Today I moved into my new apartment. It was like a fairytale really. I met with Isabel from my school on Friday. She had an appointment for us to look at an apartment. We went and looked at it. It was very nice, but they were not renting only one room. I had to rent the whole place. I didn't want the whole place because it's too expensive and too big for one person. Also I didn't want to go to the trouble of finding rooommates and such. We looked at others and determined that no one rents only rooms in Alhaurín el Grande.
Isabel said it was probably better to live in the city since I'm not working very much and because there's more to do here, like bars, shops, la playa. I agree. I'll probably have to get up at the crack of dawn, but I'll live near people my age and have things to do. So I went in search. I should have been looking before. I'd been here almost a week before I started looking for a place to live.
The hostel that I originally stayed at didn't have room for me on Saturday. So I moved to another, then another because the other one was kind of shady. So tired of living in a shared room and bathroom and having people everywhere. On Monday I began my search. I was looking on the internet at pisos, when a girl in the hostel asked me if I understood spanish and was looking for a place to live. I said yes. She told me her and her friend were going to meet with the owner of a flat today and if it went well she would call me. The price was right, and it was with foreigners, forcing me to learn spanish.
That afternoon she called me. I went to look at it and said YES! It is a 5 bedroom piso, 3 bathrooms. It hasn't been lived in for 5 years so it was really dirty. We cleaned our own bedrooms and hired someone to clean the common areas such as the kitchen, living room, and bathrooms. It was well worth it because they were filthy to say the least. It is furnished and 5 minutes walk from the center of town which is perfect!
My roommates are students. The first 2 girls, Camilla and Marcella are from Italy live there now. They are 21 years old. Camilla is an industrial design student and Marcella is a transalation major between Italian and Spanish. The other girl, María, is from Greece. She is getting her masters in translation between Greek and Spanish. She is the older of all of us, but I think my favorite. She's a free spirit. She talks really fast, but I catch most of it, and speak with a Greek accent. I never thought I would be able to detect accents in Spanish. The 4 girl is from Italy too, but we haven't met her yet. She's arriving this weekend sometime. She is also a translation major between Italian and Spanish. Their school starts Monday.
After we got our rooms cleaned and furniture organized I went and bought sheets, pillows, towels, etc for the casa. I unpacked my things, and I'm sleeping in a room by myself in my own bed tonite. It feels good. This place was God-sent. I don't think I could've picked out a better place myself! Now I can relax and enjoy Spain. Right now we don't have internet. María is working on it. She thinks tomorrow she can go, but we'll see. When I have internet, I promise I will upload pics of the new flat and the new town.
Tomorrow there is supposed to be a national strike. I was wanting to work on some paperwork and get things done, but it is Spain. I know this will not happen. Qué será, será. I charged my camera battery in preparation for tomorrow because I don't know what will happen. It is sure to be a show!
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