Today the adventure begins and I become a Madrileña! (Or more accurately a gringa, tourist, obnoxious American, white girl, or whatever other nicknames may arise). After a (hopefully) short layover in New York, I will be arriving fashionably jet lagged in Madrid on Sunday morning. Luckily, I will be traveling with my friend Anna from high school. We will be living in Madrid together along with two other students from SLU named Stephanie and Liz. Our host family lives in an apartment across the street from the Opera and down the street from the Palacio Real. Word on the street is there is a McDonald's nearby as well. I can't wait to meet the family!
Please keep in touch over the next few months. E-mail (msmit148@slu.edu) and Skype (smith.kenzie) will probably be the easiest way to communicate and I would love to hear from family and friends back home.
Hopefully this won't be me in Spain, luckily I have more than one semester of Spanish under my belt!
Here's to hoping I come back alive!
¡Hasta la próxima!
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