starting to feel at home already

Hola!
We have now been here in Valladolid for a good 24 hours and wow, we are amazed by the beauty of the city centre and by the almost complete lack of grocery stores. There are many shops, restaurants, bars and cafés, but to find a place to buy fruits or water to keep in our room – well, lets just say it could be easier. (Sometimes it’s easy to miss Möllan back home and its ability to solve and craving no matter what time a day it is.)

The weather here is dry and a bit cold when the sun goes down, but in the middle of the day it is warm enough to sit outside and have lunch or coffee without feeling even a little bit cold. What’s amazing is the amount of people out on the streets during the days and nights – complete families, people of all ages! But it is a bit frustrating to get used to the new times a.k.a. when to eat dinner, when stores are open and so on. But we will I am sure. Yesterday evening we managed to find a nice restaurant and start to eat just before the big rush and so that is our plan for future meals.

Walked around today to see not only the city centre with the main street and plaza mayor, but also to find where the university is. And the university is so beautiful! Old buildings with beautiful parks, I think we’re going to like it here. (Although I am still afraid of sitting in on lectures given in Spanish and try to understand that… it will be a hard working semester I think.) Tomorrow we are going to the university and talk to them, get Spanish sim-cards (finally), and call about apartments. It’s scary having to talk on the phone to someone in Spanish, you can never be sure exactly if you’re getting it right and whether you’re expressing what you want to express, but a girl gotta do what a girl gotta do. Our goal is to find an apartment as soon as possible, not only because hostels cost more in the long-run, but also since my mom and brother are coming to visit soon and then I will get more stuff to carry around…

Anyway, will be back with more info soon.
Adíos for now,
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