3 days down!

It's been a busy first three days here in Espana. Flights went smoothly and I tried to sleep as much as possible. I arrived in Zurich where I waited anxiously for my next flight to Madrid! y Emily! My flight was delayed so while Emily waited for me at the airport, afraid I was not coming, I was finally on my flight, power napping to get ready for the days ahead.

After slight cellular complications we finally found each other! With excessive baggage (each) we made our way to a taxi, to the bus station, and squeezing into some tiny elevators, an hour later we were on the bus and headed to our new home... well for a few days.

We sat exhausted, and sore, after our long journeys, and began to chat. The Swedish girl next to us joined in and turned out she had studied in Salamanca the semester before and was headed back for work. She gabbed about Salamanca - the city, the people, tapas, etc. - filling us in on basically everything which really boosted my tired spirits. Two and a half hours later we arrived at the city limits, watching the lit up historic cathedrals over the River Tormes come closer.

Lugging our bags (again in the tiny elevator) and into the station, I ran over to the open panaderia and bought a baguette for only 70 centavos!... this has now become our staple food. We got into a taxi and made our way to the city center, where we drove down a pedestrian st. to our cute little hostal right by the plaza mayor.

Sophia, our new SWEDISH! friend took us out the first night to get tapas. Nightlife in Spain really doesn't start until late night, and by midnight and one glass of sangria we were ready to say goodnight. The next day we slept in until 2pm! We defeated the jet lag and were ready to do some apartment shopping... which so far has been only mas o menos.

That's all we're really focused on right now, and hopefully we'll have a permanent home in the next few days!