My Arrival...

 Ok, so Doctor Who didn't take up that much time - I've actually been busy! I arrived last Friday, Ma left on Sunday and I am completely unpacked in my gorgeous double room. 

Hopefully won't be needing the duffel coat for a long while.

I like it a lot. As is typically European/my bad luck, I have a fine view of a brick wall from my window; but, just over the road is the lovely Parque Juan Carlos I.

Whilst Mum was still here, we indulged in one of my favourite Spanish traditions: churros con chocolate. They're essentially the reason I came to Spain. If you haven't ever had them, they are fried dough-pastry (like  a long doughnut) with a deliciously thick and horribly bad for you chocolate drink that you dip the churros into.

Mum wonderfully demonstrates dunking her churros.

After our churros, on the day of Mum's departure, we decided to try and find 'La Mezquita' which is a famous, ancient Mosque in Córdoba. We underestimated timings and overestimated my map-reading skills so only got to see a little of it, but what we did see was beautiful.

The bell tower that surrounds the minaret.

Yesterday, I went to the University to register my arrival. The Faculty of Humanities is nestled in some of the winding, residential streets just a few minutes away from my apartment. Perfecto!

 

I had to queue for a good 40 minutes to have a form filled in and to be told that I should come back on Wednesday to collect it - the guy with the all important stamp wasn't there. Things don't run quite so smoothly in Spain as they do in Britain. Everything is "mañana, mañana". 

Tonight will be my first trip out - out out - for an Erasmus party. Everything in Spain works a lot later, so I'll probably be returning to my comfy bed a lot later in the mañana!

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