After feeling restless, disorganized and generally confused from being homeless for all of three days, I was so relieved to find an apartment. Upon request, here are the details on my new home.
Obviously the concept of moving to a foreign country with nowhere to live is a daunting thought, to say the least. Fortunately enough, I'd already been through this exact experience last year when I studied abroad in Argentina, so I felt much more prepared this time around. The weeks preceeding the big move I religiously searched serveral websites that were the Spanish equivalent of Craigslist. Much to my dismay, I didn't receive many responses, but it was actually easier to wait until I arrived to take care of everything. On Saturday Amy was gracious enough to accompany me to the local university, Universidad de Jaén, to look at the various anuncios advertising apartments. I found several, but only one was still available. And as it turns out, that's where I live now :)
The piso (apartment) is located in the Peñamefécit barrio, which is a central neighborhood that is within easy walking distance to everything in the city. The building itself is on a residential street and is convenient to lots of bars, restaurants, stores and bakeries (my ultimate downfall). The apartment is very cute and has a balcony and dinning room for little dinner parties. My roommates are Spanish girls studying at the university. My room is the best and is pretty much the entire reason I decided to live there in the first place. I think the pictures, especially the one of the closet, speak for themselves ;)
My room
El Salón
The street view from my apt. That's El Toro, the gay bar across the street.
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