I remember before moving to Madrid, I would google search things like “best neighborhoods in Madrid” or “where to live in Madrid” and then I would get all anxious and panicky because everyone and their excited mother would post on the auxiliar Facebook page that “they were looking for a roommate/ roommates to share a […]
Finding an apartment in Madrid can be one of the biggest headaches when you first arrive here. Not only is everyone AND their mother also looking for an apartment at the same time (putting you into a cut-throat competition…don’t be surprised if you get asked back for a second interview. Cut throat, people!), but there […]
Happy, happy, happy, HAPPY FRIDAY! This week has literally flown by. But at the same time, last Friday feels like a month ago. In certain ways, I feel like I am getting into a certain groove here, getting into a routine and figuring out how to navigate this city fairly easily. But then on other […]
It’s funny to think about when we got here (a week ago?! It feels like a month) people would sit around chatting about how “they are going to live in La Latina” or “want a cute flat with a nice balcony in the room”…me. And now you look around in you see people pulling their […]
ndfobr0th-4h-9dcjkndjgrhg-9ugihfhkbdfbfd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like that, but with a few screams, some hair pulling, and tears. Frustrating doesn’t even begin to describe this entire process. It’s not even that I am having absolutely no luck finding a place to live, but more the fact that we are given the impression that it’s “easy”, “totally doable” and “not […]