primera noche

well i just got back from my first night out at bars and stuff. it's a little after 3 and we left when the bar was just starting to fill up. the night life here is going to take some getting used to. you can't buy alcohol in stores past 10pm pero the bars and clubs don't really get going until after midnight. we went to a place called on the rocks which is on a street parallel to av. de los artes y ciencias, which is pretty close to my apartment. i went with two guy friends there and met up with some more people from the program (once we found out the street name from some locals). I had a big drink in a fishbowl looking glass, which was what everyone seemed to be drinking. our first drinks were bottled beers and seemed to be subpar. at first it was kind of an older crowd, maybe people getting off work, blowing off some steam after dinner? and then a younger crowd came in around 1 am. i talked with three hombres who were from a town northwest of barcelona for a long time, usando espanol porque no entendeís ingles. so that was really cool to be able to use spanish with people who really spoke spanish. i told them my name was maggie and they said "like the simpsons!??" and thought it was absolutely hilarious.

so i came away with a little confidence in my ability to get around and some brand new friends, i'll chalk that one up to a success.