Arrived in Santiago

Phil and I have finally arrived in Santiago de Compostela and have finished our first day of Spanish class! We flew into Madrid on Friday and traveled to Santiago by train Saturday.

We have a little apartment in a suburb up the hill and about 2 miles from our school. Sunday we walked to the school and back to check our timing. It takes about 45 minutes to walk to school (all downhill) and about 55 minutes to walk back (all uphill). Tomorrow we are going to check out the bus to and from school as Tuesdays and Wednesday we have two early evening walking tours here in town. The school sponsors a couple of these free activities each week. We dont want to walk back and forth twice a day.

The weather is cool and damp, but it has not rained on us here yet. This part of Spain receives a lot of rain. We brought umbrellas and rain coats and will probably take the bus on rainy days.

Flowers are starting to bloom. We'll be here until after Easter so I am sure we'll see more greenery and flowers soon.

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