I moved to Spain…!
Hello readers! Sorry for my lack of posting! Since arriving in Tarragona I feel like I haven’t stopped so I’ll give you a quick run-down of what I’ve been up to!
I landed in Barcelona and managed to catch the bus from the right place, and on time (good start) from the airport direct to Tarragona bus station which took about an hour. I then walked the 15 minutes to Plaza de la Font, where I would be living (I found my flat through a facebook group for students in Tarragona) and my lovely flatmate Valentina helped me carry my luggage up the 3 flights of stairs (thank you!!!). She had made me a welcome jam tart thing which was delicious (not to mention a great start to a friendship…!) and was very welcoming!
The following day I had my appointment to get my NIE (more on this in another blog post) and I had arranged with my tutor at the school to go in and see what it was like, so I also sorted out my bus pass (€32 for 50 journeys in 30 days – so only just over €1 a day!) to get to and from Reus. In the afternoon I had to go to Primark (English home comforts) to buy some more towels as I only had space for one in my suitcase.
On my first weekend I went with Valentina to the AEGEE-Tarragona organised tour of the city where I got to meet lots of other Erasmus students. Tarragona is a very beautiful city so expect to see lots of pictures throughout this year! In the evening we went out for a couple of drinks (at midnight – something I definitely need to get used to as most of my friends know I’m normally nearly on my way home by then!) but it was nice to do some socialising. The following day we hiked with AEGEE to the aqueduct (Puente del Diablo) which is just outside of Tarragona and was really pretty! (post to follow)
Monday saw an extremely dull but important meeting (IN CATALAN) about all the formalities like setting up a bank account etc. (of what I could understand) followed by a couple of more interesting presentations about other auxiliares’ experiences. It wasn’t so bad but somehow they managed to tell the auxiliars one time and the tutors a different time (GREAT) so I arrived half an hour late whoops…!
On Tuesday I started at the school and I had 3 really great days! I made soap, helped with a project on body language and helped students start a statistical project in their maths lesson, all with the students in English!!
This weekend we had a lovely day out in Barcelona (post here) and another day was spent hiking along all the beaches from Tarragona to Torredembarra!
More posts to follow so stay tuned…!
Our apartment… just kidding, this is Tamarit Castle 
Enjoying some patatas bravas and some Spanish beer! 
Crystal clear water! 
Bon voyage…!
Fresca como una lechuga bien frotada 