First Few Days in Alicante
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Hello all. So we arrived in Alicante this past Sunday after taking a bus from Madrid. It took about four hours and when we got here we were met by our host families. Students in the program have the option of staying with a host family or in an apartment. I am living in a house with another girl in the USAC program, Lisa. She is so adorable and we get along really well. We were really nervous to meet our mom but she gretted us with kisses on the cheek. She doesn’t talk any english so everything she states to us is in Spanish. She talks slowly and clearly and it is pretty simple for me to comprehend her. She is 57 years old, has huge curly hair and seems very artsy/eccentric.
We were so excited to see our home and it is on the seventh floor of a tall building. Most buildings in Alicante are fairly tall. It is tiny but so so cute. Lisa and I get our own rooms with a bathroom to share. We have desks and wardrobes and other adorable furniture. Our mother’s name is Maria Jose and she paints of
lot and some of them are hung up. She likes to cook a lot and cooks very well. Things are very different here than in the U.S. In the terms of their schedule. Lunch is around 2-2:30 and is the biggest meal of the day. Dinner is around 9:30 and is very small. It is customary to take a siesta (nap) in the afternoon and stay up later during the night. Most stores are closed from 2-5 and all stores are closed on Sundays. This lifestyle is very different but interesting to me.
Maria was born in Madrid and has lived in Alicante for quite some time. She has three children and one granddaughter who live around Spain. She and her husband are not divorced but do not live together. This was a strange situation for me to hear. She used to work in marketing but for some reason ( i could not understand) she no longer works.
Maria Jose’s mom lives here as well and she is the cutest grandma i have ever seen. She is 88 and Maria takes care of her. She is a tiny bit harder to comprehend but they both try to help us practice our
spanish. They are both very friendly and we have pretty good conversations during our meals. We have been eating a lot of different things. Maria likes to cook a huge variety of dishes but we always have bread with our meals and fruit afterwards. It is simple for Lisa to come and go when we need to as we both have our own keys and our madre is very trusting. I am not quite used to sleeping in a city that is noisy at night but I will get used to it. They have a bunch of Spanish DVDs and i may get a chance to watch some of them. I am very happy how everything turned out.
Hasta Luego!!
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