Estoy en Madrid!

That means I'm in Madrid, in case you didn't know! This city is so amazing, I absolutely love it! I have to admit, I stalled a lot this morning before I left the house...I was pretty nervous to just go outside. But once I did, everything was great! I found my internship, which actually was the wrong office, but they were so nice and they helped guide me to the right one. My contact, Carlos, is pretty much the nicest person I have ever met, and has done everything he can to make me feel comfortable! That little Eyewitness Madrid book is my best friend, and I honestly do not know what i would have done without it. (thanks mom!) 

I am going to start my internship on Monday night, and usually people only work one night a week, but they go out and talk with homeless people mon-thurs, so I think that I will do every night unless something comes up. That way Ill meet a lot of people, and hopefully make some friends! I am really, really glad that I did LA term before coming here, because I feel like I have some city smarts that are really helpful. However, la termers, the Madrid metro system puts LA to serious shame! Ill put up some pics later, but it is awesome. Huge, but awesome! I know that I will be able to write an awesome research paper on Homelessness, and I already have been able to narrow it down a bit, because the people here who are homeless stay together in homogenous groups, and I am going to be working en el centro, which is the center of the city. These homeless people are all from Spain, and a lot of them have addictions. Other places around the city are different groups, like immigrants without papers. The internship is extremely organized, which is really nice. 

I am really excited for my Spanish to improve, I can understand pretty much everything that people say, but I am having a bit of trouble expressing myself. But I am also nervous, but everyone I have talked to is really nice, and they have helped me through it. 

Tonight I am going to meet Belen, my maybe future host-mom. We'll see. I am going to keep looking, and Carlos and Jesus (the homeless program coordinator) are going to help me put up signs around the university that say I need a place! 

I really love it here, and cant wait for my family to come and to show them around! I hope you all are great, leave me a comment or email me with how you are! 

hasta luego, 

Kelly