Girls just wanna have fun...

This weekend was uproariously comical. On Saturday night, we went to a discoteca-like place, for which we paid 3 CUC. We had to enter into the club in pairs, which delighted these guys who were waiting outside to get in, because my group was four girls, and their group was four guys. Once we were in the club, we discovered that there wasn’t any music playing, and came into this large room with a projector screen at the front. They were playing a Candid-Camera like tv show, including various pranks like people moving the cars and sign on a one-way street and giving somebody a ticket, having a lemonade stand with a black curtain behind which somebody was pretending to go to the bathroom into a pitcher, etc. It was hilarious, and there were only videos, not words, so it was easy to understand.

After that, they had a mini-game show, with the guys that we came in with competing for some bagged prizes in a trivia game and a guess-that-tune game (Pelly, pronounced Pay-yee, which is like a Cheetos-type company, sponsored it). After the game show, a comedian came on. He was apparently really funny, because everyone else was laughing, but I had NO IDEA what the heck he was saying, because he talked REALLY fast. He stayed on for “un chiste mas” (one more joke) for about 30 minutes, after which I was ready to go dance.

Once the music started, our Cuban companeros came up to us and we were dancing, mirroring each other back and doing a competition-like thing with dance moves. It was so fun!! After a while, though, I had the feeling that the night couldn’t get any better, so we all left the club, not having been sketched out by a sketchy Cuban male population, happy and content with our good fortune.

Then, this Sunday, we went to the beach, and BOY WAS THAT BEAUTIFUL!!! I've posted pictures up to my Flicr account, so there should be about ten now. Please enjoy, as I can only post about five pics per internet session!!! But anyway, Cuban beach wear includes Speedos, speedos, and more speedos!!! It was an experience, for sure. Also, Cuban beaches are all about the appearance, so people are there to see and be seen. It was insane to be on such a beautiful, warm beach when my mother tells me that weather in Boston is like 60 degrees!!! The water in the Caribbean is warm, clear, and bright bright blue. SO gorgeous!!!

Sorry this post is so short - classes are starting to come into full swing and I'm trying to start getting into study mode!!!

Take care of yourselves and each other, and check back to my Flickr account for new photos of Cuba!! :)

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