T-Minus 12 Days

Preparing for Spain means doing the little things - getting a camera, buying a converter for electricity, starting a packing list, and deciding whether or not to take my phone. But some days, like this one, preparing means doing the big things.

Today my dad and I booked a hostel and a train ticket, so I'm 100% ready to get from my living room to the train station in Oviedo, the city where I'll be staying. Luckily, I've found some girls from my trip who will be in the same hostel, and hopefully it'll be great to have some comforting, familiar English-speakers around while I'm in Madrid. Hopefully that'll be an island in a sea of Spanish that I'm throwing myself into here in two weeks.

¡Ay dios mios! (Spanish for "oh my god!") I'm incredibly nervous for all of the Spanish I'll be speaking, hearing, and interpreting during my stay. The most brutal things, I think, will be the most common. Understanding the directions to take the Subway is hard enough in English, right?

But it's all going to be a learning experience, and I can't wait to get started! Only 12 days between me and flying out, and I'm sure that time will fly by!

Hopefully the next time I write, I will have found out information about my host family! I'll keep you posted!

¡Hasta luego!