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Hey all,
So good news from Santiago, Brittany has an apartment, yayy! After much searching and just as much stress, I managed to find an apartment in the old district of SDC. It's really cute, in a nice location, and relatively cheap!!! The place is owned by an older couple, who are really sweet; the husband actually lived in Paris for a couple years, so we had fun talking french for a bit. I will be living in an apartment with two guys, one of which is on the Kansas program, and another who is actually from Poland-but speaks spanish really well. I don't really know anything about either one of them, but it should be interesting! The place has a nice kitchen and bathroom that we will all be using, as well as wifi, which will be so nice to have. It's right by north campus, where I have my morning classes, which means I get to sleep a bit longer-always good. Sam and I did rock-paper-scissors to see who got it, as we were both in love with it. Obviously, I won, but shortly after we left my place we saw an announcement that there was another apartment in the area for rent. The three of us (me, Sam, and Laura) went and checked it out, and it ended up being really nice. So the two of them took it! It's really nice, although more expensive than mine, but I'm so glad they are going to be living so close to me. It worked out so perfectly, and I can't wait to move in and get all settled! The last couple days we had our classes, which I'm pretty excited about. I've decided to take Islam in Spain, Transatlantic Hispanic culture, and Women as a site of change, all in addition to the daily language course we are required to take. I think it will be a challenging semester, and am convinced that my Spanish is going to really improve, which is exciting. The professors all seem really great, all so nice and welcoming, and all Spanish. It will be nice in that I think the classes will be very similar to those I would take at Kenyon, so I wont have to worry about the European way of doing things like I did in France. So yes, overall I'm feeling much better about being here, and am looking forward to moving in (which I will probably do tomorrow...). The other good news is that Sam finally got her second bag today, so all our stuff is now here (only took them a week, haha). Will keep y'all updated as I explore more,
Brit