This afternoon I went to an information evening at the Spanish Embassy in Wellington, regarding my upcoming trip to Spain on the Language Assistants' Programme. The meeting went for about 2 hours and there were 15 or so other people there. Some of them had come from other parts of NZ (a couple of people flew in from Christchurch, one girl had driven down from Palmerston North) for the meeting, so I felt lucky that I was just able to walk there from home! We were each given 3 pages of information headed "Preparing for your departure and tips for settling in Spain - Ideas and Suggestions to prepare yourself for your adventure", which I used to scribble down notes on during the meeting (Thank you to the boy who lent me his pen). Instead of
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