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
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