Quick Intro- I haven't been writing here a lot, so I'll bring you up to speed quickly before I dive into what this post is really about. I recently moved from Getafe up to Madrid. My friend Elena and I are going (I say going to because she's still in Mexico) to share an apartment in Nueva Neumancia. It's close to Puente de Vallecas, which is ( Read more... )

Hopefully for real this time I'll have a flat! I saw a couple today that I really liked. I'll know by tomorrow if I have it- I'm supposed to meet the other flatmate in the afternoon. My flatmates will be two Brazilians, 23 and 26, sister and brother. Hopefully I don't get caught in any sibling rivalries... heh. It was a really nice flat with a ( Read more... )

I've seen five apartments and of those found one that I absolutely LOVE. It's in the Adelfas barrio, which is close enough to Atocha. Rent is 350 and includes central heat. Has internet. I'd have a Spanish girl and French guy as my roommates- I met the French guy today and am supposed to meet the Spanish girl on Friday when she's back in town ( Read more... )

So I'm here with Gabi and her 2yo son Elias, relaxing, which I need! We'll probably go out this afternoon to go the Olympic Park. Yesterday we went to the Englischer Garten. She had guests over yesterday and I got to practice my German, so that was awesome for me, to realize that I still have some kind of command over the German language ( Read more... )

I'm having a pretty good weekend for being in Hinojosa! On Friday I invited MJ, Nati, and Sandra over for dinner. I wanted to cook the “Auflauf” (German for “casserole”) that I learned from Gabi and Oliver, so I did. It was a big hit!

Here's the recipe for those of you who are interested:

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FINALLY I was able to upload photos here!

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Yesterday when I went to the school for the first day, I met the other language assistant-- this really nice girl named Adibeth from Texas. She told me that she's renting this house for 200 euro/month and was looking for a roommate, so naturally now we are roommates there. And I'm living in this house with 3 bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, ( Read more... )