Settling in, in Spain.

Hola!
It's been a couple of days since we arrived, and I can proudly say that I survived my first weekend in Spain. We are all jet lagged and extremely tired but we still found the time to go out and have some fun as well as explore this beautiful city.

On Saturday a group of us walked through the maze of streets that is Old Toledo, which is the part that we live in. There are a lot of cool shops and I am very excited to announce that they have a plethora of shoe stores right here in the city, so I will survive even though I don't have all of my babies with me.

In the early evening we decided to stop into one of the bars for tapas (Spanish appetizers).. We choose a bar called La otra boveda, which was probably the greatest choice we have made so far. Paula and Ivan are the married couple who own the bar. Paula is from Puerto Rico, and 6 years ago she studied at the same school that we are studying at now so she was very excited to have us there. They are both so nice and they take great care of us.. I think that throughout the semester they will be a great resource for us.

 

This is the front of the bar.. Our favorite place in Toldedo.









That is the first chupito that Bryce, Kyle and I took in Spain.. "Arriba, Abajo, Al Centro, Al dentro!" is the common cheers here.. We toasted to having an amazing semester and making memories that will last a life time..

 

Later that night, a big group of kids from the fundacion went back to that same bar. We had such a fun saturday night.. I can't wait for many more to come.











I am still extremely jet lagged and over tired, but my first day of classes in complete Spanish went well.. I can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store.
I will post pictures from our walk around Toledo, as well as pics of my room tomorrow, I am too tired right now..

Besos a todas personas,

Chels