I feel like a transient

Once again, I am writing from a new bedroom in a new apartment.

My old piso just wasn't the right fit. It was far away from school and downtown Madrid, and my roommates were exactly the type of people I was trying to avoid in Spain. So, I started my search once again for a new home. I would have been sleeping on the streets for about a week had my friend Amanda and her roommates not allowed me to crash with them. After many discouraging phone calls and visits, I finally picked one.

A little messy, but I just moved in. 

I live right off of the main street in the city center. I'm within walking distance to all of my friends, and there are restaurants, bars, markets, and everything else I could possibly need right around the corner. I live with the owner of the apartment, a Spaniard who's an older man and a painter, so there are works of art all over the walls. I even have a mural painted onto my bedroom door.  There are two other girls also, students from northern Spain and Denmark. I really like them all so far, and I can already tell the environment is going to be ten times better than my previous arrangements.



And, best of all... THERE'S A DOG! Her name is Ñeca. I took her for a walk today, and it feels great to have a dog again. It's like I always have company, even when my roomies aren't home. Of course, she's only a substitute for my dog back in Fremont, and in my mind I'm always comparing her to Chloe whom I miss and think about every single day. But for this year, Ñeca will suffice until I get to see my beautiful little lab again.

My new address, and hopefully the last one I have until I leave Madrid:

Brian McMahon
c/ de la Reina, 37 - 1º D
28004 Madrid
España


You can even conveniently Google map it right under this post where it says location.