Uneventful Weekend

I am thinking to myself as a write this why I would write a post about an "uneventful weekend" and just because I don't have an exciting trip planned for every weekend doesn't necessarily make it "uneventful," but I'll just say that this wasn't one of my most memorable weekends here thus far. However, there were a few highlights.

Thursday night there was another Erasmus party. Those parties that are held in clubs throughout Bilbao for Spanish and international students alike. I had not been to one in a while and at first I was thinking about just having a night in, but some friends convinced me to come out and I am glad I did. We started out at the dorm called Blas de Otero. I had never been there before, but they are set up more like apartments than dorm rooms. So when we arrived in their common room downstairs it was like walking into a college house party... which I actually kind of miss! Unfortunately, we got the boot about an hour later because the new desk guard didn't like having so many people there that late so we headed to Erasmus instead.

I had more fun than I have at any of the other Erasmus parties, I didn't even mind the crowds. I met a student from Deusto, but he is originally from Mexico and he even went to high school for a few years in Mountain Lakes, NJ. Small world... It was just really fun to be around everyone else who was having a great time too. The next day I made plans to go biking around the city with Mike and Ashley. The tourism offices here allow you to rent bikes for free as long as your return them before 8pm. Sounded like a great idea, until we realized a lot of the city did not have bike paths and I was forced to ride down a busy city street with a dump truck roaring in the lane right next to me.

My friends and I had really hoped to get some day trips in the weekend to places like the Basque Country capital, Vitoria or a town Kate's friend told her about called Burgos, but the weather was not having it. It was gloomy and rainy almost all weekend. We attempted to go out to a new bar on Friday night... But it was nothing to out of the ordinary.

New bar we found called "The Crazy Horse"

Saturday we had planned to try and go to a different club, but on the way we found a carnival next to the Ria. With rides and all that jazz. A bunch of my friends went on the bumper cars and Kate and I went on this ride called the Ranita Loca (Crazy Frog). And it was not at all what I was expecting. Carnival rides in the US last for maybe a minute tops... well this thing kept going! And I couldn't breath I was laughing so hard! Every time we thought it was about to end, it started up again! I really wish there were more places like this. We never made it to the club and Sunday just ended up being a lazy day, but I guess I need to save up my energy for my two and half week long spring break!

On the Ranita Loca!