Vuelva usted mañana.

I suppose the title is fitting for this blog. Fitting for my life this year, actually. Translated directly it means, "Come back tomorrow." The Spaniards live by it. Originally, the root of it is a story written by Mariano José de Larra in his published "artículos". The article basically tells of a Frenchman -- a foreigner -- who comes to live in Spain to find support for his preconceived notions about Spanish life. Well, his stay in Spain does indeed confirm what he knew before coming: the Spanish are lazy. It takes them way longer to accomplish things than it should because of their laziness being translated into procrastination.

So finally, I have decided that today is tomorrow. What does this mean exactly? I'm ending 6 months of procrastination about updating. I don't generally live with regrets.. but I do regret not documenting the past 6 months of my life in Spain. I guess I thought about it a lot, and as each week went by I wondered if it was too late to start a blog because I knew I'd never be able to catch myself up again. In any case, I realized that another cliche fits in nicely here: "Better late than never." At least if I can finally write the first post, I'll have somewhere to start from... a base to build upon. I won't be writing much about past events... if you go through my photos you'll get an idea of what my life is like in Madrid, and the places I've traveled to. The plan for this is to write about now... so that I'll have something concrete from my year abroad. In any case... here goes...