Wednesday Update

We have an apartment! After we told the landlord that we wanted the apartment, she wanted to wait one hour to see if some people who looked at the apartment before us were going to call (since they would sign a year long lease and we're only signing a 5 month lease). We went to a little coffee shop on the corner with the real estate agent and talked about the neighborhood and La Coruña hot spots. It turns out that the real estate agent also works at a sports club - the sports club (http://www.clubmetropolitan.net/club_lasolana.html) - the home of my favorite pool. Maybe she can hook me up with a free pass or something. Anyhow, it was fun hearing about where to shop and eat - but waiting for the landlord to call made for a very long hour! She finally called at 8:05 saying that she was printing out the lease terms and would meet us back at the apartment to go over everything. What a huge relief! I think we're going to get the keys tonight and move in tomorrow (Thursday).

As we were leaving the apartment we noticed a cute little shop that teaches English. Juan and I stopped in to see if they also taught Spanish ;) I mean, if they're teaching English to Spanish speakers, they could probably teach Spanish to an English speaker - right? Well, the place is run by an American girl and an Irish guy - I didn't get the impression that either spoke Spanish all that well. The Irish guy is taking Spanish classes, so he's going to call me and give me the class details - yea!! The American girl said that she has a lot of friends that are native Spanish speakers who may be interested in some sort of tutoring arrangement, she was going to ask around.

More about the apartment - it is about 100 yards from the beach, down the street from the aquarium, the "Museo/Casa del hombre", and the Tower of Hercules. It's about a 15 minute walk to the PwC office. There is also a huge fish/meat/vegetable market down the street, much like the one I saw earlier yesterday! We have four bedrooms, although they are a bit more like big closets. There is one 'full' bed and three twins. The full bed really looks like a slightly bigger twin bed - we are considering pushing a few of the twin beds together... There is a living room, sitting room, kitchen, and bathroom. Nothing fancy, but it's within our limited budget and the location can't be beat! We have plenty of room for visitors - hint, hint. I'll put some pictures up soon.

Juan's internship advisors are in Spain this week. We went out to dinner with them last night to a little seafood restaurant. We had a few different types of octopus, which is very popular here. It was all very good! We also had some mussels, spider crab, scallops, calamari, and more... It was fun and definitely someplace that I would go again.

There isn't too much else going on today. I think I'm just going to do some work and walk around a bit. It's a little bit rainy outside right now - hopefully it will blow over soon.