Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Spanish Expedition: In Which Lizzle Has Housing Arrangements

I have a place to live this summer! I will be living with a mother and a daughter in their apartment in Madrid, Spain. They are LDS, and they typically rent to Church members who are in Madrid to go to the temple there. However, they will get a tenant for three months! The girl is a few years younger than I am and has studied English. “Has studied” does not necessarily bode well for “being fluent and able to converse with me,” but I’ll just have to make do, learn Spanish, and probably get out of my little Lizzle-shell. I am hopeful I will be able to pick up some Spanish from her while helping her out with English. She seems super-nice! I have plans for this summer in Madrid – I want to learn how to cook Spanish food, how to get along with Spanish youth, how to figure out how to live like a Spaniard lives. I know those things are very broad, but I have more pressing things on my plate.

Right now, I have a short list of things I really want to do while in Madrid. I want to watch some of the World Cup in a Spanish pub. I want to go to Barcelona and see the Sagrada Familia and other buildings designed by Antoni Gaudi and museums on Picasso. I've been told I will become a connoisseur of gazpacho and tapas. I’m wondering if I should want to go see a bullfight. I don't wanna see a bull killed! It looks like I’ll be in Spain during the festival of San Isidro, which is known for its bullfights, as well as its music and street festivals. If I do end up going, it will end up right on this blog.

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