Siempre, siempre bocadillos....

On Thursday 5th of February we had our appointment with Mrs Chus Tena, the representative of the Faculty of Economics; or more specific: the lady of the international relations office. We walked to the campus and asked for directions to the room, and as it turned out we were in the right office but at the wrong campus! However, the man was very friendly, called Chus (after some problems with the pronunciation of her name) and gave us a map of the campus. Chus looked over our Learning Agreement, our subjects we had chosen so far and told us about the language course that we would already start on Monday! We definitely wanted to participate, so she printed all the forms for us, scanned them and we could send them to the office the same day. She also showed us where to find the time tables and the academic calendar.
Muchas gracias Chus (we already took her into our hearts)!

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel and got ready for the ESN Zaragoza presentation, which was scheduled for 7pm at the Campus San Francisco. The room was filled with students when we arrived and we received information about trips, visits, language courses, parties and everything a little Erasmus student needs to know. The presentation was short and dinner was scheduled for 10pm at Matarraña, a restaurant in the city. Dawe looked up the restaurant, as well as the address and ensured me he knew where to go. This time we left the hotel early in order to be one of the firsts at the restaurant to get proper seats. When we arrived at the place we already wondered why nobody else was there and how everybody could fit into this small restaurant. After another tour around the block, we decided to go in and ask where everybody was, and as it turned out the restaurant had two locations in Zaragoza. Well, so we hopped back on the tram and arrived at the right place at 10.15pm. The place was packed! But we learned our lesson (or at least I, Dawe, did): always double-check where you have to go!

Get-to-know-dinner with the other Erasmus students

First, we couldn't even find one free seat, but in the end we managed to sit at one of the tables, next to one Italian and three South Korean students. All of them couldn't speak much English, thus we had to speak Spanish. Soon we discovered that the Italian girl was one of Marie's new flatmates. Dinner was (like always!!) a bocadillo (meaning a sandwich).....thankfully we had some Sangria and Cerveza with it. We finished eating and decided to head towards the club "Kenbo", which is new in the city and opened only for Erasmus students that night. Unfortunately, it took us 30 minutes to find the club (while it was only a 5 minutes walk) and then it wasn't even open yet. Esperamos/Waiting....at 1am the doors finally opened and inside everything was still new. The club filled quickly, the music was good, the drinks were expensive and we had a good time.

Having fun while going home

The next morning (Friday) we had to get up very, very, veeeery early in order to go to the office of the language course to check if they received all our documents. Fortunately, the women just read our emails and ensured us we received a place for the first language course, which starts already on Monday! Three weeks of curso intensive (meaning everyday three hours of Spanish lessons and one additional hour to finish homework)..... Afterwards, we had a small introduction meeting with Chus at the Campus Rio Ebro, which is around 25 minutes away from the centre (by metro). In the afternoon, we finally met Marie's buddy Jose, who turned out to be very nice and he showed us a great tapas place. We had a good chat, some food (of course in form of bocadillos) and said we would meet again the upcoming days.

Tapas, bocadillos and chips (yes, the Spaniards put Oreos in a bun... )

Today, Marie received her keys for her apartment/room and we dropped off some of our luggage as we are moving tomorrow in our apartments. We shortly stayed at the place and already met 8 of her 14 roommates, who all turned out to be very open and welcoming. *HAPPY DAYS*

Living room of Marie's flat

Tonight we are going back to her place in order to have dinner with everyone, some drinks and later going out with the people to.... have a guess... Kenbo (again)!! Let's see how the night turns out...

By the way, it seems like the hotel became some kind of fun house. The Spanish people seem to be very 'active' during the night time... and day time... and, basically, any time of the day..