We might have a winner!

I visited two flats today and I found one that I absolutely love! It's in the center of the city, near the metro stop Antón Martín (on metro line 1) and I work at a school near the metro stop Miguel Hernández (Also on line 1!) So I would live only 10 stops away ~25 minutes! that is GENIAL! The flat is owned by a 30ish year-old Spanish guy, named Pazitos, who seems really chill. He is a secondary teacher and is also studying English to pass a Cambridge exam, so we can have intercambios. The flat is great...the building is 150 years old, but it was all remodeled about a year ago. It's very modern, with a sunny living room, a nice kitchen, one bathroom, and then the two bedrooms. My bedroom has a window that looks into the center of the building; a twin bed; a desk; a nice, big closet; and lots of shelf space. The whole apartment has laminate wood flooring and it looks like something out of an IKEA catalog. De hecho, when I walked in there was the catalog sitting on the coffee table. He said we can order anything that I need from Ikea! SUPER. The area it's in is mostly a pedestrian-only zone (only the residents of the area can drive). It is near Lavapiés, which is a diverse zone--there are tons of ethnic restaurants, in fact, one thing he warned me about was that the chimney from the Indian restaurant is in the interior of the building, so there is a little humming noise that comes from that (and it smells like curry a lot! But I can handle that! : )) But just so you get more of an idea of this Pazitos guy, there was a thing for climbing in the kitchen...he hopped right up there and did some pull-ups! So I might turn into a climber by the end of the year! We'll see...

I really liked that apartment, but I won't know for sure if he is going to rent it until tomorrow. He doesn't find out until tomorrow where he will be placed to teach this year. So if he is placed somewhere he can commute everyday, he will rent the room; but if he gets placed somewhere where he will be away all week, then he won't rent the room. So I'm hoping that he receives a close placement!

Oh, I also went to El Rastro today and bought a lovely pair of lounge pants : )

I will update tomorrow when I know more!

-christy