I met my host family earlier today and moved into their apartment. Everyone is really nice and the apartment is very comfortable. I unpacked my things in my new bedroom and bathroom and proceeded to set up my computer. My new brother helped me access their wifi connection and I started importing all the pictures I took during the seminar. As I opened a browser to test the internet, a familiar but generally ignored message popped up. The computer wanted to know what I wanted to call this new internet connection. It suggested home, work, or public location. As I read these options the realization finally dawned on me that I was living in Spain. During the seminar we moved from hotel to hotel, but I will be living with this family in Madrid for the next four months. As my mouse moved toward the "home" option, I teared up. This place, this foreign country, with a family I don't know, a language I haven't mastered, and a bedroom I've never slept in is now my home.
Two thoughts have taken over my mind in the past few minutes:
1) Will I truly feel at home here?
2) How do I change google.es from Spanish to English?
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