Out on the Town, Again.

Well, this was the first time we had classes besides our Spanish class at 1630. All the people in the picture were in the Financial Accounting precourse at Instituto de Empresa. We are now grizzled veterans of the financial statement production process... yeah right! Although having the class at 1000 was quite a shock for most of us acclimated to the breezy daily ritual of cruising to the school around 1600 to chat with classmates before heading to Spanish class.

Anyway, we were all in Jazzanova on Castellana in the picture here. A very nice place to have a drink and people watch. There was even a camera crew in the place. I think all of us are in some documentary or indie film being produced somewhere. The only short fall of this bar was the price of the drinks, €8.50 each! Well, needless to say, we had a few and moved on to a discoteca nearby, the name of which escapes me.

Speaking of prices, the standard practice of the "pre-game" needs to come back soon. What's "pre-game?" That's when you have a few at your flat before leaving for the bar or discoteca to cut down on the amount of alcohol you have to pay for. I mean we are students on a budget after all!

I also have to give credit to the photographer, Marie, thank you. She framed this shot very well, but unfortunately she is not in the picture, but next time I'll have to make sure she's in there.

Marie said something great that night, too. In reference to going to other cities in Spain on weekends and what not, the crux of it was she wanted to feel grounded in Madrid rather than feeling like a permanent tourist going all over the place. There were a bunch of trips to Segovia, Salamanca, Sevilla, or Toledo that various people had organized. I was thinking the same as Marie but I just couldn't vocalize my reluctance. So to all the people that invited me to those places, thank you so much, but that will have to wait until I get over this feeling of "I can't believe I live here in Madrid."

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