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Thursday night we all went back to our favorite bar La Casablanca. Just hung out there for a while, glad that midterms were over. We even got a free round of these really good shots (picture above), thanks to Javier the bartender. Some of the group dissolved after, and the rest of us went to walk around the Barrio del Carmen. Found a little club and went in there for a while, dancing and whatnot. We got a lot of stares as usual, and didn't stay too long.

Friday I only had my art class since the third-block classes were cancelled because of the Grenada trip. Went through the rest of the Bellas Artes museum. We saw the rest of the Baroque pieces, walked through a really nice Impressionism exhibit they had, and even got to see some pieces by Goya and Velazquez. Our professor had some cool info on a lot of the paintings; although his class is boring, he explains art in a pretty interesting way. Plus he likes talking about all the mythology and backstory behind a lot of the pieces, so I like that.

Our original intent was to hit up the beach after class since we all got out early. But, once we got back to the University it was raining, so we opted out. Instead, Lauren, Sam, and I went back to la Cerezeria de 100 monteditos. We sat down, got some drinks and ordered a bunch of little "monteditos"-- little sandwiches on really good Spanish bread. I had 1 with tuna, anchovy, olives, and oil, another with pollo asado, Caesar dressing, lettuce, Parmesan cheese and crispy friend onions, and then 2 of the best sandwich I've eaten there, which consisted of pulled, roasted beef in a tomato paste, Spanish bacon, roasted poblano peppers, and Brie cheese. So good. When we were done eating, we realized that it was sunny and warm and the rain had passed, so we rallied and decided to go to the beach. We met Chris and Josh there, expecting to nap the rest of the afternoon by the water since no one had slept much because of midterms. Unfortunately, the beach was completely unaccommodating to napping that day: it was extremely windy so sand was flying everywhere, there were loud little children posted up right next to us, and to top it all off, there was a jet flying over the water doing air stunts for a good hour we were there... jet engines do not work well with napping.

Left the beach earlier than usual, for obvious reasons. I came home, showered, and then dined with Mery and her friend Elmira. I really enjoyed the conversation; it was a little more dynamic than how it usually is when it is just me and my host mom. We talked for a good two hours, and then Elmira said goodbye and I got ready to go out. Me and some friends went over to Sam and Lauren's apartment to hang out for a little bit, and then we headed over to the Festival of Nations one last time, since this is the last weekend it's in town. We hung out there for a little while and then all walked over to the city of Arts and Sciences to find this club that we had free entrance passes to called L'Umbracle. The city of Arts and Sciences is cool enough as is. This discoteca was located on the terrace of one of the buildings on the river. There were palm trees everywhere, everything was glowing purple, and they played an interesting, but good mix of music. It was honestly one of the coolest places I've seen here. We all went down to the "bathroom" once we got there. The bathroom area has it's own bar and DJ complete with a dance floor. We basically just stayed there the rest of the night, and eventually took taxis home. Very fun night. I wish I would have taken pictures of the inside; I'll try and find some on Google or what not.

The pictures that are up, however, include the monteditos we ordered, the free drinks at Casablanca, and one of the buildings on the river in the City of Arts and Sciences called the Hemisphere.

Hasta.