Wednesday, February 13 to Sunday, February 17
Trip Start
Jan 06, 2008
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Trip End
May 2008
Granada,
Spain
Monday, February 18, 2008
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Tonight was Karaoke Night at Hannighan's. Afterwards we went to a bar called Dolce Vita. There we got free passes, or what we thought were free passes, to the disco Camborio. Julie and I were the only troopers and actually made it to Camborio. After a little "disagreement" and "negotiating" with the bouncer about our passes, we got in for free. This disco is located on a huge hill that overlooks the Alhambra and Granada. It was gorgeous! Inside is not super big, but the walls are all windows and there is a patio outside. We heard that once it gets a little warmer out people go out to the bars or other discos and then to Camborio around 4AM to watch the sunrise. While we were there Jordan and Reid, two boys from our classes, showed up. They left a little before us, but on our walk home Julie and I found Reid climbing a wall and Jordan trying to photograph it. Then I got a nice photo of Reid arms and legs sprawled out in the middle of the ally. The rest of the walk home was interesting. It was actually really funny since Jordan and Reid were suppose to go to Cordoba the next morning, which in reality their bus was leaving in two hours. No, they never made it.
Friday was a planned Granada Diez night, meaning our first stop was Tantra Bar to get the free passes. While we were there we were talking to a group of people, one guy in particular was really fruity. I actually thought of Dad and how much he would have torn this guy apart. haha A little later we met these guys that worked at Dolce Vita, weird because we were there last night! Anyways, we went back to their bar and Julie got her first USA shot! We took a few more (for free of course) and then made our way to Granada Diez. The line was super long so of course we kind of just "joined" a group towards the front. One young Spaniard got a little mad at us and started giving us a hard time. It turned out our free passes from Tantra Bar were also "VIP" and allowed us to skip the line anyway. Once the guy saw us already inside, he got a little angry. I lost JuJu for a little bit. According to her there was another girl with a blond pony-tail there and she was tagging along dancing behind the other one, until she turned around. I found her within a few songs.
Saturday night began at the Chiputeria. At night there are workers outside all of the bars handing out coupons for drinks trying to get more people to their bar. Occasionally, they are also for tapa bars and other little food stands. One guy from a tapas bar along the way approached us, and feeling a little hungry, we went inside. It went from receiving free beers and tinto veranos, to five different kinds of potato tapas! Once we were done eating and made it to the Chiputeria I found my hermano, Tibu. Let's just say he wasn't doing too well. Afterwards we made our way to Mae West. The other day at school some kids said they were turned away from Mae West. I've never heard of them not letting people in, but tonight two of my friends went before us and got turned away! I have to admit I thought it was low of the club. Anyways, Julie, Jackie, Andrea, and I had no issues getting in. To make a long story short, we met a guy at Tantra Bar the other night who "supposedly" new people at Mae West. Therefore, us four went up to the bouncers and figured we would give it a shot. We mentioned the guy's name, chatted them up a bit, and they let us in! I honestly think they had no idea who the guy was we were talking about, but hey, I saved 10 euros again! Too bad blonde hair doesn't work this good in the states. No, I'm kidding, I'm not getting a big head from living here, but I've experienced many advantages! Tonight Courtney found her lover, the bartender, and spent the whole night ordering drinks and staring at him, but too shy to say anything. Haha Oh Court. I lost JuJu again; go figure. While waiting at our arranged "incase we get separated" meeting place, keep in mind this is the club that is made up of five different huge rooms each with their own type of music, bar, and balcony, a guy named Danny that we met a few nights back came up to me and said "my sister" was looking for me. He helped us find each other, which was very nice of him, and believed we were real sisters. Once the disco began closing we all left and Julie and I had our traditional 7AM cereal before going to sleep.
Sunday was spent sleeping and doing homework. For literature I had to read a story that was five pages long. It was actually really hard. It was written with phrases that supposedly had symbolic meanings and vocabulary words that I did not even know the English definition of. I hope the whole semester won't be like this!
