First 2 days

Hey you all!

Just a little remark before I start; yes I do know I had some spelling and grammar mistakes in my last mailing. Therefore, I will now check my text before placing it on the site ;-)

Today was a nice but also sad day, as I was finally going to Spain, but also leaving a lot of people behind. I was planning on not crying, and thought I was doing fine. However, when I actually had to say goodbye, I did shed some tears

As I mentioned, I flew from Brussels. Luckily I did not fly from Brussels international airport but from Brussels Charleloi, so I had no problems concerning the strikes! The flight itself went just fine! In Malaga I had to take a bus to Marbella. However, the bus never showed! I was so happy I knew someone in Spain, namely Robbert (he was going to pick me up in Marbella), so he could sort of find out what the deal with the busses was. What turns out is that the busses were on strike (how convenient..)! Luckily I was not the only one who needed to go to Marbella. Two guys needed to go there as well and asked me if I wanted to share a cab with them, so I did, else I would have had no idea how to get there! Unfortunately instead of paying only €4,13 for a bus ticket, I now had to pay €20,00 for a cab. But hey, I shouldn’t complain, I got where I needed to go ;-)

Robbert picked me up from the centre and we walk towards the house. The house is on the sixth flour and is shared by 4 people. We al have our own room but share a living room, kitchen, bathroom and balcony. It is really nice. The kitchen even has a dishwasher, oven, microwave and we also have a washing machine! What a luxury :-D

After having put all my stuff in my room we went to the beach. The weather was nice for it, however, for my preference a little to cold to go into the water. So I just sat on the beach and observed all the people around me Around 9, 10ish we went home, and Robbert made dinner, which we eventually eat at 11! Sat on the balcony (yes we have one with a couch on it as well!) and went to bed around 1.

The next day I got up around 7:30 because we needed to leave the house at a quarter past 8. Robbert is used to walking to work, which is about 40 minutes. It’s quite a walk, but nice. But I do think it will be way nicer if the weather is a little cooler ;-) Work is from 9 to 6 with a 1-hour break, which you take at 2 o’ clock. The company is way different than the one in Holland. However, you should keep in mind that the Spanish mentality is way different than in Holland! Overall, my first day of work was nice and got to know a lot more about the company and the few people that work there

After work we walked home, which took longer than getting to work (hills..) and went to the beach again. This time I did go for a swim. The water was quite nice! Lied down a little and went grocery shopping all by my self! On the way to the beach I already took pictures with my phone of houses and easy recognizable point so I could find my way back home. Sort of leaving behind breadcrumbs, but than a more modern version ;-) bought myself some dinner went home, and now I’m typing this.

So, now you are up to date on my activities in Spain so far. Added you can see some pictures of the house and Robbert, as I have mentioned him now several times!

You will all hear from me again soon enough ;)

Bye!