What a day!! After almost a full 24 hours worth of traveling, we have finally arrived.  The trip over was relatively easy, I sat next to this 26 year old named John on the plane, who was originally from Philly but now lives in and teaches English in Madrid.  He had some great advice, and was very helpful and encouraging about our semester abroad.  We got to watch the sun come up as we were flying, which was SO COOL...check it out

  It was a bit of a rocky start, we had to wait for 2 hours on the bus because two students' had some flight delays, but everybody pretty much passed out on the 2 and a half hour bus ride from the Barajas airport in Madrid to Salamanca.  We got off the bus, got our bags, and Señor Tkac (aka Tkac) called out names, and there were our madres!  Carmen, our madre is the epitome of what you would think of as a Spanish mom.  Our apartment is very quaint, with gorgeous faux-marble flooring, a nice little kitchen, and TV room.  We all have our own rooms, which was a pleasant surprise.  Out of my window is a great view of Salamanca, or at least I think so, it works for me!  

My Bedroom!  I somehow scored a nice big bed, not sure how but I'm ok with it.

Awesome view from my window, the sunrise this morning was beautiful

This is the small kitchen, pictures of our INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS paella from lunch to come.

This is the only bathroom, and I stood in the corner to try to get a picture of everything but that's the shower, there is also a washer dryer (she does laundry once a week, score)

We Walked around a bit on our first night here, and ended up at a small bar right next to our apartment and drank a few beers, called "Mahu" and they were pretty dam good.

We had orientation today, and it was alot to digest in a day, but we just learned all about our classes, schedule, and what to expect.  It was alot like freshman year of high school.  Capital One decided to be annoying and decline my card at an ATM, despite the fact I notified them that I was studying in Spain, very annoying.  I'm going to figure that out shortly after I post this blog.  We have dinner with the group tonight, and our first real night out! should be fun!  Hasta Luego