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Hello all!

Well, yesterday Kate and I move into our new home and we have spent today getting settled and do some much needed vegging out. We've been unpacking, done a little grocery shopping, and walked around the area, getting to know our new barrio.

In other news now that I have Wi-fi (yay!) I was able to start using Skype which is very fun- talked to my mom, Ryan, and Eileen! I also got a chance to talk to Melissa today which is awesome since Kate and I have just booked our trip to Paris- can't wait! It will be so awesome to see the city, and get to spend some time with Mel. We're also planning a trip to Ireland for the first week in May, with a possible side trip to Amsterdam with some of Eileen's friends from school. Should be a crazy week but it's definately something to look forward- I love being able to travel! We're also talking with some of our friends here about other trips to take, mostly to other parts of Spain.

Tomorrow I have class, including some of the Complutense ones...should be interesting. Right now I am taking a break from writing a paper for my Spanish Film class- I know right? My first assignment and I'm procrastinating already.

I can't believe how quickly the time is passing- once we started looking over our calender to figure out travel dates, I realized that Spring Break and all my visitors will be here before I know it! (Can't wait for that though- didn't realize until yesterday that so many people were coming! I love it!)

I'm happy to have internet though- it makes the homesickness not so bad, now that I can keep up to date on what everyone is doing and get a chance to talk to my friends back home. I can also keep in touch better with people on my program- we're all scattered now, living in different places, and this will be a better way to chat and make plans.

Anyhoo, just a brief update for now- pictures are up! (see the link in the post below!) I don't have that many from Madrid yet, but I'm feeling safer here and will most likely start bringing my camera out with me more.

That's all for me- more updates to come!
-Nicole