OKTOBERFEST!
so this was a few weeks ago but i need to update my blog now ive gotten way too many complaints from all you readers out there… mies.
ok fastest way to describe the weekend… the best weekend youll never remember!
i mean i remember some of it… there was a lot of dancing, drinking, singing, pretzels, and happy people just having a good time.. so pretty much a combination of all of my favorite things. i would have to say one of the best parts of the trip was seeing all my friends that are studying abroad in different places and sharing two hotel rooms (each meant for 2 people) for the 10 of us girls! it was like a biiig slumber party like the ones you have when your little. some good pillow talking went on. annnnd the complimentary breakfast was amazing. miss those croissants. ok about the festival… friday was a really nice day and it wasnt too hard to find a table inside since we got there early. our first stop was the Lowenbrau tent. we walked in and it felt like the whole place was just full of guys so when the 10 of us girls came in we felt as if all the tables turned to stare at us. it kind of reminded me of Eurotrip when they go to the nude beach and its just all guys and then they chase the girl when they see her… yeah it was kind of like that. kind of. we sat next to a group of italian guys (it was italian weekend so a lot of italians) and started drinking. the beer jugs were hugeee 1 liter each which i think is equivalent to three beers? i had two the first day and three the second. three was a lotttt. the woman that brought the beers are fairly big and manly and can carry up to like 10 or maybe even more of those beers at the same time. i could barely hold one up. they were also dressed in cute traditional dresses and the men had on lederhosens! so cute. what i loved most about the tent was how everyone was just so happy and when the music started playing everyone stood on the tables with their beer jugs and began to sing along. i think the whole time we were there they only played three different songs that would come on all the time i think we were all to drunk to notice because every time they came on it was the most exciting thing ever. the three songs were: 1. Hey Baby.. i want to know would you be my girl, 2. Sweet Caroline, and a german song called Ein Prosit… lyrics: Ein Prosit, ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit Ein Prosit, ein Prosit Der Gemütlichkeit. ill make sure to post a video of it in case you cant read the easy lyrics. once we heard it enough and drank enough we were able to sing it perfectly. the pretzels were amazing and bigger than my face my favorites were the ones with cheese on top… yummm. we went to a few other tents and walked around the festival. outside the tents were a bunch of carnival rides, food stands, game stands, and souvenir stands. saturday was rainy and coldddd and when we got there all the tents were fulll! we had to wait outside in the freezing cold rain until we finally snuck in and began the whole day over… beer, food and singing. saturday was a little more blurry with those three beers i had but i remember having the best time of my life. i definitely want to go back!
I MISS YOU OKTOBERFEST.
school is cool
never have i ever gone drunk to class…. oh wait yes, yes i have.
tuesdays i have a big break from 2-4 but this last tuesday we had a morocco meeting until 230 so instead of going home mike and i decided to get a menu del dia at this restaurant close to school. we shared a bottle of wine and as soon as i walked into my business ethics class.. with the teacher who already loves me… jk he hates me.. i start laughing and couldnt stop. pretty embarrassing dont know if i should do that again. but who am i kidding i probably will. poor business ethics teacher.
the city that never sleeps!
One of the most popular places to go out in madrid is Sol, which is also the center. this is where a lot of people meet up and then walk to bars or clubs. there are ton of people on the streets everywhere and something to do on every day of the week.
Tuesday sept 14: we went to a hookah bar close to Sol where they sell huge towers of sangria so we got one of those to split between a few of us then mike, mackenzie and i decided it was too early to go home so we kept partying. first bar was Dubliners. an irish bar where a lot of american or just foreign people go. that night there was a lot of big dutch guys. long story short mike is the best and protected us from some creepy guys. after one of them tried to look up mackenzie’s shorts mike attacked and pushed the asshole to the floor. then all the dutch guys surrounded him but we all managed to leave unharmed. yayyy mike our hero. still being to early to go home we went to another bar to get our free beer where again we met some douche bag guys that tried to fight mike. after a few drinks in our system we managed to find this sick little club that we had gone to last tues. we danced for a few hrs and got home at 530… not bad for a tues night. too bad we didnt have cash to get those churros in chocolate we got the tues before. that would of topped off the night… next time.
Thursday sept 16: yayyy my host brother doesnt hate me! he asked us to hang out with him again on thursday. we went to the park to drink again. no one really drinks in houses because everyone lives with their parents until they are 30 or at least married. crazy. but the park was insane.. soooo many people and it seems like some of them have initiations for something because randomly you will see someone walk by with no pants on or singing a funny song or doing the macarena or proposing to people… pretty funny. the park is a good time. once it was about to start raining we headed to another outside area with a roof and as soon as we got there it started pouring with lightening and thunder it was crazyyy but so much fun! later we got a ride to a club called orange cafe. really liked this club.. kinda on the smaller side but good vibe. danced, drank, got home at 430.. early night.
Friday sept 17: maddy, mackenzie and i met ryan and mike at sol.. both of them already… wasted. we needed to catch up so we drank a bit by the big fountain in the middle of sol where we met a young couple. they were dentists and really cool. thennnn we walked to a popular club called Joy. before 130 is free entrance with a free drink. we get there at 130 and theres a huge line so no free entrance for us… of course. excepttt maddy and i squeeze by in the front and manage to not pay. we order two drinks at the bar while we waited for the other three to come in. the bartender looks at us and asks for our drink tickets… fuck we forgot to get thoseee. 22 euros he says. then the other three walk in and they order their drinks with the drink tickets they had. Maddy and i looked at each other and ran to the dance floor so we didnt have to pay for the 11 euro vodka fantas. the club was super packed but we all finally met up and found a spot on the dance floor. after a little dancing it was time for another drink. mackenzie maddy and i went to the bar and some guy started talking to me and asked if we wanted to go vip…spent the whole night in vip until 5am where i get a call from mike… uh i got kicked out of the club… we go outside to meet him and he tells us the story…
once he saw us in vip he tried to get onto the stage but the bouncer grabbed him so he couldnt get on. he shook the bouncer off and then the bouncer grabbed him again so mike pushed him. then it got serious… multiple bouncers came and were literally dragging him out of the club and pushed him out the door. JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIESSS! yes! thanks mike for another memorable night and great story. can always count of you =]
i guess its called the city that never sleeps for a reason…
IBIZA!!!
i just got back from my first trip this semester and what a better way to start them off then by going to Ibiza?! such a fun amazing trip could write a long post but instead ill sum up some of our good moments
1. getting to the airport 5 min before boarding time but then flight got delayed an hr so splitting a bottle of wine between me and mackenzie before our flight. mackenzie figuring out she lost her boarding pass and passport as we were waiting in line to board the plane. stalling the plane while mackenzie ran through the whole airport looking for her stuff until i was the last one to board as they told me they had it. the airline people telling me there is no way she could make it back on time because they were closing the gate. having to literally stand between the boarding door so they wouldnt close it before mackenzie got there. seeing mackenzie sprinting towards the gate. funniest thing ever. definitely a good crazy start to an awesome trip.
2. finally landing in Ibiza at 12:30am and having to wait in a huge line for a taxi. getting to our hostel and changing in five minutes and then heading to Amnesia!!
3. getting to the club at 2:30am and seeing Deadmau5 and Paul Van Dyke in Amnesia for the Cream partyyy! sooo crazyy. stayed up till 6am and were way too loud when we came back to the room. sorry stephen.
4. staying at the boys hostel since it was way nicer and had two extra beds
5. friday, didnt get out until a little later found a cute little beach and killed a a nice amunt of vodka while soaking up the sun. swimming out really far while the norcaleans.. mike and i.. almost drowned and got eaten by sharks as both the socal people left us to fend for ourselves…
6. running into a pole and breaking my toe.. not really but it felt like it.
7. watching the sunset while splitting a 40 between the four of us.
8. eating dinner at this amazing italian place but getting in trouble for drinking our own water bottles.. oops.
9. bars, hookahs and chit chatting
10. taking a bus to the other side of the island and then hitching a ride to the beach. walking around and and took floaties to a sick beach… great place to swim and lay out. then kicked it at a bar for like 4 hrs just relaxing and vibing.
words cant describe how great this trip was! i will miss you summer.
its not called STUDY abroad for nothing…
its weird i actually have to study here… wasnt expecting that. but oh well pass/fail shouldnt be too hard. im taking 5 classes 4 on tues/thurs and 1 on mon/wed. classes are tiny i mean a total of 600 students in the whole university thats less than half the size of my high school. most of my classes have 10-20 people i think one may have like 30 and that feels huge here. i know how much you allll want to know about my classes so here it is…
t/th 925-1040: Managerial Accounting- yeah sucks i have to take this while im abroad and its sooo early in the morning but at least its pass/fail. my teacher is this old super american guy that kind of reminds me of Bush.. kind of. he talks normally but whenever he says accounting he says A-CCOUNT-ING.. dont know if you can get that but its the funniest thing and i always start laughing in class and then people just look at me funny… maybe im the only one that notices it. oh welll i like starting my day off with a laugh.
t/th 1100-1215: Theology- something about prophets…uh what are prophets? jk but seriously i know nothing about religion. LEAST FAVORITE CLASS. buttt mike, grace, and steven are all in it so that makes it a little better. the teacher is pretty strict especially with attendance.. like anyone cares about classes when their abroad… jeez woman. she is missing a day of class in a few weeks so she added an extra day this friday that we have to go to .. can teachers even do that? i dont think so im going to IBIZA!!!
t/th 1230-145: History- western civ 1600-present or something like that. even tho i dont know anyone in this class i think its got to be one of my favorites. my teacher has a british accent so it doesnt matter what he says im loving it. oh and i guess i like history too.
BIG BREAKKKK (good thing i live pretty close to school.. like i said apartment=perrrfect location)
t/th 400-515: Philosophy- i choose business ethics.. got to love billy madison. mackenzie, maddy, grace, and mike are all in my class so that is really nice and my teacher is this sweet old guy that probably talks as slow as a turtle would if turtles could talk… however i dont think he likes me too much. first day of class i was early like a good student should be. so as i waited for the teacher i started telling mike about this one story that went something like this “he said fuck you.. get the fuck out of here”.. might of kept going for a bit.. and then i see everyone look over at me so i was thinking shit i was probably talking too loud since i was getting really into the story buttt then i look up and my teacher is staring straight at me waiting for me to finish. everyone starts laughing and i just bury my head on the desk…. great first impression.
m/w 230-515: Art- drawing 1.. just picked this class up and its taught in spanish! good thing im fluent but both mike and grace are in my class so its funny when they dont understand anything. my teacher is really cool but the people in my class.. kinda weird. one girl has a mullet and looks like a duck. another guy looks and probably is stoned 24/7… gota ask him where he gets his stuff… overall chill class.
dats ittt.
