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It has come to my attention that since I have been so intent on writing about my travels, there is little information about my life in Madrid (thank you Grammy!). There were no out of town trips for me this weekend so now is a perfect time. I live in a ground floor apartment, which is called 'bajo' (literally: low) and the next floor up is the first floor. My flat mates are two Scottish girls, two French girls, and one Spanish guy. The other girls are all studying something along the lines of business/marketing/economics. The Spaniard is getting a masters degree in railroad engineering and he just applied for a job/internship with the London Underground, it seems really intense! I speak Spanish with everyone but usually English with the Scottish girls, but I'm working on changing that. So far, everyone is very nice and easy-going and we all get along quite well. As far as friends go, I have a main group from the program (the people I've been traveling with) but I'm friends with other WIPTers as well; it would be hard not to be, the program is just full of cool people. I haven't scored any Erasmus (European students studying abroad) or Spanish friends yet, but all in good time. The bus stop where I get the G bus that takes me right to the building where our program is located is a 6-7 minute walk from my apartment straight west on my street. Said bus stop is in the same location as my main entrance/exit for the Moncloa metro stop. The distance from my building to this the nearest metro stop is worth it because it means we're in closer proximity to other stations which I've come to appreciate as it sometimes helps prevent unnecessary transfers. I might have mentioned this before, but I continue to enjoy finding new places to shop/eat/etc. in my neighborhood. My usual supermercado has become a store called Simply City, mainly because there are two within a 3 block radius of my apartment. My eating is pretty varied, but to give an example I'll tell you what I ate today. For breakfast I had instant coffee made with milk, a pb&j sandwich and oranje juice. For lunch, I split the Menú del Día in the cafeteria at the facultad with my friend Ben; its a lot of food and only 2.35 euros if you share! For dinner, I made an omelet with eggs (or does that go without saying?), onion, chorizo, and leftover pasta called tiburones (sharks; they are kind of a cross between shell pasta and macaroni and sort of look like little sharks when cooked). I also had a salad with bag lettuce, tomato, and vinegar and olive oil (they really love that combo here, and with good reason!). I've been doing a lot of omelet/scramble things using eggs, onion, potatoes, etc. but I'm planning on cooking a bunch of chicken breast tomorrow to have on hand (as long as I remember to put it in the refrigerator before I leave for class!). Don't worry, I'm staying on top of eating fruits and vegetables.