Making Friends...

Last night I went out with Morgan and several other American students. We got dinner at this walk in kebab place, which was delicious. We then went to see this guy Stephen's flat which was located near Cuba St. After that Stephan brought us over to this hostel he stayed at before he found his flat where he had become good friends with a guy who worked there named Vince, a Swedish hippy living in New Zealand. We arrived prepared with lots of wine and beer and joined a wooden outdoor patio table already filled with 8 other people. The people there were from a variety of places. One was a local Kiwi, two were a married couple from America that had been travelling the world for a year, one was a local teacher, another was a Chilean who was trying to learn English, and the last two were architects trying to become professors at Vic, a Norwegian woman and her British husband. We spent the whole night talking and swapping stories.
At around one, the group I had arrived with decided to leave. As we were walking the long, long trek back to Stafford House we had to pass a bunch of bars. One bar, El Horne, was going crazy. There were people standing on tables, dancing and singing to "Sweet Caroline," of all songs. So we decided we had to join in. The bar was an add mixture of people, mostly locals and then a group of Argentinians. We didn't even drink at the bar but spent a good hour dancing there. They played all these really hokey American songs and everyone from New Zealand knew the lyrics and none of the Americans did. Also, the way the men would dance with the women was by actually dancing, not just the typical US club way of just sort of dancing on you. I was twirled and spun around by several different guys. However, whether it was Jetlag finally talking or from too much dancing, around two I became extremely tired and managed to get my friend Lars and Shannon to walk home with me.

Today I am planning on going to the Botanical Gardens, which is either a short hike up a steep hill or a trolly ride up, with my friend Lars.