Cuenca, Week 2
My second week in Cuenca was fairly similar to my first, but with different people, of course. While I continued to spend time with Taylor, Sara, and Kristen, we added two students from France to our group. Here is a picture of them:
Their names are Solene and Wilfried (or Will), but we just call them the Frenchies (or Frenchie #1 and 2), which they love. We also spent more time with the British girls, Jen (aka Diz because she´s really ditzy, and Laura). The weekdays were pretty standard: breakfast at the hostel, reading in the park or exploring Cuenca, lunch with my friends, Spanish classes from 2-6pm, another class or lecture from 6-7pm, and then dinner with my friends. On Wednesday nights, we go to a club called La Mesa for salsa night. Taylor and I have also joined salsa classes at a nearby dance school, because we´ve learned everything our teacher at Simon Bolivar has to teach us.
On Friday night, we went out for dinner and then karaoke again, because the British girls had missed the last time we went, and they really wanted to go. Here is a picture of some of us singing away that night. I´m pretty sure this was "Bohemian Rapsody":
Left to right, the group is: Jen (aka Diz) (from London), Becky (from California), Jerome (from California), me, Kristen (from Massachusetts), Sara (from Massachusetts), Will (aka Frenchie # 1) (from Paris), Solene (aka Frenchie # 2) (from Paris), Taylor (from Florida), and Laura (from Birmingham, England).
We didn´t stay too long at the karaoke place, though, because we had Ecuadorians and other foreigners with us, and it just wasn´t as fun for the people who did not speak (or sing) English. After we left the karoake bar, we tried to find another place with live music and dancing, but when we found a place, they told us it was $6 per person cover charge, which, in Cuenca, is rediculous. So, we wandered down the street and found a bunch of Ecuadorians with a truck parked on the side of the street with music blaring. They were basically just partying in the street, and they invited us to join them. There is nothing like salsa dancing on the streets of Ecuador. It ended up being quite fun. Here´s a picture:
After the street party, we found another place that had live music and dancing for free. The bad loved us, but whenever they asked where we were from, we answered Colombia, but only because we wanted them to play Shakira, which they did not, unfortunately for us.
The next day was Saturday, 11/18, which I spent watching the Michigan/Ohio State game on the computer in the same lab I'm in now. Needless to say, it was incredibly depressing, but I was still happy with how we played. There is still a possibility that we make it to the national championship game, but that is out of our hands for now.
That night, we went out for dinner and drinks, because Kristen and Sara were leaving the next day. It was a relatively early night for me, because I was still pretty tired from the previous night, and because I wanted to be sure and make it to their goodbye breakfast on Sunday.
On Sunday, we had our goodbye breakfast at one of our favorite cafes in Cuenca. It was really sad to see Sara and Kristen go, because I spent almost every day with them for two weeks, but it was not goodbye for good; we´re all planning on meeting up in Montanita for the full moon party in December, which should be amazing.
Their names are Solene and Wilfried (or Will), but we just call them the Frenchies (or Frenchie #1 and 2), which they love. We also spent more time with the British girls, Jen (aka Diz because she´s really ditzy, and Laura). The weekdays were pretty standard: breakfast at the hostel, reading in the park or exploring Cuenca, lunch with my friends, Spanish classes from 2-6pm, another class or lecture from 6-7pm, and then dinner with my friends. On Wednesday nights, we go to a club called La Mesa for salsa night. Taylor and I have also joined salsa classes at a nearby dance school, because we´ve learned everything our teacher at Simon Bolivar has to teach us.On Friday night, we went out for dinner and then karaoke again, because the British girls had missed the last time we went, and they really wanted to go. Here is a picture of some of us singing away that night. I´m pretty sure this was "Bohemian Rapsody":
Left to right, the group is: Jen (aka Diz) (from London), Becky (from California), Jerome (from California), me, Kristen (from Massachusetts), Sara (from Massachusetts), Will (aka Frenchie # 1) (from Paris), Solene (aka Frenchie # 2) (from Paris), Taylor (from Florida), and Laura (from Birmingham, England).
We didn´t stay too long at the karaoke place, though, because we had Ecuadorians and other foreigners with us, and it just wasn´t as fun for the people who did not speak (or sing) English. After we left the karoake bar, we tried to find another place with live music and dancing, but when we found a place, they told us it was $6 per person cover charge, which, in Cuenca, is rediculous. So, we wandered down the street and found a bunch of Ecuadorians with a truck parked on the side of the street with music blaring. They were basically just partying in the street, and they invited us to join them. There is nothing like salsa dancing on the streets of Ecuador. It ended up being quite fun. Here´s a picture:
After the street party, we found another place that had live music and dancing for free. The bad loved us, but whenever they asked where we were from, we answered Colombia, but only because we wanted them to play Shakira, which they did not, unfortunately for us.
The next day was Saturday, 11/18, which I spent watching the Michigan/Ohio State game on the computer in the same lab I'm in now. Needless to say, it was incredibly depressing, but I was still happy with how we played. There is still a possibility that we make it to the national championship game, but that is out of our hands for now.
That night, we went out for dinner and drinks, because Kristen and Sara were leaving the next day. It was a relatively early night for me, because I was still pretty tired from the previous night, and because I wanted to be sure and make it to their goodbye breakfast on Sunday.
On Sunday, we had our goodbye breakfast at one of our favorite cafes in Cuenca. It was really sad to see Sara and Kristen go, because I spent almost every day with them for two weeks, but it was not goodbye for good; we´re all planning on meeting up in Montanita for the full moon party in December, which should be amazing.
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