wednesday May 18, 2011! I’ve been up for over 24 hours I think? The flight over was great. US Airways has PERSONAL, TOUCH SCREEN players for EVERY passenger. I was in awe! I could watch movies, TV shows, listen to music….it was crazy! I didn’t touch my iPod! I watched “The King’s Speech” – which was sooooo good. And also an episode of Glee (Vitamin D! one of my favorites) and an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I was entertained, and fed (pasta for dinner, a Danish thing for breakfast). However, I was not on time. Our flight was late boarding, and late for take off. We didn’t take off until around 8PM when we were supposed to take off at 6:30. This lead to problems when I got to Madrid…

…My AVE train ticket was for 10:05 AM. I got my bags and everything around 9:30. It takes 40 mins to get to them, so I ended up missin g my train. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but oh dear was it ever…I had NO idea how ATOCHE train station was set up let alone find out how to get a new ticket! After a million concierge’s and a trillion ”preguntas” (questions) later, I finally got my ticket switched!

On the AVE, I sat next to a woman who works at Virginia Commonweath Univeristy, and ended up knowing someone that knows my dad! Small world. She was soooooo sweet though and made me feel so much better after my hectic morning! She also recommended for me to visit Cadiz – and I just found out we’re going there Saturday! It’s a beautiful beach south of here I can’t wait.

Finally, took a taxi to our orientation hotel. It’s beautiful!!!!!!!! So much better than what I expected! I took a few pictures that I’ll post later.

A few people walked around Seville until our first cena (dinner) together. This place is seriously not real. I’ve only been here for a few hours and it’s MAGNIFICENT. The architecture, the parks, the shops….I can’t even describe it. Of course I forgot my camera, but lots of my new abroad friends took pictures! I’ll steal a few and put them up. Plus there will be many more opportunities for pictures over the next seven weeks.

Ok well I’m exhausted – I am going to bed and I have a busy day tomorrow! I don’t have internet right now so I’m going to post this in the near future!

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