I'm in Santander, very much alive. Time is short here, so I'll keep the details short and sweet:How was the flight? Sucked. No sleep and a little airsickness, followed by a full first day immersed in Spanish life. Was up for roughly 36 hours and that´s way more than I´m capable of. At least, I'm fighting the jetlag well and I'll probably wind up going out tonight.How's the household? Great. My 'senora', who was supposed to be a little old lady, is an attractive blonde woman a few years short of 30. It felt weirdly enjoyable in a Quagmire sort of way to be zipping around town with her in her Citroen C2, but she´s married and expecting and they treat me like family. It's good that they're so young, because they're more accomodating than average for my bad habits like food and so on. I'm eating well, so far I've tried something new for every meal and it hasn't ended badly, and the accomodations are nice. For the next week, I have a temporary roommate named John from Oregon State. It's been great having him around to help me get acclimated. The only major detail I still have to get worked out is getting a new SIM card for my phone, after which I can get phone calls!How´s the city? Crazy. It redefines ´mix of old and new'. The architecture here is insane, no two buildings look anything alike. Downtown is crowded as if it were a much larger city, with advertisements and stores covering the ground floor, cars moving by slowly, and the outskirts are much calmer and more easy-going.I'm being forced to log off to make room for others. More details when I get the chance.