I feel slightly more adjusted after waking up this morning. We got to take the Metro this morning and it was nothing short of amazing. The system is incredible: incredibly efficient and boasting over ten lines. I’m sure New York’s is more extensive but you can’t beat the modern and very clean organization of a European underground. That’s one of the most striking things I’ve noticed about the city: everything is very structured and very progressive. From the airport terminal to the people downtown, everything is very stylistic. I’ve never felt more out of place wearing jeans and sneakers in my life. However, after having been to Peru, it is interesting to see how similarly I look to some of the madrileños around me (minus their extremely made-up appearances). The telling sign of an American is a Northface jacket with a pair of Uggs (of which I own neither, thank you).
We spent a few hours at El Instituto Internacional, the Boston University-owned building where I will take my classes. The classes sound intriguing (if all goes according to plan, I’ll be taking a literature class, a comparative anthropology course, and a historical synopsis of culture in Spain). Tomorrow I finalize my internship plans. I’ll be working at “The Center of Refuge for Refugees” as what seems like an all around office assistant. I asked for an internship that really focused on human contact and working with people. The alternative would be a micro-financing organization (cool, yes) but I would doing paperwork all day (not so great) and not practicing my Spanish at all (the reason I’m here). It sounds like I will not only be helping the refugees with all their paperwork and helping document their stories, but I will probably end up escorting them around the city to the various municipal offices. I’m more than excited.
We spent a few hours at El Instituto Internacional, the Boston University-owned building where I will take my classes. The classes sound intriguing (if all goes according to plan, I’ll be taking a literature class, a comparative anthropology course, and a historical synopsis of culture in Spain). Tomorrow I finalize my internship plans. I’ll be working at “The Center of Refuge for Refugees” as what seems like an all around office assistant. I asked for an internship that really focused on human contact and working with people. The alternative would be a micro-financing organization (cool, yes) but I would doing paperwork all day (not so great) and not practicing my Spanish at all (the reason I’m here). It sounds like I will not only be helping the refugees with all their paperwork and helping document their stories, but I will probably end up escorting them around the city to the various municipal offices. I’m more than excited.
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