While enjoying a leisurely Saturday morning, I suddenly realized that I haven't even been in Linares a week and already it's starting to feel like a second home. This week was a really busy one between getting settled in, starting work, navigating a new city, trying to decipher the very unique Linares accent, and, por supuesto, eating lots of tapas!
Linares is a nice city, big enough to have everything you need but small enough that you can run into people you know in the street. I can't get over how welcoming and helpful everybody is: I can't count the number of times people have offered to help me with anything I need, even if we've only just met! And it's a good thing, too, because I wouldn't have been able to figure out how to set up a bank account, get a cell phone, or get to the schools I'll be working at without a lot of help.
Last night I experienced the Linares tapas scene, which surprisingly was like a type of tapas bar crawl. We went from one tapa bar to another, trying the various tapas offered and revelling in the low prices. It's no wonder the tapa bars are filled with linarenses on the weekend, considering that for just a few euros you can get delicious food and drink–and a great atmosphere, too!
As for my living situation, I'm renting a room in a house owned by a Spanish couple looking to improve their English. They've been so nice and helpful, and my Spanish level has already skyrocketed from trying to express day-to-day things like, "Do you have an onion?" or "How do you say 'hairdryer'?" It's nice to have a kind of family around, too, when you're far away from home. :)
'Ta luego!
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