Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Impressions
I arrived in Madrid on Tuesday, found an apartment on Wednesday, met a new friend on Thursday, and am signing a contract and paying the deposit for the new place today. Needless to say it's been a bit hectic, and very very tiring.
My roommate, R, has been sick since we got here, the temperatures have been uncomfortably warm (at least for me--anything over 60 annoys me), and, well, let's just say it'll be nice to not have to live in a hotel anymore. We're only doing it for five or six days--I can't imagine how people who stay in a hostel for weeks manage to not go crazy. All I want in the world is to go grocery shopping and come home to a place with a kitchen where I can cook! Gracias Repsol, for your never ending supply of agua and Lays con al punto de sal. Will definitely find a decent Indian restaurant for tonight--I have many shameful secrets and the first is that I don't particularly care for Spanish food. It's a bit plain and boring. I'll take a stab at it from time to time but sorry, there's nothing more delicious than a good bowl of Bombay aloo, and I won't rest until I've had some! Soft potatoes with hot green chili, scooped up with a warm roti...drool.
Anyways...yes. The apartment search was relatively painless--we used an agent and he was fantastic. He spent ten hours with us, meeting us for breakfast, giving us thorough tours of every neighborhood in the old part of the city, and took us through each apartment. The first, in Lavapies (where I'd originally hoped to live) was painfully small. We finally settled on a huge top floor piso in Malasaña, a five minute walk from the Gran Via, and just far away enough from Sol to be able to almost entirely avoid it. I may be a city lover but Sol is not my scene--I hate it.
Tonight we sign the contract, fork over a painful amount of cash, and we should be set to move in after the weekend. All in all a relatively smooth process--my only concern is going to be how long it takes to get some wifi set up. Fingers crossed!
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Anyways...yes. The apartment search was relatively painless--we used an agent and he was fantastic. He spent ten hours with us, meeting us for breakfast, giving us thorough tours of every neighborhood in the old part of the city, and took us through each apartment. The first, in Lavapies (where I'd originally hoped to live) was painfully small. We finally settled on a huge top floor piso in Malasaña, a five minute walk from the Gran Via, and just far away enough from Sol to be able to almost entirely avoid it. I may be a city lover but Sol is not my scene--I hate it.
Tonight we sign the contract, fork over a painful amount of cash, and we should be set to move in after the weekend. All in all a relatively smooth process--my only concern is going to be how long it takes to get some wifi set up. Fingers crossed!
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