discotecas!

So yesterday's hang out was actually organized by APU, a series of houses that international students can rent out and live with people from all over the world. They basically rented out an entire bar in Miraflores for us. Getting there was quite the adventure. We called a cab (you don't want to take one off of the street) and told him to take us to calle Berlin and Libertad. Apparently he heard calle Belen. My bargaining skills got a chance to practice. Eventually we got there and there were over 100 people at the bar! This is not a big place. Take my hockey lockerroom, and you throw in a bar, tables and chairs and a dance floor, it was packed. Chad, a guy from Madison had stayed in the hostel that was right next door before moving in to his APU house. There was a bar on the roof with cheap drinks so a bunch of us went over there. I think I've found the best (and decently cheap) pisco sour in Lima! 10 soles (about $3.50) and it was much better than the ones I tried when I was here a couple of years ago. While I didn't take them up on it, there are entire streets that give away free 1st drinks just to get you into their discoteca. After people started going off in their different groups I ended up hanging out with my roommate Sarah, Chad, a girl from Germany, Julian from Colombia, and Peter and Jesus from Lima. The discotecas have pretty good music, Spanish music! And I held my own during the salsa and merengue songs. Sarah and I left early so that we wouldn't be completely dead today but the rest stayed out. I think it helps that most of them live in Miraflores so they could walk home. We had to make sure to head out before the taxis stopped running (at least the safe ones) I think today we are going back to the university to figure out where all our class rooms are, and then hanging out at la Plaza San Miguel which is on the way home. Think Mall of America only half the size and everything is outdoors. They even have a Camp Snoopy! but it's called el Parque Coney, like the Island :)