Mi Señora

This morning, I moved in with my host family. I'll be living on the 6th floor of a building in Granada for the next four months. It's finally starting to feel real, and I'm more than excited about it! My host family consists of my Señora who I'll be living with, but she also has 2 children, one son and one daughter, that live in surrounding villages. She has two grandchildren, Antonio and David, and they are coming tonight to spend the night. As you can imagine, I'm very excited to meet them. Also, her daughter is expecting a baby girl at the beginning of December. I'm hoping the baby comes on time so I can meet her!

My Señora works at the hospital as what translates to English as a nursing assistant, but she can do everything a nurse can do, except draw blood. She had to go to school for 2 years for it, so I'm assuming it's something between a CNA and an RN. What's even cooler is that she works in the maternity ward. It's safe to say that I'm beyond jealous.

The last couple days I've been staying in a hostel and attending orientation at the school and around the city. Granada is seriously beautiful with so much to learn, since it has a history longer than the lifetime of the U.S. I'll be posting pictures of the school and Granada once I roam around more by myself, rather than in my group. There are 25 students in our program, all from either UW-Madison or University of Illinois.

The view from our hostel.

Again.

Cookies and cream gelato. Lunch for the day.

The UW-Madison students. Granada has fountains like this around every corner in every plaza. Beautiful.

The dream breakfast of a four year old: hot chocolate and toast. I ate this every morning when staying at the hostel. Still too hesitant to have coffee, so hot chocolate it is!

The view from in front of a friend's house. Super jealous.

Overlooking Granada.

Another fountain, before having some sangría y tapas.

There will be many more pictures to come once I get settled in, but my internet time must be spent booking weekend trips! Already have the first 3 weeks planned out. Yahooo!