viernes, 24 de mayo

Our first Friday of classes finally approached and we were all overjoyed to have the weekend so close!  We began our day with a small breakfast to hold us over til lunch time and had our normal classes again.  We had a guest speaker from the University of Valencia come talk to us in our English class about the different languages in Spain.  I was very interested in the presentation because I have already learned a little about the 4 different languages (Castellano, Vasco, Catalan, y Gallego), but never in depth.  The guest speaker had a lot of knowledge about all the languages and it was neat to hear her perspective as a native Spaniard. 

After classes the whole group went to the ticket store next to the Institute and we all bought tickets for the Futbol (soccer) game Sunday!  We were able to get seats all around each other so it should be a very fun time.  We enjoyed two very yummy pizzas with our host mom for lunch, one was cheese and chorizo and the other was spinach, ham, y goat cheese (my new favorite!)  Shortly after lunch Jen and I desperately needed to catch up on some sleep, so we casually took a 2 hour siesta  :)

When we finally were able to roll out of bed we hung out a bit with Gemma before getting ready for our night at the Discoteca!  When Gemma y Jamel got back from the supermarket they intercepted us on their way into the kitchen and asked if we liked fish for dinner...Jen and I looked at each other and said "ehhh mas o menos" which means more or less, because we didn't want to be rude but definately did not want to eat the fish and our host mom saved the day.  She laughed and looked at Jamel and said "mas o menos means No" and smiled and told us they would make us tortilla de patatas again and we were veryyy happy. 

We cleaned up dinner and finished getting ready, with Gemmas advice of what to wear to a discoteca, since we didn't want to look too out of the ordinary, and then we were off to meet our friends.  Jake's homestay brother got us tickets for a discounted price that included admission price and one free drink which worked out nicely.  We all met up and took seperate taxis to the club and walked to a small bar nearby to hangout while we waited for the place to open.  When it finally opened the line grew real fast so we hurried over.  After waiting for about 30 minutes we got in and danced the night away!  It was cool to finally experience a discoteca and see how different it is from America.

Our group was slowing fading out when we all got very tired so we grabbed a taxi and headed home to be ready to wake up for Churros y Chocolate en the morning!