I finally made it to Madrid yesterday at around 330pm after 14 hours of traveling. My host Dad (Jose or Pepe) and my host sister, Nerea, picked me up at the airport and took me back to my house. The very first thing I noticed in the airport was the smell of cigarette smoke and the fact that the airport is HUGE! I finally got my luggage jumped in my host father's Lexis to drive home. My house is on the third floor of a nice apartment building I guess I could say. Its two stories the bottom story has a small kitchen, living room and dinning room along with my host fathers bedroom. Up a tiny spiral staircase is my room and Nerea's room its more like a big loft. We have a t.v. and a couch with a spinning bike thankfully! And of course a bathroom. It is a very high end house, we have a maid named Pepi, she does not speak any English, but she speaks slow to help me and she is very sweet.
Last night I went out to tapas with my host family and they were absolutely delicious! Tapas are like appetizers or little dishes served on top of a small piece of bread. We ate at around 9 and got home at about 11, i was extremely tired so I slept for about 11 hours last night. This morning I woke up and ate breakfast, a pice of toast warm chocolate milk and orange juice, then Nerea and I took a bus into Central Madrid. It was by far the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. The architecture here is amazing. There are tons of fountains and statues.And Nerea and I walked through the Central Park. We got a coca cola at the top of a nine story building called Corte de Ingles which is a lot like a Macys. After a ton of walking Nerea and i took the Metro home which was nuts, tons of people. Pepi made us some lunch that consisted of a Russian salad which is like hard boiled eggs, beets, tomatoes and such cut up with a sweet dressing its delicious and we also had these things that kinda look like pot stickers but they are filled with flavored meat, they were also delicious. After that it was time for SIESTA! We watched some ridiculous Spanish talk show and now Nerea is napping and I am emailing.
Now the big question, hows the language. Well its really hard, but my host Dad and Nerea have been speaking mainly english so i can start to feel comfortable. I try to speak back to Nerea in spanish and she helps me. My host Dad says no more English from here on out and I am glad because I really want to learn. Other than that, they just speak very fast and the accent is hard to understand, but I will eventually get it. It is only my second day here.
Tonight I am going out with Nerea to a bar called Maloneys to meet Nerea's friends that are all very excited to meet me. It should be interesting.
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