24-8-2011 0.53 am
It was the 21st of August 2011, my last night in the Netherlands for this year. I just realised myself how long I will stay in Madrid. I decided to spent my last night next to my mum. At 5.30 am my alarm clock rang. I just ate a bit and then I had to say goodbye to my dog. It is my own dog so it was hard for me. Then we left to Eindhoven Airport. I could check in my baggage immediately so I had to wait an hour before I could go to the passport check. After an hour the most difficult part so far was there, I had to say goodbye to my parents and brother. It was really hard. I took my flight together with Jasper. When we arrived at Madrid Airport it went really fast. We picked up our suitcases in 10 minutes, really fast when you compare this to Schiphol. We already arranged our room before we went to Madrid so we knew we had to take the metro to Lista. We found out they do not accepted Dutch bank card so fortunately Jasper had some cash. In about half an hour we arrived at our new address; Calle de Don Ramon de la Cruz 88, in the middle of Salamanca, the most elegance district of Madrid. The house was like a hotel or something. A big entrance hall with some ponds in. We got our keys and turned out our suitcases. After we went to the supermarket where we found out that in Spain they do not eat a slice of bread with some Nutella on it so we bought some eggs, bread, jam and ham. After we went out for dinner in the city centre. There were a lot of people from over the whole world because of the JMJ 2011. at 9.00 pm we took place at a restaurant. We took the daily menu and first got a plate paella. It was so dry and tasteless so I didn't like it at all. I hadn't finished my first dish yet but the waiter already brought the second plate. I told him I didn't want it yet and he became a bit grumpy and tried it again when I was still eating my tasteless paella. When I finally got my fish, this was even worse than the paella, we paid for the drinks and left the restaurant. We took some KFC sh*t to our room and after we fell asleep. Not really the dinner where we hoped for but its a good first story.
Today we went for shopping and bought a lot for just so little money. Also we arranged our telephone cards. We have orange know and just pay 3,50 every week for internet and 50 texts a week. After we went to the Retiro park to rest a bit. Tonight we ate at 9.30, as you can see it is really easy to get used to the Spanish way of living . It is so hot that I don't want to eat early.
It is still a bit strange that I will be here for 5 months instead of two weeks but I think I will get used to this idea.
It was the 21st of August 2011, my last night in the Netherlands for this year. I just realised myself how long I will stay in Madrid. I decided to spent my last night next to my mum. At 5.30 am my alarm clock rang. I just ate a bit and then I had to say goodbye to my dog. It is my own dog so it was hard for me. Then we left to Eindhoven Airport. I could check in my baggage immediately so I had to wait an hour before I could go to the passport check. After an hour the most difficult part so far was there, I had to say goodbye to my parents and brother. It was really hard. I took my flight together with Jasper. When we arrived at Madrid Airport it went really fast. We picked up our suitcases in 10 minutes, really fast when you compare this to Schiphol. We already arranged our room before we went to Madrid so we knew we had to take the metro to Lista. We found out they do not accepted Dutch bank card so fortunately Jasper had some cash. In about half an hour we arrived at our new address; Calle de Don Ramon de la Cruz 88, in the middle of Salamanca, the most elegance district of Madrid. The house was like a hotel or something. A big entrance hall with some ponds in. We got our keys and turned out our suitcases. After we went to the supermarket where we found out that in Spain they do not eat a slice of bread with some Nutella on it so we bought some eggs, bread, jam and ham. After we went out for dinner in the city centre. There were a lot of people from over the whole world because of the JMJ 2011. at 9.00 pm we took place at a restaurant. We took the daily menu and first got a plate paella. It was so dry and tasteless so I didn't like it at all. I hadn't finished my first dish yet but the waiter already brought the second plate. I told him I didn't want it yet and he became a bit grumpy and tried it again when I was still eating my tasteless paella. When I finally got my fish, this was even worse than the paella, we paid for the drinks and left the restaurant. We took some KFC sh*t to our room and after we fell asleep. Not really the dinner where we hoped for but its a good first story.
Today we went for shopping and bought a lot for just so little money. Also we arranged our telephone cards. We have orange know and just pay 3,50 every week for internet and 50 texts a week. After we went to the Retiro park to rest a bit. Tonight we ate at 9.30, as you can see it is really easy to get used to the Spanish way of living . It is so hot that I don't want to eat early.
It is still a bit strange that I will be here for 5 months instead of two weeks but I think I will get used to this idea.
Hi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that you have arrived safe and sound! I am sure you will get used to life in Madrid soon, for sure once you have started studying at Universidad Carlos III.
I hope you have a great time and that you have found a better restaurant to have dinner at ;) If you want to have some good tapas I can definitely recommend you to go to one of the little restaurants or bars in the 'La Latina' area. On 'Plaza Santa Ana' you can also find some really nice places for tapas and drinks.
Enjoy!
/Elena