Alicante.... busy

I'm Alive! Don't worry!

It's been two weeks since my last post, and I'm soo sorry about this reader. Alicante has just taken up all of my time and everything still isn't finished and I'm still not settled.
Where do I start.

The Move

My Dad and I left for Alicante from East Midlands and arrived in good time with out problem, everything was going well... until we went to rent a car. The woman was insufferable and was not helpful and basically conning us. We however eventually found a car. Next problem was getting to my apartment, we couldn't find it at all. My landlord was less than helpful and my Spanish was just as helpful as he was. We did find the apartment however and I moved everything in, paid my rent, and soon realized I hated it. My landlord had told me that my apartment was central... 45min walk to La Rambla (the central street)... not impressed as you can imagine. Anyway so I met up with some girls that I made friends with, Emma and Claire (below R-L). Had a great first night with a few bevvies and was introduced to the nightlife. My Dad and I checked out the town a bit more the following day and the day after we went to BENIDORM! I tell you it's so British it's shocking, but nevertheless we had a great day. Dad then went home on Thursday, and I won't lie I did cry a bit and feel a bit uneasy. But I felt even more uneasy when I discovered my landlord was leaving for Argentina for 3 MONTHS, he literally just told me and went, even more uneasiness, he grows Cannabis in the terrace as you can imagine, I was terrified. Thankfully my Dad did some research and discovered that it is legal to Smoke and Grow it in your own home but one cannot sell it... I avoid them. I don't even water them. Luckily, however I have somewhere new to live and I'll be moving there at the end of the month!

The University
Campus University, first impressions are very professional and well organised... but I was mistaken. So much paperwork you would not believe it, and I have to make my own timetable! Which has taken a few attempts but all done now. The University is however very nice and clean, everywhere is mapped well, there is a social club, several banks, 24 hours library with computer room and shops with a post office, so everything is very handy and very close at hand too. I met some great girls from England and Wales who live in the halls of residence here in Alicante, and they are magnificent. Clean, tidy and well equipped. The Uni is however in San Vincente which is outside of Alicante, but not to worry I just get the bus with my handy bus card and 20 mins later I'm at University ready to start my lectures. My modules are quite the miss-match but they're all taught in Spanish and I feel it improving as the days go on. I study Spanish for Erasmus Student, Catalan for Beginners, French Oral Communication and English-Spanish Direct Translation, making up nicely 22 ECTS. I'm also taking an online course in Basic Galician, which is nice and there's no exam and it's free!

The Town

Alicante is a great town, which is particularly good if you live in the city centre, which is where my new flat is.  It's fantastic and pretty much has everything, EVEN A PRIMARK! I haven't really explored yet, but I've seen a lot from the bus to Uni, e.g. Plaza del Toro and La Castilla Santa Barbara. There is a great beach, which I have spent most of my days on either before or after Uni, you can tell I have due to my horrific sunburn at the moment! La Rambla is where a lot of the main pubs and clubs are or at least it's the road where most there are loads of little alleys to loads of clubs, either way, it's rather lively and you can often find a good deal! There is a Marina with what must be billions of £/$/€'s worth of boats and yachts in it, which Simie, Dominyka (Right L-R) and I often gawp over, and leading on from the Marina/Port is La Explanada which is like a promenade of markets stands and restaurants. There is still plenty more that I need to see but I'll keep you posted with my weekly posts reader.

The People

Met some great people. A few names just for you reader. Claire, Emma, Simie, Dominyka, Farrell (left), Nora (right) etc. Plenty of Nationalities but as of yet not a lot of Spanish.

So for now that's it reader! More coming soon! Sorry for the delay, promise it won't happen again! :)