Buenos dias, yesterday was my first real day of being in Colombia. After waking up and eating breakfast, we went out to juans school, EAFIT. The school here is a little bit different than in Lincoln because the school is fenced off and you have to check in upon entering. Once inside I met some of juans friends and future buyer of juans computer. Juan had class at two so we just hung out until then. We ate in one of the cafeterias but we had to run through the rain first to get there. It is winter down here right now so it rains a lot. So far it has rained three times in two days. After eating we went to pass more time. This is when I met juans girlfriend. She was very nice. We hung out a little and then we went to class. I joined juan and marcela in their photoshop class. It was a little akward at first but I tried to follow along with juans computer the best I could. After about an hour we got bored(cause we already knew that stuff, duh) and left. We grabbed a taxi and went back to juans house. By this time I was exhausted for some reason and fell asleep. When we woke up Jose, one of juans old friends, came over and we got ready and went out. We went to crepes and waffles, a restaurant (the name is pretty descriptive). This is in a very nice mall. We ate for a while and then just walked around. We met some girls in to Puma store that were fun. We asked them (or juan asked them, because of my lack of ability to speak as of now) if they wanted to go out with us. Suprisingly they accepted and we waited outside the store for them to get off work. Alejandra and Natalia joined us but we could all fit in one taxi so we had to take two. The driving here is crazy and although the other taxi with the girls left first, we ended up beating them there because our driver apparently doesn’t believe in stop lights. We went to a little place and sat outside and just hung out. This was really hard for me because they were all talking but I couldn’t understand anything. I wish I could communicate better right now. I know I will pick it up eventually but right now it sucks. We were right next door to a casino so we juan, natalia and I went in to check it out. We ended up playing some electronic poker game (but is was mostly the worker that did everything for us). I would just push the button to pick the card higher than the other card to double our money. (sorry I don’t know poker terms better) So after tripling what we came in with we joined Jose and Alejandra back outside. Alejandra and Natalia had to leave so we saw them off but invited them to go dancing with us on Friday. Throughout the whole night when the waitress would come over I would ask her how she was doing and speak to her in English. She would just look at me and smile cause she didn’t understand me. When she braught the check she started talking to me, asking where I was from and if I had a novia. She gave me a kiss on the cheek so I wouldn’t feel like such an outcast and I felt better about my time being here.
But this isn’t where our night ends. We grabbed a taxi, Jose Juan and I to pick up David, and then to pick up another friend and a dog. 5 guys and a dog in a taxi looking for something to eat. We found a street vender and we all stopped to grab some arepas. They were very good. I had some chicken on a stick and potatos and an arepa. I was stuffed afterwards.
So this is where our night ends. Lets see whats in store for tomorrow.
