We finally arrived! We landed in Madrid this morning around 11:00 am (4:00am central time) and took a taxi to our host family's apartment. The elevator was incredibly tiny so things got cozy very quickly! Mar and Nando (the parents) welcomed us with open arms. They have two sons named Luis and Miguel who are crazy little characters and cannot speak any English. They have been running up behind us and yelling to scare us. Abuela Casilda also lives here and she is the littlest woman I have ever seen!
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| Babushkas! |
After meeting everyone and getting settled, I left to explore the city with my roommates. The weather was tropical compared to Minnesota standards and we walked to the Palacio Real and Plaza Mayor. We found a crowded market where everyone was shoulder to shoulder eating tapas. There were definitely some interesting looking foods and I saw a pig hoof! I tried a quiche and an olive (best olive I have ever eaten). Afterward we got caught in the rain and resorted to wrapping our scarves around our head, sort of like babushkas, which is apparently not a fashionable style in Madrid this season given the many strange looks we received. Tomorrow we are off to orientation at SLU Madrid and then we have to figure out how to unlock the door to the apartment...which has proven to be the biggest challenge so far in Spain!
For Christmas, my aunt Sue and uncle Tom gave me "Dirty Spanish" which is a funny book with Spanish slang terms. Fun dirty spanish phrase of the day: "¿Dónde hay jarana?" or "Where da party at?"
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