Thursday: usually I've just been hanging out with my roommate and his friends and ending up in less than fun situations. like Wednesday it was just them trying to hook up with Spanish girls at Orange. but Thursday I went out with these two decent kids, Susan and Zach, to try to go to this huge discotheque called Joy. so we meet up at Cuartos Caminos and take the metro to Sol. it's supposedly International Student Night, so we'd get in for free. we get there at 11 and the place looks pretty empty. there's no line so we go up to the bouncer to get in but he asks for 15 euros. we try to explain, but there's that language barrier again.
so we end up going to Dubliners, the designated home bar of SLU. some Irish bar nearby in Sol. it's okay, but it's packed with SLU kids and not exactly the most Madrid has to offer.
so we leave there and try Joy again. apparently we were supposed to show our student IDs. but two problems: the line is HUGE and Susan didn't bring her ID. (which is cutely obvlivious.) anyway we stand in line for like 40 minutes and only move up a couple spots. Zach gets through and I do too, but Susan obviously didn't. so we end up leaving.
then as we're defeated and about to go home, some promoter (a nice one, not like those other ones that make you feel like a nerd for not going to their club) gave us some cards and led us to this smaller dance club. and offered us 3 free cocktails. we were pretty nice to him (something that wouldn't happen with my others) and he gave us a VIP pass for some other time? anyway the club had all these fancy lights and really good dance music. we spent a couple hours there just dancing, the three of us and some Italian people, and this Spanish couple who were really good, and more. it was fantastic.
after freeing our friend from some Italian creeper, we walked around a bit and ran into some SLU people. Zach's friends, and this kid I know from Creighton - Will. we just walked around, enjoying the scenery and stuff. the metros close at 1:30 so we were definitely going to take a taxi home. but instead we found the bus station. but our bus just left. so we end up splitting a taxi. 15 euros. 5 each. not bad. really good night.
Friday: tapas night. a bajillion of SLU students (okay maybe 80) descend on Echagaray to sample appetizers and whatnot. as you can imagine, the places filled up quickly with that many people. so my friend Elizabeth and I go to this restaurante something El Secreto and ask for a table for two. the host led us down these stone stairs to a winding hall ending up as a wine cellar with a couple tables. it definitely was un secreto. I've never been in something like that in my life. the prices were a bit expensive, 2 tapas with a bottle of wine for 20 euros. but the experience was great. we had some queso viejo (old cheese?) and pan y un pasel con salmon. Liz doesn't like fish so I ended up eating that.
then after the bottle of wine, which was a lot stronger than we predicted, we walked around and her roommate calls. there's this huge disqotheque in the south of town we should go to. okay. let's go. 5o minutes later we're there, waiting for her roommate. 40 minutes later we're at the door of the place. 1 minute later I'm not let in? it was either because I was a guy, or because I was wearing a hoodie, or sneakers? I don't know. but that blew. but I did catch the last train home.
last night: TERRIBLE. I shouldn't go into detail about this one. but I went out with my roommate and his friends. it involved bottles in the park, sketchy romanian guys coming up and standing way too close for comfort, almost getting into fights in a prospective deal de drogas, a not so fun club, walking for miles, cerveza street dealers, a closed mcdonalds, and of course guys unsucessfully trying to get laid. they seem to turn Europe, this classy, elegant place, into your typical frat mediocrity. not too fun.
but tonight I'm going to the Prado with Z&S and we Friday booked flights y hostals to Portugal in two weeks. exciting huh?
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