Not saying goodbye, but instead, "Hasta luego!" (see you later!)

Hey people,
I'm just going to a "goodbye party" so I feel this is the right time to post this blog, especially seeing as most/everyone has gone now.....
This is the crazy thing about Erasmus. You meet people who you would never have imagined meeting before in your life. People from all different countries, different walks of life. Some you meet and think you'll become fast friends, and that sadly doesn't happen. But the most surprising and amazing thing for me is when you meet someone who you at first thing that you have nothing in common with- but you end up becoming very very good friends.
Now, I guess that is a life thing too, but there's something about Erasmus that is unique- you're all in the same position. You've all come to a foreign place, with a foreign language, and you've all been thrown into the deep end.
Some people only come here for 5 months. I'm here for a total of 10 months, which for me although at first it seems like a lot, having been here for the first half it seems to have gone sooo quickly. I'm not sure that I will want to leave when it comes to it. Actually, what am I saying, OF COURSE I won't want to leave. I always miss England, my family and my friends, but living here and having this opportunity is something that I may welll never have again.
Anyway, back to the goodbyes. Some of them have been horrible. One of my best friends here has already left me (you know who you are :( ) and she was someone who I always talked to (about anything), we went out, we went to Salamanca, we made an awful lot of memories. And there are my flatmates too, who put up with me :D and who have made my experience here so far very special.
It's very sad to say goodbye especially when you think that some of these people you may never see again, but I hope that some day, I will. (Also, you know who you are, we definately WILL be seeing each other again ;))
Anyways, that's it for now I guess. Hope you all have a great night!
:D

I have returned....with a new flat!

Helloooooo,
So I haven't blogged for a while! I don't really have a legitimate excuse, just the fact that I've been extremely lazy/went back to England for Christmas/had exams to revise for and sit/had to move flats/had to say goodbye to everyone :( I've got a few blogposts that I need to do, and I'm not sure that I'll be able to do them in chronological order as everything has happened so fast since I got back after Christmas!
I guess the first thing I'll share is my new flat :D I was perfectly happy with my old flat, and I loved my landlords (a couple) as I never had any problems with them and I felt like if I had any problems I could go and ask and they would sort it (like when the toilet lock broke and I got locked inside- that was a scary time!). So why did I move? Well, a lot of the Erasmus students only stay for 5 months, and that's what my German flatmates did. So, it was either stay in my old flat and look for two more flat mates, or, I had the offer of moving in with my English friend higher up in El Casco (the historic part of Toledo) which was a lot closer to the university. Also, something else which really motivated me was the fact that this new flat has an oven. For some reason, and I never realised, ovens aren't really on high priority in Spanish flats. I found this extremely odd, but I've realised that it's not that uncommon. However, it did impede me from cooking a lot of things that I used to in England :(
Another huge motivation? My bedroom has a double bed :D I have never had a double bed before, so that for me was a huge luxury that I couldn't pass up.
Sooooo, here is my bedroom:

And this is the living room:


(I apologise for the lighting it's quite a sunny day today!)
So now I am living with two lovely girls, one English, and one that isn't English but has lived and studied in England for several years. :D (although we are worried we're gonna just end up speaking English and not Spanish, nooo que pena....)
The building is a lot different to my old one. It's a lot bigger, and there's a lot more residents (in my old building there were only three flats, so you were unlikely to bump into anyone). So it's more of an adventure going up and down the stairs, will I bump into anyone :O There's a lady on my floor who looks to be in her sixties, and she's wears this huuuuuuge fur coat....The older ladies always get dressed up in Spain, even if they're just going to the local food shop, but I guess that's a different blog post....
The only thing I have against this flat so far is how cold it is, especially at night. However, it's cold in general in Toledo at the moment, probably not by England standards, but it definately is by Spain standards. I'm just hoping it warms up soon!
:D