Our First Day In Spain

Hey all! Melanie writing...



We arrived safe and sound in Spain, and have been having an awesome day so far! Our adventure started yesterday, around 1 pm and since then it has been constantly interesting. Here are some highlilghts:




- we got to the Philadelphia aiport really early, so we had a little over 3 hours to hang out in the terminal


- on top of that, the flight was late, and then we sat in the plane for a while, so we were over an hour late taking off


- we had some interesting people sitting behind us on the plain, including a kicking and sick child behind Sarah, and a lady behind Melanie who didn't lett her to put her seat back at all


- between the 4 of us we ranged from between 20 minutes to 1.5 hours of sleep overnight


- we then almost missed our next flight, and had to run through the airport to catch it, only to find that the plane was surprisingly and strangely empty


- we got here safe and sound, with all of our luggage


- we piled all of our luggage - 8 suitcases, plus 3 of our carry-ons, into a car, and took a bus to our new home


- we carried all of our luggage up 3 flights of stairs


- our first Spanish meal was a Chinese buffet in the mall - which was amazing, by the way


- at the Chinese buffet, all of us got what we thought were onion rings...only to find out that they were fried squid rings - and we all surprisingly enjoyed them


- Beth enjoyed her first cup of Spanish coffee at a "street cafe" in the mall


- we saw all kind of things that Judit would tell us about during training


- we went grocery shopping in the mall, and Sarah got to carry toilet paper though the streets of Barcelona back to the house


Yesterday, it was really hard to say good-bye to 5 other teams of fellow HDCers. However, we were really excited that we got to fly with the Indipali team, so we got to be with them a little longer. Saying good-bye to them was really hard, because we've gotten to know that team especially well. Also, it was the last team we had to say good-bye too, so at least for me, it kind of felt like my last little connection to home was being taken away. Then, it was just the Spain team! We watched some videos from training of people at HDC just being themselves, so that made us all laugh. We are all a little overwhelmed by the fact that we're actually in Spain, and will be here for 6 months, but it's been great so far!

Thanks for all of your prayers and well-wishes! We will continue to be updating as we go along!

Melanie