A day in the life...: Beginnings in Murthia

Heeeeeeey everyone! Time for another update! Gosh it’s hard to think what has happened since last I updated the blog! Seems like sooo much has been happening to fast it could have been months since I’ve been away! Or at least it feels quite a while! Garuntee I’ll get to the end of my stay and be like where the heck has all the time gone?! Anyways I am now in my home to be for the next 9 months Murcia! And no the title is not spelt wrong! Eeeeeeeveryone here says it with a lisp so it’s more like Murthia!

Let’s recap a little! So before I came to Murcia I had my orientation at the hotel convention in Madrid! A super big hotel along with about 100+ other language assistants! We had shared rooms and my 2 roomies were cool! One from the UK and another who was French who spoke perfect Spanish and not a word of English! Anyways made a few friends there from around the place! Hahaha so they had the representatives form each country ie embassies come to talk so there was just bout every embassy under the sun except NZ >.< and during the course I didn’t meet anyone from NZ! Anyways what else? Ooooooh the food they feed us was incredible! It was like 3 course meal at every meal! I was like how am I suppose to eat so much! I think it must be a European thing to feed people so much! At least that’s coherent with my European grandparents! But it did my heart wonders to see a good piece of steak! :D

It sounds like things are going to be hard setting up things like bank accounts etc and even harder seeing as I’m not from the EU! I have to apply for all these different things! It does my head in a bit =( the accent here is veeeeeeery different to mexico! It’s actually like they’re speaking another language! Sure a Mexican would have no problem but I’m not fluent in Spanish so it’s more then just the accent but I am learning! Poco a poco they say! Little by little!

Anyways fast forward! Arrived in Murcia yesterday after a 6 hour bus trip! Was a little scared not knowing what awaited me but I really didn’t have any reason to be afraid! Maria the woman from my school in charge of me came to pick me up! She’s such a kind friendly person! She sent me a picture a little while ago so I’d know what she looked liked but looked a lot younger in person! Anyways she took me to my flat which is really good! It’s on the 3^rd flight and omgosh you cannot believe how relieved I was when I saw the elevator! Aaaaaaaah thank you God! :D the flat is very central to the main city and to my school which is good! Later Maria and I went for a walk around! Everyone keeps saying Murcia is such an ugly city or nothing special and I’m just like it’s incredible! Nothing I’ve ever seen before! We also went to a supermarket and I bought the necessaries!

Today my flatmate Juan and I went for another walk around Murcia! Aaaaaah the food here is amazing! I’m gona come home fat! :D had my first tapas yesterday! And today I had some pastry thing filled with Nuta which is like whisked egg whites and sugar! But soooooooo sweet! They have pastelerias which are shops just for pastries! I try exaplain what a bakery is to people here but it’s just so different! XD

I haven’t got internet yet! Juan is letting me use his satellite internet for the time being! Hope to get it sorted soon! He’s really kind which makes the world of difference.

Anyways 2moro I start my classes! Should be fun! I’m super nervous but I’m sure it will go well! Just got to ask and answer lots of questions! Pray all goes well for me and I will update you when I can! In the meantime I leave you with a couple of photos from Beautiful Murcia!