Relaxing in Ciudad Real

Hi everyone. Well, I found a flat and moved in the same day, so now I'm quite settled. My flatmates are Ester and Alba, both spanish and I think both will study at the uni when it starts again. I'm not quite sure though, they speak so fast. Lol.

We went out for, well it was essentially Tapas, last night, and I got to meet some of their friends. It was good although I didn't want to be a pain so I didn't ask them to explain constantly what they were talking about, so I just listened for a bit. Eventually the conversation turned to something I did understand and some of their friends seemed surprised I could speak spanish...lol. I'm going to cook a NZ dinner on sunday night, for my flatmates, Alba's boyfriend (from Syria, speaks decent english) will probably come along, and Carmen and Julio, with whom I stayed until I found the flat. I'm a little nervous about this as my cooking, while usually edible, is sometimes a little hit and miss and I haven't made what I'm planning to cook before.

Esther is quite a cook though, and I have asked her to teach me how to make some traditional spanish fare. Tortilla, Arroz con leche...mmmm. I'll also make them pancakes one morning. Though maybe not this week.

I have been to the library (which is now right across the square from my building) and have borrowed A.I., which I just watched in spanish, and The Hobbit (book) in english. It's fun to read it again!

I have also made a start on my scrapbook. I'm very excited. I bought a fancy notebook with curly gold designs on the front and beautiful cream coloured pages. I printed out my blog entries on creamy paper and a few photos, about 1/4 size of normal printed ones, so they all fit easily. I have boarding passes and tickets to add where appropriate too. It's coming together quite nicely.

My guitar and I are rapidly becoming reaquainted too. No-one else plays much but I wouldn't mind if they did. I'm looking forward to uni starting, because 1)it's a little boring although it's nice to relax, 2) I'm going to learn italian!, and 3) I'll meet some other international students. The overseas community here is great, although I'll try to make a few spanish friends too but with my flatmates (who I'm sure will be good friends in time) it's not so urgent.

So, I'm going to stop writing now and book some tickets to Alicante! Some people from NZ are coming over to play scottish fiddle and I'm going to join them for a few days! I'M SO EXCITED!!!
I'll get to visit Alicante and see Gregor too. Yay!

Have a wonderful day :)