Night Life

Last night our group went out for the first time. We all met up in the "Marisal" area of town, which is where many of the clubs, bars, and restaurants are. I shared a cab with Erin and Mallory because they both live relatively close. Once we arrived I was surprised by how many people there were. The plaza was packed with people and there were lots of cars and cabs driving through the area. I'm not really sure what to compare it to, but it was similar to what I remember downtown Disney to be like at night.

Our first stop for the night was an irish pub, which was interesting. They had a large screen where they were showing the Ecuador vs. Mexico soccer game and after they showed movies. I had never been to a bar where they had a movie playing. The people that worked there were cool, but part of our group waited about 20 minutes for the drinks to arrive. We all sat around and talked for a while and it was fun to hang out with everyone in an informal setting. After a while people wanted to go dancing to we headed out and looked for a club to go to. We ended up going to a club that played techno music and it reminded me of the night life in Milan, especially when they played Stereo Love, which was super popular there this summer. It was really fun and everyone seemed to have a great time too! At night Mallory, Erin and I shared a cab again and we made it back earlier than most of us do during the weekends back in the states.

Aside from that the rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful with one exception. Two of the girls from our group wanted to see more of the city and went on a walk near their home on a fairly busy street in this afternoon. As they were walking they were approached by two people who had a gun and they stole their phones, cameras, and some jewelry. I couldn't believe it when I heard the story! Hopefully that was the first and last incident that we will have while we are here! It definitely makes one realize that we aren't back at home and you really have to be careful all the time, even in the middle of the day on a busy street. I have some readings to do for tomorrow so I'm going to go start on them. Adios!