La primer noche en Valladolid [the first night in Valladolid].

Hola otra vez!  Hello again! Last night was my first night in Valladolid, con Maria Jesus Matallana de la Fuente.  She's our host mother who met us at the station we were dropped off at and brought us back to her piso (apartment) for lunch.  We arrived around 2pm ish and by the time we got back home and she made us lunch, which consisted of something like a fried egg, a salad, some potatoes, and a chunk of meat, I think it was similar to breakfast sausage.  Then we put stuff away in our rooms and took a nap.  After the wonderful nap, we awoke and went for a walk through the city with Maria.  She showed us some of the more important parts of the city.  Here are photos of the city from my window on the 11th floor of our building. 

This third photo is a picture out my window after dark.  Lots of lights!  :) 

Anyway, after that lovely walk, we came back home and Maria made us dinner, around 10:30pm.  We had chicken and potatoes!  After figuring out the wireless internet, we went to bed.  From the pictures so far, Valladolid might seem like a city made of cement, and quite frankly, it is.  There isn't much green area around, except the parks and stuff.  I'm getting used to the area, so hopefully in a few weeks, I'll know my way around like a pro.  This is a picture of my bedroom - it's cozy and I love it!  :)  It's been really foggy the past few days and Maria said it's normally like that in January - they have really sad weather in January.  But she said it gets better in February! 

I'm a little worried about the rest of the semester.  I mean, I'm excited to be here, but so far, it hasn't quite hit my expectations.  But I know it's only the first week, and I should give it time.  So many of my friends told me how amazing it was to study abroad, and I fear I made my expectations too high, and now that it's not really meeting them, I'm scared.  I want to get the most out of this experience, and maybe it's just me prematurely worrying.  Probably.

Anyway, I'm going to relax and read for a bit before we eat dinner tonight!  We have the welcome dinner with all the other students and the professors at a restaurant outside of the Plaza Mayor!

Adios!  I will update again soon, probably after our first day of classes!