mi vida semi loca?

so i will tell a quick story of my adventure on thursday night. so my project team and i minus 2 went out celebrating on thursday to what they refer to as ´´gringatown´´ meaning its where all the young, hostel staying tourists go. we walk around for a bit because the girls want to go to a certain club, but it turns out to be closed, so we wind up going to a very ´´touristy´´ bar of which i cannot remember the name. anyway so we´re dancing and having a great time and drinking some vodka tonics. during this dance time i made some observations:
1. contrary to popular belief, not all latinos can dance. i happened to be next to a latino couple that literally looked like they were seizuring at times, with both of them hitting me and the girl accidentally pulling my hair during her dance-capade...thats how bad it was.
2. when girls pass guys in a crowded bar they whisper something like ´´perdóname mi amor´´ and grab their hips and the girl squeezes...this happens approx 7 out of 10 times.

anyway so the highlight of the night is coming up...now the setup of this bar is such that there is a bar in the middle with a large open space in the middle of it...kind of like the bar in cheers but bigger. so we´re dancing, having a grand old time when all of a sudden all of the attention is diverted to the bar...

three male individuals appear...two dressed in cop uniforms and one in a prisoner uniform...all patent leather...yea you guessed it...they...began...to...serve us drinks...im just kidding...they began to strip. that´s right, there were 3 men in the middle of the bar taking turns at removing articles of clothing...one crazy one named bruno (i know this from the business card he handed out when he was done with his performance) grabbed a few female patrons from the bar and began tossing them in the air and essentially dry humping them.

let´s just say it was an experience.



so there you have it...my first crazy-esque story of quito...but for the most part this experience is helping me grow in directions i never knew existed...ill have more of that later when i have more time to write in my blog (probably tomorrow when the family is at church and me the little jewish girl gets some alone time)...


for the time being anyone who has an ounce of free time and wants to read a great book that will take maybe 2 hours please read vonnegut´s ´´a man without a country´´...i have read it twice since ive been here bc its just that good.