Comunicación

To all mis amigos y familia, you can register with skype.com and be able to talk with me through the mics on our computers for free! My screen name is EmSlice (silly, I know) so just add me as a contact and anytime we are both on our computers at the same time, we can talk (FYI: Barcelona time is nine hours ahead of California time). I have to say, free international audio communication is a pretty amazing offering these days, no?
If you own a mac, you can go to your preferences-sound-output and turn your internal mic on. If you do not own a Mac or you have an older computer, you may not have a built-in internal mic on your computer, which means you would have to buy the skype headset (I think it's about 15 bucks). And if free stuff isn't your thing, then you can also purchase credit to call actual phones or to allow phones to call your computer, and it's still at a low price per minute.
For now, all else I have to say is that I am finally here in Barcelona! The first two days were very hectic, as I was couchsurfing (couchsurfing.com, check it out for free stays all over the world) in some English man's piso-- who was very nice-- but still, I didn't yet have a place set up to live, and it was stressful. I do not recommend this to anyone preparing to move to a foreign country, unless you speak the language fluently and don't have a lot of stuff and can move around easily from couch to couch or hostel to hostel until finding a room.

Hope all is well in the States, and feel free to fill me in on any news I may be missing out on, and by that I, of course, mean Britney's latest shannanigans...

Un abrazo amigos,
Emilia