So I have safely made it to my new home city of Badajóz, Spain. I woke up early on Wednesday to catch an 8:04 train from Madrid to Badajóz. It was over a five hour ride with twice as many stops to get here, but I did. 
Once I made it to the train station, I looked at my phone for the directions I had written down. The first street was no where to be seen. I went to the information desk and asked about a map. He had this small, poorly printed map of Badajóz and let me take it. I found on the map where the street was and started walking towards it. After about half an hour walking, I asked for help. I was sure that I was going the right way, but the man told me otherwise. He pointed me in the right direction and I went off towards el Río Guadiana, the river that splits Badajóz. Once I found it, I pulled out the directions and saw that I had to cross entrepuentes, or the bridge between two bridges. This is a great walking bridge that spans the pretty large river. My hotel was at the end of this bridge and I arrived all sweaty from carrying all of my stuff.
To be honest, I was not happy with the city at first. It could have been a combination of fatigue and being on the wrong side of the river for so long, but I did not like the look of it or the smell. Looking back, the smell actually reminded me of Granada or any city in fact. As for the rest of the city, I should always remember that Spain looks its best after sunset. I did a lot of walking yesterday. I saw two apartments. One was really small and the other was huge. This image to the left is very close to the large apartment. I honestly fell in love with that second one online, but I promised myself that I would see one more apartment before I committed. I went to see the third one today, which fell in between the other two apartments. It had a nice living space, but small rooms, small kitchen, and small bathroom. And they are all around the same price. I am waiting for a call back from the large apartment but fingers crossed that it works out.
To end this post, I'm putting a picture from el parque del infantil, someplace I walked by one my way home last night. The way that Spain lights up almost all of its buildings always gets me. This one even had a full moon behind it!
¡Hasta Luego!
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