en el sol de espana

hola :)

in case any of you were wondering, i love spain. i arrived in madrid at about 11 this morning. sweet andres met me in the airport and put me in a cab with my roommate, monique. this may have been my favorite cab experience ever. we tried to sit quietly in the back, but it didn't happen, clearly. we proceeded to become best friends with our cabdriver. he was great and super patient with our spanish. i asked him the correct way to say "sometimes when i speak spanish, i get so scared that i want to poop my pants". it was a really great moment.

then he dropped monique and i off on this side street in the middle of madrid, where apparently our host family lived. they did, in fact, live there, but finding them was another adventure in itself. we went into this apartment building, pressed a lot of buttons, climbed a lot of stairs, and took the smallest elevator i've ever seen. we rode the elevator to the eighth floor, and climbed one more flight of stairs to the atico, knocked on the door, and was met by one of the most beautiful women i've ever seen.

maria. maria is my host mom. perfectly kind and wonderful. i have felt so loved from the second that i came into her home.

then we met juan. juan is her husband, my host dad, he's really tall and really really intelligent. he speaks spanish, french, portuguese, and italian, but has broken english because he told me that he doesn't really care about english. i love juan. he's so kind..and hilarious. he's also completely adamant about me learning to speak spain spanish correctly. so far, he's already given me a few talks on the correct language for computers, cell phones, and terraces.

juan also just made me the best hot choccolate of my life as i was writing that.

i really can't believe i'm here. i'm living in a penthouse apartment overlooking madrid. with the most beautiful terrace complete with the most incredible view of the city. and my bedroom? lets just say my vintage love meets ikea. phew!

i'm sold. not coming back. romping forever.

anyway, that's the quick update. everything is perfecto.

love you guys! :)