3day weekend... PARTY!!!

Hey peeps:
As I began to say with the pics, we had a 3day weekend here in Spain to honor Christopher Columbus discovering America. Well not to sound stupid, but it was, I did not know why we had it on Friday because I am used to having a day off on Monday, as you folks in the states had Monday off. Well I made a big fool of myself with my students because I did not know why it was on Friday here, the authentic day, when we just use Columbus day to get a day off from work, damn, we're lazy. Anyway as I began to say in the other post I had plans to go to Toledo this weekend, but ended up staying in town for a "relaxing" weekend, which ended up totally the contrary. Saturday night I joined a Spaniard at his house for a Supper club dinner. I was really excited because it reminded me of our Sunday night dinner's with Jill and Kimmie and Bethany. Well it was quite a different story here in Spain....
Top start off I had to wait for a bus at Plaza de Castilla to get to Juan's house. So I found the stop and proceeded to wait at the stop with a German girl, who spoke to me in English for thirty minutes before we realized that we had been waiting on the wrong side of the street the whole time. I figured that it picked up and dropped off at the same stop. Boy was I wrong. I felt super bad that I had told the German girl that she was in the right spot, only to find out that I had told her incorrectly. But hey it happens to the best of us. Then when I got of the bus at the last stop, I expected other people to be there since now I was a half an hour late, to find that it was just me and Juan. He immediately asked me what I thought we should make for supper, for ten people by the way. I was surprised that he had not had a menu planned, since that is what I am accustomed to, thanks to Martha, I mean Jill. SO we then trek to the Hipercor, like Shaw's in Brighton but three times the size for provisions. Well we finally come up with a Spanish Omelet of potato and onion, with the possibility of chicken with asparagus and lemon sauce. We totally made it up as we walked down every aisle. Once we had the menu we decided oh, well we need some beverages. Now Juan immediately said, "we must get Lambrusco for the girls, they drink it like water" Now Lambrusco, is this yummy concoction of sparkling wine but not a fizzy. Its really fantastic but I thought is a little presumptuous of Juan to say we would drink it like water, but I let it go.... Then he proceeds to the Beer case as his friends don't really drink wine. In my head I thought, WHAT! a thirty something that doesn't drink wine! what have I gotten myself into (only kidding of course)
We ultimately get back to Juan's apt to begin the preparation for the ten people he said were coming. Well we come to find out that oh, its only going to be 4 people including Juan and me. Now this got me a bit worried, as I was the ONLY girl present for the first hour. Boy oh Boy it was strange! I'll just leave it at that and spare the really really really boring details. Cindy Lauper is right, Girl Just wanna Have fun! not the boys.
Much to my surprise Megan decided to join us at the house and have a bite. It was such a relief, I must say. As I stated int the pics we managed on the tortilla and these really yummy green pepinos. But the cool thing was that the peppers were mixed so you had no idea if the would be spicy or not. Unfortunately Megan was unlucky and got the really spicy one, even after a glass of milk the poor girl was still suffering.
Moving forward a bit we decided to go out dancing, a new passion of mine, to keep in mind. As I have said earlier I was not planning on going out and therefore had sneakers on. As soon as Danny, the troglodyte, saw my shoes, he says, "Oh your wearing THOSE shoes?" Juan came to my rescue and replied, "Don't worry they don't care about the girls" Oh was Juan wrong. They completely wouldn't let me in the club. It was tooo FANCY i guess. I was ready to call it quits but Juan walked with me to an Irish Pub instead for a pint, which was much nicer actually. From there we moved on to a less fashionable club. That's where I was covered in fog machine smoke, yuck, but hey I did get to see a drag queen bust her moves on the stage. It was pretty fun but I don't think I'll go back there for a while. IT wasn't really my scene they played really old 70 and bad 80s music, sorry for those who like that stuff, just not my cup of tea, i guess.
Therefore on Sunday after I woke up at 1:30pm I was invited to go for some fresh air in Retiro park, my favorite weekend hang out spot, if you don't count the bars... hahahaha, just kidding...
We went for a leisurely stroll with some girl from the group. It was great because there were so many people out that day, plus the street performers were fairly entertaining too.
After the walk around the park we found ourselves in center of the park watching all these high hippies performing a drum circle.
Apparently its where all the hippies and musicians go to bang out their frustrations. It was actually pretty neat to see, and as you can see from the pics, there were some crazies out that day. The man on the statue was terribly funny, but you had to wonder if he was ok. There were a few tense moments, but I suppose that's life in Madrid, you never know what's going happen!
TO finish off the weekend, I joined Gina and her friends, Carlos, Hugo, and Monce for a movie, El Orfanato. Think the Ring combined with the Others for reference. I totally had a flashback of the Ring with Jill and I cowering behind my sweatshirt at Fenway. But I felt I survived this one ok. I didn't have to hide for very long, but there were some Shrill moments. Gina at one point looked at me and busted out laughing because I was covering my face. Great movie though, but kinda predictable. It was selected by the Spanish to go up for Oscar selection. If it arrives in Boston, you should check it out. But I only recommend that you see it in the daytime to avoid nightmares. But that goes for any scary movie for me...
I think I have said my peace for now. Have a great week and keep me updated.
Ciao!