An experience you can´t miss!
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When I first contacted InternMadrid I was shocked at the organization and excellent communication I received since day 1. I wasn´t really sure if I was ready to do an exchange program all alone in a whole new country, but they answered every single one of my questions really quickly and efficiently. I´m really glad they did, because they were right, it was the best decision I could´ve taken!
Before my arrival I constantly received very useful emails on how to prepare myself for this new adventure. When the day finally came and I arrived to the airport, it was a delight to see that I had a driver waiting for me with a really comfortable car. They gave my a pretty useful package full of all the program information, as well as plenty of maps and information about Madrid that I would not have known if it wasn't because of them.
My housemates and I matched really well. Tere were always activities organized by internMadrid so we always had something to do. And a good thing was that if we didn't want to participate we were´t forced to. I think this is great too because there´s always some activity planned for you, but if you don't want to participate and rest it´s totally fine too.
But the BEST part of my internship will definitely be Mixtropy, the company I worked for. My bosses treated me AMAZING since the first day, and my co-workers were extremely friendly too. I immediately felt accepted and part of the team. I had quite a lot of work to do all the time, which is something I enjoyed because I did´t want to be sitting on a desk all day waiting for my bosses to give me work to do. I truly learned heaps of new stuff about marketing, writing, blogging, and always in a nice environment.
I would definitely recommend this experience to anyone that has the opportunity to do it. You won´t only learn A LOT at work, but you also learn so much about a new culture, language, and most important of all about yourself. Trust me, you´ll never be the same person again after this (and you´ll love the new you!)
It was honestly terrible in relation to the price.
My room was extremely tiny, but that´s not even the problem. The problem was that there was no proper furniture to put my things, only a closet and a table. I had to buy so many extra stuff, like a trash bin, things to hang in the wall so I could hang my stuff (because they did´t fit anywhere else), and I was honestly very annoyed about that. If a room is going to be so small, at least put furniture and things so interns can put their stuff.
For the first 2 months and a half I did not have internet in my room! Which is also something that annoyed me because Emma knew that the internet wasn't working before our arrival, so why did i have to wait two months and a half and plenty of emails to get my internet fixed?
The kitchen utensils were TERRIBLE. There were broken cups, old pans, and the dishes were extremely cheap. Once again, I had to buy kitchen utensils too.
Finally, the furniture in the House. I had the feeling that all the furniture that was there was gotten for free and you just put it in the house, because it did not fit at all. The table was extremely small for 5 people, the couches very old (i don´t think I ever sat on them), the clothes dryer was broken and there was a huge disgusting carpet in the kitchen floor(Why in the kitchen and not in the living room?) and there were just so much proper furniture missing in the house! ( That´s without saying that the house had absolutely 0 decoration and looked so plain and ugly, didn't feel like "home" at all)
I know many of these things might seem minor and stupid, but people stay here for entire months¡ you need to make them feel at home, and for me it was completely the opposite, I never wanted to be home because I truly disliked my house! Invest in good furniture, some decoration (come on, you can buy a pretty nice picture in Sol for like 1 euro and that will make it) and don´t be cheap. You have to invest in housing.
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