"Im locked out, can you come and get me?"

So it was Monday 4th October and it was the Ciudad Real auxiliares induction course.

The spanish being spanish, it was obviously late starting, but it gave me time to meet up with the friends I'd already met from Valdepenas, and so we all shared a row of seats together. Now I have to say, the course itself was one of the most boring things I've had to sit through. I actually don't really remember what they even said, but it was a great way to meet more people in your area, and so this is what I did.

During the lunch break I met three girls - Gemma, Laura and Rhiannon (most of these auxiliares are girls, not that it bothers me at all like) and we went to a local bar. Little did we know, we could have actually got free food if we'd followed the crowd to where it was being offered. We somehow got broken up from the crowd though so thought the nearest bar was the best option. The prices here were actually pretty decent. It seems very cheap here in general, especially compared to Madrid where the prices from what I've heard are SKY HIGH for everything! So it was only 3.50 euros for a massive, and i mean massive, sausage sarny. Can't complain!

These girls are the funnyest bunch of girls I've met over here. The accent of Rhiannon from Bradford cracks me up, she was like 'BEERSICKY (basically) all yuz av ter do..." to explain what we had to do for something. I love this accent. Proper northern. She was hilarious. Then there was the Scottish lass, Laura, who literally was the definition of the stereotype of Scots - she got a beer, with her lunch, at 3pm. Quality. And she's living in Valdepenas too. And finally Gemma, a very nice girl who went to Uni in Hull. They all love a good piss up anyways, and so having swapped numbers with these girls, I'll be sure to meet up with them soon for some messy nights out.

We all had a proper laugh together and an hour or so later, we strolled back to the induction course but ended up being locked out. Not knowing what to do or who to ask, we just chilled around for a bit and got to know eachother more. Eventually, the gates were opened for us and it was back to the boring meetings...

It was over before we knew it though, then it was time to do the 45 minute journey back to Valdepenas. I took advantage of this though, and had a conversation with Marisa all the way back, in Spanish. I was dead pround of myself; she naturally corrected my mistakes but I feel as though this year will really be a step-up for me in terms of my Spanish grammar, pronuncation and fluency. I hope so, anyway...