Night on the Town

Yesterday morning I met 2 other au pairs, Brigitte and Chelsea, for coffee in Almoster. Brigitte is 23 and from Canada adnd Chelsea is 22 from North Carolina. They are both really nice, super friendly and down to earth. I am extremely grateful that we met. It helps to know people outside the family...it makes me feel less isolated. These are also people that I can hang out with when I am not with the family. They can also be my traveling buddies. I really didn't want to have to travel to other countries by myself. It will be much more fun to be with someone else. Tonight we all met up at a local bar in Reus called Portia...my first night out in Reus. It small and not loud. We were actually able to talk to one another. It was also not crowded. I found out tonight that things don't really start happening uptil about midnight. It is because people have late dinners, then meet up for drinks and around 2am do to the Disco Tech (or as we like to say clubs). These thing stay open until about 5am.

Me getting ready

I also met Julie, another au pair, for the first time. However, tomorrow she will be leaving . Her stay is Spain is now over. My part of Spain has a great little network for the au pairs. As soon as someone arrives you get to meet all the current au pairs. Then once someone leaves a new person will arrive to take their place. For me they will help me a great deal. First, because they can speak English fluently (major plus). Second, because these are people who already know the lay of the land and can be a tremondous help.

Me, Brigitte, Chelsea leaving Portia