PRIMERA HOLA DE ESPAÑA

This is my first HOLA from España.  I am sitting on the bus right now typing a message to you guys in a Microsoft document so that I can contact all of my lovelies right away.  We had a safe and swift flight, there was a bit of turbulence but everything was okay.  We ended up flying over Canada for a bit which seems kind of odd because I flew from Detroit to Atlanta to fly back north?  Oh well, we ended up in SPAIN.

I am the only one awake right now, except I think Carline is up too.  Everyone else, I think there are ten more, are napping.  We are en route to meet our host familias, that is our next destination.   It appears that I have a host mother named Maria Dolores something something.  That is all I know about the house I will be staying at for the next nine months.  Holy cow! 

We went to a café/tapas bar/ restaurant about an hour ago to stop and get a drink and use the bathrooms.  I ordered jugo de naranja—orange juice.  The freshest organge juice I have ever had, straight from oranges.  Literally.  I saw them squeeze the oranges right in front of me. 

I already “befriended”  a Colombian professor of philosphy, the bus driver and the rest of my american friends.  Take that mom and bill!

I have to go,

It seems like we are slowing down! 

What an exciting feeling,

Love,

Mara