Salutations!

Hello everyone! I’ve just met up with my roommate for the semester and am waiting to go and find something to eat. It’s about three o’clock here, so I trust you’re all sleeping? maybe? I don’t know. The time difference is so confusing! However, my body clock has finally started to adjust to the change and life is looking bright and exciting. I went to church today with Paul, Elly, the boys and Bethany. The congregation was warm and friendly and willing to let me butcher their beautiful language in a feeble attempt at a Castilian accent. *ahem*...its a work in progress. Yes, peoples, the rules of the lisp (or as it is more politely referred to here, the “th” sound) are a bit more complicated than I thought. The language is becoming more clear to me and communicating yesterday in Madrid was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Just finished the first two activities set up by ISA. The Bus tour was a very interesting way to tour the city. Though incredibly fast, and towards the end slightly dark, the guide showed us some of the more interesting buildings in parts of the town that Bethany and myself couldn’t walk to yesterday (we pooped out after a few hours!). I’m starting to feel acclimated to the country. I know its only been a few days, but I’m starting to really feel like Spain has become a place where I can really get used to the way of life in a short period of time. I am a bit concerned about a few things, though. I’m worried that I won’t learn as much Spanish as I was hoping for, and that Barcelona will not have been a wise choice for studying, but at the same time, I know that if I wasn’t supposed to be here, I would have gotten lost at Heathrow and never made it...right? I’m so grateful for the through orientations I’ve been given in the last few days by both my friends in Madrid, and the program directors.