Sharks and Acrobats

Yes, you read that right. Sharks and acrobats. Like, the coolest combination ever! Too bad they weren't together... I saw the sharks Thursday and the acrobats Sunday.

Anyway, I had a really great last week/weekend. My mentor David invited me to a dinner with him and his friends. Some of his friends I knew from classes, while most I had never seen before. We met at 10 pm (or 11 pm for the late-comers hehe) and went to a bar to eat. I had one of the best bocadillos (a type of sandwich) that I have tasted since arriving in Spain. It was pork loins with cheese and onions. Extremely delicious, even though I don't like onions usually! Interestingly enough, everyone separated automatically into boys one end of the tables, girls the other. Supposedly they don't do this all the time... supposedly.

Dinner... yum!

After that, we went into the streets for "botellon", which is basically Spain's term for illegal drinking in the streets.

Botellon!

After that, around 3 am (I can't remember exactly) we went to the club Indiana. For those of you that have been reading my blog, that is the same club the Mexicans couldn't enter last time. I was hesitant about going because I don't want to support the club, but decided to be a Lemming and follow everyone in. The club was sort of nice: it has 3-4 different rooms, each with different music. And, it has the sharks I mentioned earlier. Here is a video of the sharks and the first room of the club:

And here are some pictures from the club:

I can see up my nose!

I was kind of tired the whole night, as last week I didn't sleep too well... and I didn't get home until 7:30 am. Ugh... can't do this too often.

Friday and Saturday were as such uneventful. I missed the opportunity to hang out with some people Saturday night because I hadn't eaten dinner yet (oops), but I was still tired so I didn't mind too much. Sunday, my Tandem partner Paula invited me to a street performance called Fin de Sieste. It involved bicycle and pole acrobatics (not pole dancing, mind you)... but rather than explain it, here is a video!

Acrobatic excitement!

So, I enjoyed last week alot. This weekend, I am going to Granada, so I should have more fun stories to share next week.

To finish, some good and bad news about grades. The good news: I passed all of the classes I was worried about. In my hardest class, a 5th year course about Local Area Networks, I got a 6.55 out of 10, which was good seeing as I haven't taken the prerequisite courses yet. The bad news: I failed one exam, and it was supposedly my easiest. I got a... drumroll please... 2.11 out of 10 on my Logic Design class exam. I am completely confused as to how this is possible, seeing as I took a similar class in the US and got a 98% overall. The exam was a bit tougher than expected, and was too long for the 3.5 hours alloted to take the exam. However, I still should have passed it. Here are my guesses as to how I failed: either they lost part of my exam, messed up my score somehow, or subtracted points for incorrect answers (which I didn't think they would do). I am going to talk to the professors this week about it, and will hopefully know the end result by next week.

Ok, enough bad news for now. It is 5:30 pm and I still haven't eaten lunch. Check back in next week for the exciting conclusion of my Logic Design woes, and for pictures and stories from my trip to Granada!