We found a home!

So great news :) We have found a home!  After much searching, we decided that it would be best if we rented a room in a shared apartment, this way it would be much cheaper, and then Josh would have ppl to talk to and learn Spanish from. 

We found a place that is about 2 metro stops away from his school. It is the top floor of an apartment building, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We will be in the largest room, and the 2 ppl living there are really really nice. They speak a little English, so this is good, but there is also a great opportunity to learn from each other. 

What a huge relief!!! How nice it is to have some time in the day to do some sightseeing etc., instead of running around looking for places to live! wooohoooo!

We took some time and went for a jog in Retiro park (they say that madrid has the most green space out of all the European capitals), and it was amazing. Huge park with tons of paths, and large water fountains. We look forward to exploring this more!

We also took advice from Frommer's best of madrid guide and bought some pastries from a little store that has been there since 1830! They use an antique cash register, and wow, they were awesome- this is definitely a place to visit again and again..  and then I dragged Josh into some clothing shops and had just a taste of what madrid has to offer.. dangerous ladies.. there are some really neat shops, beautiful dresses and jackets.. if only i could spend 230 euros on a coat eh?? 

So it's Josh's first day of his masters tomorrow, I think he is excited to get it started, and now that we have found a place, things are less stressful.  We have also been hanging out with another of his classmates who is also from Canada, funny enough was working in Trail, BC, at the same company Josh did a co-op term with.. small world eh??  He is the one who helped us find our place (translated for us on the phone, and physically went with us to all these places), and we have a really good time with him- so it's good to know that Josh will have some great classmates!

We are thinking of taking a day trip to Toledo over the weekend, but we'll see how everything pans out.  I can't believe I have to leave on Tuesday, but at least I know that josh is in good hands!

We will post some pictures later.. we haven't actually taken that many, but just today we took some of the surrounding architecture and wow, amazing.

Hope everyone is well.

Take care,

Dan