{"id":51,"date":"2008-09-10T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/?p=51"},"modified":"2008-12-03T16:37:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T15:37:41","slug":"settling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/2008\/09\/settling-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Settling In"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am currently at the orientation for the Fulbright Program, and I’ll be staying in a dorm (with Internet) the next couple of nights. There are about 80 young people here – 4 who are teaching English in Andorra (a very small neighboring country). A cultural affairs officer of the US embassy in Spain spoke to us this morning.<\/p>\n

Puck and I got our bags mostly unpacked yesterday, and he headed off to work this morning a little before I headed to the orientation. The last couple of days have been good. We’ve been slowly acquiring those many items one needs for an apartment. Our apartment was already furnished, so we started with the basics which is nice. On Monday and Tuesday, we explored our neighborhood and found little stores where we can buy food and household items. On Monday, we also made our way to southern Madrid where Puck will be working so he could meet his colleagues and familiarize himself with the area. Because Tuesday was a holiday in Madrid, we also found an Internet cafe near our house where Puck could do his work while I ran some errands.<\/p>\n

Today we’ve had a few momentous steps. First, Puck headed off on his own to his workplace (he’s picking up Spanish quickly and has figured out the metro). Second, we ordered a package deal for our landline phone, Internet and TV. It looks like our apartment is scheduled to go wireless on the 25th. Two weeks! That seems so long. We also bought a TV last night that will be delivered on Friday. WooHoo! (Yes, delivered. When you don’t have a car, having something delivered–for free in this case–is delightful.)<\/p>\n

We do have an elevator in our apartment building which is very nice, especially when you have a bunch of suitcases or are tired after strolling around Madrid. Our neighborhood has a fairly high Asian population–largely immigrants–with many stores run by them–including a few Chinese restaurants. We haven’t met our neighbors yet, but everyone we’ve seen has been nice. Our 2 windows face a parking area and the wall behind it. Surprisingly, this is kind of nice as there aren’t as many windows that can look into ours and we have a decent view of the sky over the wall.<\/p>\n

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The view from our apartment. Birds are often on the vines. It does kind of make you want a good mural though. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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