Friday night, after walking around the city a bunch and just discovering a lot of cool shops, we made it out to dinner at some restaurant in the Universitat de Valencia area. Everyone from the program then went out to an Irish Pub called Max Max, not really my kind of thing. the 40 some odd people took over the entire bar and I felt like I was back in Tallahassee. At around 3 am, we decided to hit up a discoteca. Luckily, one of the administrators at the study center is a dj. She was spinning at a club called Latex (which I found out later was it's closing night). That place was awesome, it was relatively tiny compared to the other discotecas where most of the students went. It was probably big enough to hold a couple hundred people. The best part about it was that it was "indie night". I felt like I fit in perfectly, I was dressed like I would normally and I felt like I was at home, in the metaphorical sense. I even got called over by a couple of pretty Spanish girls to dance with them. Unfortunately, after a few minutes of dancing they started talking and I didn't know what they were saying, so I made my way back to the bar!
On Sunday a large group of us woke up at 5:30am to start our day trip to Alicante. Alicante is just a couple hours south of Valencia by train. It's also an oceanside city. The coolest part is definitely Castillo de Santa Bábara. El Castillo de Santa Bárbara is on the edge of a mountain cliff right on the beach. The lift was broken, so we had to hike up the mountain to get there, but let me tell you, it was WELL WORTH IT! There really isn't too much to say about it other than what these pictures will tell you!
After the castle visit, we made our way to the beach for a couple hours, and then watched both the Spain vs. South Africa game at another Irish Pub (laaame!). Then back to the train it was. We got back to Valencia to catch the end of the USA vs. Brasil game which I'll just leave it at that.
This week has been awesome; I started my classes, and let me tell you that I LOVE SPANISH CLASS! I hope to be pretty proficient by the end of this program. So please, if you know spanish well, help me out!
I'll try to keep on top of this a little better, but it's just so busy here. Oh well, gotta go pack! I leave in 30 minutes for the bus station! 4 hour ride, w00t!
-From the VLC.
and here's some pictures of Alicante:
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