Bienvenidos de Granada!

Hello from Granada, Spain!

Jen, Karrie, and I have finally arrived in this beautiful country. The flights all went very smoothly. I flew out of Minneapolis while Jen and Karrie flew out of Chicago. We met up in Philly and had about a 4 hour layover before we had a 6 hour connecting flight to Madrid. From Madrid we flew into Granada!

After getting off the plane and getting our luggage, we were supposed to be picked up from the airport from representatives from Germany (one of the four universities that is involved with the grant we wrote) but they were a no-show. So, we got directions from the information desk and hopped on a bus to a plaza near our apartment. Then had to proceed walking about 5 blocks, uphill, on cobblestone, with alllllllll of our luggage. Boy, did we scream "American."

Our apartment is a super cute place with two bedrooms, a living room, full bathroom, and full kitchen. It's fully furnished with Wi-Fi, and cable television. It's so great!

One of our friends boyfriends has been here for two weeks, so he stopped by yesterday on the day that we arrived and he and a friend took around the city, showing us different things and stores to check out. Later we went for tapas and drinks. So fun!

We all went to bed before 10 PM and slept for over 12 hours...we must have needed it! After getting ready we set out for the day to get groceries, a phone, and various other things we needed. I am most definitely getting my 10,000 steps in because we walk everywhere and are still getting lost frequently. Ha!

Tomorrow we head out to have an orientation session and hopefully figure out more information about what is going on!

There will be more to come.

Love and hugs to my family, Joe, Carter, Kammy, Claire, Fav, Gretchen, and kids. I love and miss you all so much!