The second week in Zaragoza...

Weekend is over and a new week has begun! On Thursday we joined the Carnival and we had lots of fun. Everyone got dressed up and we had a good time :) We both went out with the people from our flats....

Duck faces everywhere ;)

Los estudiantes de Erasmus

At the cupiteria (shots-bar)

On Friday, Dawe's aunt and uncle arrived and we went to IKEA on Saturday to finally get all the missing items for our rooms. It was a relatively quick trip, as we had already made a list with all the things that we needed. Marie had to get quite a lot of things, as her room was missing some essential items, like a mirror, a chair and so on....

"Can I take good selfies with this mirror?"

IKEA with two women.... exhausting

In the end, we also passed by the beloved Lidl and got some really nice things from the supermarket for our fridges and cupboards! Saturday evening we had some tapas with Dawe's aunt and uncle, which were a good end for a successful day. We have to mention that it was Saint Valentine's day and the city was closed for traffic; hence we had the plan to eat in the neighbourhood of Dawe. However, it's mainly occupied by students; therefore, there were no 'real' restaurants and we had to go for a tapas bar. We chose some delicious dishes but before they could have been served, the staff first had to go to a supermarket to buy the things!! Unbelievable in countries like Germany and the Netherlands, but pretty common in Spain.

Selfies work ;)

Sunday was a typical chill day; Marie spent it with all her roommates and we managed to fit 15 people in the living room, watching TV, talking, laughing and having a good time. Just like a big family. Marie feels a lot better now and very welcomed here. She didn't imagine staying here would be as fun, but it is amazing. They ordered pizza for everyone, which took 2 hours in order to deliver 10 pizzas. Finally at 0.00am the food arrived and they could eat. She's starting to get used to the late dinner hours in Spain..... While eating, one of the Italian girls found a cockroach in the kitchen, thus after dinner it was time to clean out the entire kitchen, clean every single corner, disinfect and close all the possible holes where any insects could come through. At 2am she finally went to sleep and hoped that no more cockroaches would find their way in our kitchen.....

Regarding Dawe's place, two of his flatmates already arrived! This means that it's finally time to start speaking Spanish the entire time and to improve! Learning by doing ;)

By the way, it's finally getting warmer and warmer!

At the end of this week we will finally get officially matriculated as students of the university of Zaragoza. Thus, we'll receive another new email address AND most importantly access to the Internet at the university. Well, let's see how the second week at uni will go...