Currently my life seems to revolve around dealing with university admin and adapting to the Spanish lifestyle. My main objective yesterday was to try and get a Spanish phone, easier said than done when the phone shop is shut from 2-5:30pm and they never teach you useful phrases like Pay as You Go in Spanish lessons... But somehow it was achieved and I am now equipped with a Spanish number and a beautiful old Nokia brick phone.

Despite this seeming to take up a good part of the day, there was still time to familiarise ourselves with our faculty building at the university campus (which of course is at the top of a very large hill), before a student flat dinner and drinks followed by our first Erasmus fiesta! Having only arrived back home at 6:30am, I think the next task will be adapting to Spanish timings. Starting to understand the importance of a siesta...