Mi nueva habitación

Yesterday I decided to check OUT of The Magic Bean hostal and find a new place to crash. I walked around most of the day just checking out the city again. I made it all the way down to the Old Town and went into the Secret Garden hostal. Its a nice place that has cheap dorms and an amazing view from the roof top terrace. I decided not to check in there because it´s so far from Mariscal where my Spanish classes are. Instead I just hung out there for an hour or so trying to read a spanish newspaper and enjoying the view. On my way back to Mariscal I stopped to check my email and found an e-mail from some people looking to rent out one room of their apt (I had sent them an e-mail a few days ago based on an ad I saw in an internet cafe). I called the their house and had some serious trouble conversing with the people that live there. I decided to go look at the place around 6:30PM and grabbed a taxi. Their house is about a 15-20 minute walk from the tourist ¨Mariscal¨area and I was in a hurry since it was going to get dark soon. To make a long story short I went up and checked the place out and told them I would live there. 25 minutes later I was back with my bag setting up shop in their house. I have my own room and its $5 per night. I can use the kitchen, washing machine, etc. To be honest I´m not too sure exactly how many people live there. I think 4 + 2 little ninos. One of the people is a 28 year old engineer who speaks decent english. The other 3 are sisters, between the ages of 15 and 30 something, none of which speak English.......so I hope this living arrangement will help me learn Spanish a little quicker. The engineer has a car and he was running me around town so I could eat and pick up my bag, so that was really cool.
Today is Monday and I´m just relaxing until my first Spanish lesson starts at 1:30.

Later,
Andy