So, this apartment business hasn't been so easy as we anticipated. As we look at different options and time keeps ticking, the need to settle on a place has become increasingly urgent.
One option stands out right now, and that's near "Plaza de Espana". This morning we visited the area, which is touristy and has fantastic parks/green areas and decided that we were going to try for this one apartment. All this time we had been looking more towards the northern part of the city, and this area is more to the west, but it has been a pleasant surprise. Above you see Fede with the kids at the Templo de Debod, which is a few minutes walking distance from the apartment. It is a 2000 yr old Egyptian temple that was donated to Spain by Egypt as a gift. Not too shabby!
Our life these past three days has consisted of metro (subway), walking, eating sandwiches, filing out paperwork, getting a cell phone, and going by IE (Instituto de Empresas, which is Fede will study). Really, it has been fun and we're just trying to take it all in.
It's hard to get used to all the stares we get, especially in the metro, because people here are DEFINITELY not accustomed to seeing a young couple with three kids. We might as well have green skin with pink polka dots because we would attract the same amount of attention! Still, we remind ourselves that this is all part of the experience and part of the fun too!
Our snazy new stroller turned out to be rather incompatible with the metro....carrying the huge thing up and down the stairs and squeezing it into the metro cars at peak hours is no walk in the park! It will be great for walking/parks where we will live, but the conclusion is that we will need an umbrella stroller to take in the metro.
The kids love the metro by the way. Antonio comments that everything is so different: from the taste of the milk, to the way you flush a toilet, to the fact that SO many people smoke, he catches everything.
Hopefully in our next post we will have an apartment to show you guys! Please pray. Wishing you all could be here with us!!
-The Martinez
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