I'm in my final days here in San Francisco, getting ready to go! I went to Radio Shack today and got a plug adapter, to Walgreens for Airborne, and my suitcase is on my bed, hungrily awaiting Spainthings. I'm proud to say I managed to whittle it down to 3 pairs of shoes, 4 books, and one Captain Kirk doll.
I had my last day of work on Friday the 26th and now that Christmas and my birthday are over, all I have to look forward to is Spain!
I've started saying my goodbyes to people-tears have been shed, and I know I will miss everyone! I'm bringing lots of stationary with me, so everyone email me your snail mail address and I promise you will get a postcard from me. And all my Origins girls (and Jordan) I promise I will send you a photo of me in front of an Origins in Spain.
Email is emily.wentz@gmail.com
You can snail mail me at the Accent Center:
ACCENT Madrid
Instituto Internacional
Calle Miguel Angel, 8
28010 Madrid, Spain
I arrive on the 2nd and then we have a bunch of orientation and walking tours of the city to get ourselves acclimated. I guess when we arrive is when Spain has their Epiphany Holiday, so we get like a week off before class starts, which will be nice. I will be in my Spanish classes 5 days a week from 3 to 6 and my art history class Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 to 12:30. Also one of those days we spend just going to museums, which should be pretty awesome.
I found a nice girl named Molly that has the same flight as me so we are going to band together and conquer the airports and hostels. Look out Madrid, here we come!
I might get a "pay as you go" phone while I'm there-I'm going to look into it more when I arrive, but in the meantime, there is Skype! (which I'm still not quite sure how it works, but oh, well.)
Thanks to very generous people in my life, I also have super duper electronics that have been bestowed upon me to make my trip more enjoyable-iPod, electronic translator and a digital camera. Where would I be without people dragging me into the 21st century? Picture-less, Van Morrison-less, and knowing how to say "juice" Spain style-less, that's where.
Wish me a safe journey! I will post the synopsis of my epic plane ride when I land. Bleagh. And, in case it hasn't been made obvious enough yet, I'm going to miss everyone!
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4 comments:
I am so excited I made the blog!!! haha. Yay for Madrid and hopefully not getting lost on our way to the hostel! See you wednesday!
Awesome, maybe I'll see you here in Prague. Or if I'm able I'd love to visit you in Spain.
Oh! so happy for you! have a wonderful trip. and keep me posted. Jacob has always done great on his trips abroad. Wonderful people he has met and has had a great experience in all his ventures. I know you'll do fine and hope you get to experience it all.Keep us all posted and happy traveling. Love ya Aunt Susie
What books did you bring? I hope one of them has pictures. That's awesome that you get two weeks off before school starts, I hope you get to do a lot of site seeing and culture sampling.
And happy new years!
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