Quieres ver mi casa? [want to see my home?]

Hello again! 

As most of you might know, the Spaniards don't exactly live in houses.  Well, they're homes, but not a house, if you will.  They typically live in pisos, or floors of an apartment building.  I figured I would devote an entry and give you all a tour of our piso!  To start, we live on the 11th floor of a building very close to the center of the city.  It takes me about 10 minutes to walk to the Plaza Mayor, which is where most of us get together to walk around, and to hang out.  It's a really convenient and cozy area of the city.  It's about a 40 minute walk to campus, and even that goes by really quickly in the mornings.

So, this is my building.  :)  The very top floor is our piso!

We take the elevator upstairs (thankfully, we have an elevator!!) And go into our apartment (the door handle is in the middle of the door...strange!)

 
This is the view you see when you walk in the front door.  The room is split up into 2 functions.  There's the front room, which we call the salon, and the back part of the room has a more formal dining room.  Here's a better picture from the other side of the room, looking towards the double doors.

The next photo is of the kitchen.  After entering the front door, you turn left and head down a short hallway.  The end is the entrance to the kitchen.  On the left is the fridge, followed by the microwave, and the oven underneath the microwave.  On the right is where we eat all of our meals, on the sweet looking chairs. 

And through that foggy glass door, you find the following.  (This is probably  my favorite part of the house...)

The stove is on top of the washing machine!!  How great is that?!  It's convenient too, because as you can see, there's a bowl of spaghetti on the stove.  This area of the piso is not heated, and it's close to outside (only separated by a window) so it serves as a great refrigerator during the winter!  She always puts our leftovers out there. 

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my house!  Oh, my room.  I think I've already posted a photo of this, so I'm going to hope you remember.  It's pretty awesome. 

Welcome to mi casa!!
Hasta luego!