Monday morning we woke up to our last morning at the Best Western Los Condes and were just a little bit excited to say goodbye to the shoebox of a room. We went to the bank with our fingers crossed and were able to take out the money we needed for our 4 months of rent forward payment. We signed the final contract and moved our suitcases in to our very own apartment! It seems though that having a place to live has only brought us more steps to finally getting accommodated into our new city.
Step 1 Getting the internet: Clearly internet is what we all want the most upon moving in because how do you live without it?? Well step 1 quickly leads us to step 2 which is setting up a Spanish bank account which you need in order to sign a contract for internet. So we got bank accounts at the local Barclays so that we can set up internet, get paid, and pay bills throughout the next 10 months. To make a long story short we will not have internet for at least 2 weeks. At first this was a big rain on our parade but so far in the mean time we have been getting to know our barrio*, trying to cook in our little cocina*, making friends and taking advantage of the free time that we won’t have when work and school start next week.
It’s been over a week since we got here and its starting to hit me that this is going to be my life. Everything we have done so far has been a little discouraging at times and has felt like such a process but overall it’s been the beginning of an adventure. It feels good to know that we have a home and are starting to get to know our surroundings. I am learning to accept that my American tendency of wanting instant gratification is not going to fly here so I’m joining the slower Spanish way of life and enjoying my siestas :)
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