It's edible, and I'm hungry

I have successfully arrived in Bilbao. My trip had very few hitches at all, the hardest part was navigating the Charles-de-Gaul airport in Paris, I'm glad I'm flying to Madrid and then Philly on the way home. Even if that airport is harder to get around then Paris, I should be fairly proficient in the language by then and should be able to ask for directions.
My family is interesting, I have a mother named Marisa, and a little brother named Aitor, who is either 14 or 15, I've had conflicting reports on the matter. They are not nearly as family-oriented as I thought they'd be, but when we're all together(a phenomena that usually only occurs around dinner time) it's not a bad time.
School starts on Monday, I can hardly wait. We're doing these orientation sessions now, which last about half the day, leaving the other half as free time, but considering how new and foreign everything is here, that tends to mean bumming around the city for a few hours and then just going home and sitting around. I've made a few friends that I've spent some time with walking around the city, but there still seems to be an excess of time that isn't being productively filled. My reluctance to spend money is also probably effecting the amount of time I'm spending "out".
The city itself is beautiful, there's plenty of cool looking buildings with a river splitting it up. I'm blessed with having an apartment right on the river and just a block and a half from the University, this is convenient both in terms of location and in hindering my ability to get lost, as long as I can get to the river, I can get home.
Today we're taking an excursion to some of the older cities in the Basque region, hopefully that eats up a lot of time, although I'm also hoping to get back in time to change some money and finally have some euros. There's a few conveniences I'm living without at the moment, namely a cell phone(which I've heard is quite cheap here), and although I'd rather not have to spend the cash, the american dollars aren't doing me any good just sitting in my pocket.
My next post will likely come after school starts, although perhaps a bit earlier, we have the whole weekend free and while I hope to spend some more time with the friends I've made in the program, I'm sure I'll have plenty of down time.

Hasta later