Getting settled

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Even though the plane was late, the NYU people were still there, thank god! So I met up with them, and they watched my bags while I exchanged my travelers checks into Euros. We then left on a bus with other students to downtown Madrid where I took a taxi to my apartment. I yelled up to my suitemates who were already there, and they helped me with my stuff.
So yeah my suitemates are Yelena and Howard. They are both in Stern and basically cool people. We chose rooms and then went to talk to the landlady. Her name is Conchita. She is a sweet older lady with 7 children, but speaks no english. Thankfully Howard speaks decent spanish, so it wasn't that bad. We gave our first months rent and I got my keys. We had a problem with the contract so we told her we would talk to NYU before signing it.
We then went grocery shopping at El Corte Ingles. It's a huge clothing and furniture store with a large supermarket in the basement. We bought some food and I bought a new calling card, because my other one wasn't working. After we brought the phone back, I'll called the parents to let them know I was okay. After that we basically tried for internet and failed, unpacked, and went to sleep early.

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Photos

In Madrid
My first view of Madrid, the airport parking lot.

The entrance hallway
The door on the right is Howard's section: bedroom and bathroom.

Kitchen Part 1
The washer(no dryer) and the sink.

Kitchen Part 2
The stove(no oven), microwave, dishwasher and 2 fridges.

The dining room
Both of my suitemates are there. Yelena is sitting on the computer and Howard has his head down.

The living room
Or the random room with 3 couches that we will most likely never use.

The girls' hallway
Yelena's room is straight forward, the bathroom is to the left and my room is to the right.

The girls' bathroom
Through the windows we hang our laundry to dry on lines. It's so interesting.

My bedroom
My room is already a mess!

My mirror
There are these notes I keep finding in my stuff from these really sweet people. They hang around my mirror along with other things from sweet people. I love you guys! Thanks!