Bienvenidos a Salamanca! (Welcome to Salamanca!)
So, for all my friends who freak out about flying- you know who you are- I just want to say that I am safely here! I left for Dulles yesterday at 2 pm, and now it is 3:15 pm in my head but 9:15 pm in real life. We haven't had dinner yet, and that's totally normal! The flight went faster than I expected...mostly because we were on this sweet Irish plane. It seats 8 across instead of just 4, with 2 aisles in between...my best example is the movie Airplane! (watch it.) Each seat had it's own tv, and we could watch a pretty wide variety of tv shows, movies, music videos, etc. We could also watch a cool map program with our plane moving along its trek, which fascinated me. Apparently you could even play video games, and the remote could pull out to be the controller, but I didn't do that. The food was delicious, too! They served a full dinner of pasta, salad, a roll, and even a brownie. Right before we landed, they also served desayuno (breakfast), even though to us it was like 1:30 in the morning.
I will never forget the moment about 20 minutes before we landed when the plane tilted and I got my first glimpse of European soil!
There ended up having 9 of our trip people on our plane, which is half the group. We found a cafe in the airport and basically just set up camp for the next 5 hours. Nobody slept, we just bonded over our tiredness. The group seems really cool! My roommate's name is Camila, but she goes by Cami, and since my madre can't say my name (those vowel sounds are really hard for Spanish speakers), I am now going by Cati (Cah-tee). At least to her. She is the sweetest lady ever! Very talkative, always trying to please us. Her name is Escoli, and she lives alone in a cute little apartment that seems pretty close to everything important! She made us sopa de vegetales, tortilla espanola (SO good and not at all like Mexican tortillas- it's like an omelette with potatoes in it), ensalada verde, pan, y fresas (vegetable soup, Spanish tortilla, salad, bread, and strawberries) for a snack when we got in...I'm excited to see what's for dinner! Escoli also sews really well, it seems to be the main thing she does.
After we unpacked and ate, Cami went to meet some people in the Plaza Mayor to have a few drinks and do some shopping. I wanted to join them so badly, but I literally could not stay awake anymore, so I took a nap instead. Now I'm all excited to go out and do something tonight, so I hope everyone else is too!
Just a few cosas interesantes (interesting things) I've noticed. First of all, not many people really drive Smart cars here! Barely more than in America, I'd say. But most people do drive little sedans. Also, the "streets" here are basically walkways that are JUST wide enough for the occasional car to fit through when necessary. But mostly people just walk, there aren't that many cars. There are a ton of stores sprinkled throughout, mixed in with the apartments and stuff, but they're all tiny! Cami and I laughed at a store called "Megamart" that was probably the size of my living room. Oh also Irish people eat tomatoes for breakfast.
Anyways I think we're going to figure out dinner now since it's almost 10 pm... Sorry if this was scatterbrained, I'm still very exhausted! I'll post pictures soon! Love you all!
Besitos,
Caitrin
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