En España...: Spanish Theater

Today, we went to see Luis in a play. The play was about the absurdities of life, but I only got that from the program. I didn't understand much of the play. Parts I did, parts I did, and parts I didn't need to know what they were saying. But it was interesting and fun. I have a picture with Elena and Luis out in front of the theater after, but I still have to get it from Elena. Afterwards, Luis invited me to dinner with the theater group. Elena said that was okay and then went to met Pep to eat tapas, like we had been planing on doing. The theater kids were pretty cool, especially Amin. I thought he did a really good job in the play. He spoke some English, so we talked quite a bit and we switched back and forth between Spanish and English. Once everyone was ready, we went to a Turkish restaurant, which was really good! Afterwards, 6 of us went to a bar, which here are half bars and half clubs. The music was ridiculously loud. I swear I could feel my jeans vibrating from the music! We didn't stay long because there weren't many people there. It was kinda fun, but the whole clubbing/dancing/loud music thing isn't really my scene. Luis says it isn't his either, and he only goes out to the bars about once a week, if that.

Which is something I'm really happy about, if you'll pardon the sidetrack. My host family is very low key. I don't know how to describe it exactly. My host father loves to listen to music and both my host parents love movies (so much so that when Luis and Miguel were little, they would take turns going to see movies, so they could both see them!). And Luis isn't a nightlife kind of guy. It's reminds me of family, a little, I guess. For dinner, we watch TV while we eat (we even watched "Bones" recently...that was great...but it made me miss doing the same thing at home...), and sometimes we watch movies (usually, non-school nights). I couldn't have gotten put with a better family.

Anyway, at 1AM, Luis and I left the bar and went to the bus station. We talked about videogames while we waited, and I learned that he and Miguel are big fans, and would play against each other a lot. Another plus for me! Finally, we caught the bus home and got in at 2:30AM. It was a long night, but it was fun.