el orientacion

one of the pictures I took on my lost walk.

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I should really write more, because so much is happening, but I always get busy with something. Yesterday (Monday, LUNES) was our orientation. we were divided into groups by our last name. when we introduced ourselves, I was surprised how many schools were represented. I thought it was just going to be SLU kids. the people seem to be pretty nice. made some new friends. oh and some Creighton guy found me and my CU sweatshirt and said hi.

the campus is one metro stop away. una parrada. but the here's the thing that messed me up: our host families were supposed to show us the neighborhood, but since it snowed Sunday, we couldn't. then Santi's novia dropped us off in her coche, and we only drove by the metro station. then when the orientation was over, I could get to our stop on the metro, but after that I was completely lost. I wandered around northern Madrid for a good TRES HORAS, trying to find Avenida de Federico Rubio y Gali 86. I walked around a park. I walked over a bridge. I walked past obscene Spanish graffiti. I walked past a police station. twice. I found the end of the Avenida, which was the wrong side. I took out my Nikon to take pictures of the Spanish signs. I traced back the road only to find that the edificios jumped from 94 a 74. WTF. I ended up asking this old couple if they knew where edificio 86 was. they argued for a bit, but then the guy pointed me in the right direction. I left the metro at seis. I walked into my apartment at 8:45. my legs still hurt. was terIble y mal.

today was part two. a big gathering and the bus tour of Madrid. the auditorium session was pretty useless; people kept asking about stuff we went over yesterday. and it was rainy, so that did no good for the tour really. the bus was fogged up, we couldn't see the other side because we were on the blocked first floor. and the headphones played classical music that made you want to dormir. after that they dropped us off at el NORTE train station and left us. 4 of us just decided to go back a nuestros apartmentos y hemos tomado unas siestas.

el metro NORTE
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