An update... Finally!

First, I apologize. I'm so sorry that I haven't posted sooner, this first month has been insanely busy. Muy muy loco! But finally a gasp of fresh air. I'm not going to jam this entire first month into one blog but I will give you an introduction to my new life and let you know that I have arrived safely (Don't worry, I notified my parents of my safe arrival immediately).

Okay so about my new Spanish life. I live in a residencia (like a dorm building) right smack dab in the center of Sevilla. I know, pretty nice right? Like it's literally located "in the center of 'El Centro'". Seville is divided into "barrios" or neighborhoods so that it's easier to identify the different parts of the city. I live in El Centro- the center.

In my residencia I share a room with two Spanish-speaking girls named Laura and Macarena aka "Maca" (yes, like the dance). Laura is from Bogotá, Colombia and Maca is from Spain. They are both college students and very nice and friendly :) There are also many other Spanish-speaking students in the residencia along with other Americans so I really like the mixture. (My roommates, L-R: Laura, Me, Maca)

Aside from where I live, I just finished a three-week intensive Spanish course with my program, CC-CS and I've started taking a class at the huge public university here, Universidad de Sevilla. I will write more on those in my next post, which I promise will be soon! Hasta luego!

besos,

Caitlin xx

Snowpocalypse!!

I feel like I just had déjà vu… I could've sworn that on Monday I told people I was leaving "the day after tomorrow" because I actually was supposed to leave Wednesday. However the snowpocalypse is upon us and decided to dump "20 feet" of snow on Chicago, the city where I'm supposed to fly into on my way to Spain. Ahh, life can definitely throw curve snowballs (Ba-Dum-CH). So once again I find myself saying that I'm leaving the day after tomorrow (Well technically tomorrow now due to the hour, but whatever). And I'm actually one of the lucky ones; most of the other students can't fly out till Friday or Saturday. When rescheduling my flight my mom requested that I be put on a flight that avoided the snowstorm altogether, ya know, just in case the storm decides to loiter over Chi-town for a few days. So now I'm flying to Miami, which I think is going to be a pretty safe bet when it comes to steering clear of snow. So (knock on wood), I should be in Spain on Friday. I'll miss orientation, have to travel completely alone, and have no idea where I'm going or what to do when I get there… BUT I will be in Spain, finally.... Oh yeah, this is where the faith part kicks in, right? Pray for me; this water is gonna be deep.

Besos,
Caitie