Clermont Quotidien: Hola Buenas.. Salamanca and Such

Feb 28
4h30 arrive in salamanca!
4h40 figure out how to get out of the train station
4h50 take a cab to ashley's place.. and just like she said... "they wont know where i live, u have to tell them the name of the restaurant near my house" and we did, and he got it.. then in very loud spanish, the taxi driver tells ash that in 8 years he has never heard of this address... 2 points ashley?
5h too excited to sleep. chat. giggle. do wht girls do... accidentally broke ash's bed.. woops.
7h still up. ash plans to just go strait to class
7h30 ash gets ready for school, cheny sleeps, i get ready for the day
9h30 watch bad spanish soaps.. make a lil breakfast
11h cheny and i explore.. aka buy postcards and shoes... easiest landmark.. el constructiono. learn that rebaja is not the name of a store but rather the name of this awesome thing that stores do.. discount!
14h come home and meet ash for lunch. go to this apple place? cool cider machine.. great lunch.. 5 courses.. so fabulouso.
16h30 go to carrefour to get stuff for taco night!
17h ash begins the guac, cheny and i cat nap
19h cheny and i leve for flamenco dance class over by travis's place..
19h30-20h30 best class ever.. so much fun... must find flamenco in clermont-ferrand

21h miraculously find our back to ash's and get ready to go out
21h30 have tasty tacos with entire spanish track! eat. drink. laugh. play. catch up. c'est bon.

22h30 ice cream cake and get chocolate wasted!!! dark chocolate with mexican spices from bordeaux... dangerously good
00h about half of the track takes us out to their local bars.. just like being back in columbia!
1h deric and matt win a game of beer pong and place 2nd overall
2h travis and george take us to a salsa club with live music. dance. dance. dance. magnifico!
3h strait home... sort of

Mar 1
10h30 happy march!.. watch more spanish tv... mtv3
12h cheny and i look for wedding dresses, find a not so awesome store, but cheny gives 3 sad dresses a chance.. no go.. so we gotta go
13h store called seven... heaven, cheap. cute. unique. sweet!
14h starving form all that shopping.. look for tapas bar.. that travis and ash had recommended. found it, but the outside menu looked too expensive.. no we didnt know u were supposed to go inside.
14h-14h20 walk around the block looking for cheap tapas

14h20 settle for some random restaurant. i order soup, cheny orders salmon.. no no no these tables are for people who order 4 course meals.. if we just want to order one thing we have to go to another part of the restaurant. whtever. so we move.. me, cheny, 2 coats, 5 shopping bags. waiter brings the table cloth and glasses. ohhh there is the tapas! we want that instead... can we cancel our order.. no.... well ok yes.. but this table cloth and these glasses are for people who order off the dinner menu... ok whtever.. just take the crap and let us eat. i feel like i need a handbook.
14h30 realize that the back of this restaurant is the place we tried to go to begin with.. genius.
14h40 i start ordering tapas like a crazy person.. and after 5 cheny made me stop.. good thing too.. they are filling!
15h20 when we get the bill, we think we have been charged for the tablecloth.. mantel blanco... no its just wine... woops
15h30 head back to find travis at his apt. but with no doorbell, or number, or working phone.. the best idea we had was to yell TRAVIS... yea.. nope... just got funny stares.. so we went back to ash's to use her phone like civil people
16h-18h30 travis gives us a superb tour of salamanca, rich with historical and cultural info, fun facts and beautiful photos! if this internship thing doesnt work out, travis would definitely make an awesome tour guide!

20h-21h go to delicatessen with travis, ash, george, and later scott... every dish was delish!

so good that i guess its ok we missed our second flamenco class

22h go home, pack, drink with ash, jason, matt and morgan. go to hang out with george, curt, scott and deric.. but get ther 2 hours late.. c'est pas grave.. but they r all asleep.. oops. no matter, george lets us in so we can jump on all their beds and scream "hola, buenas dias!" at the top of our lungs.. they were not amused, but it was only 5 min of torture... pas mal
00h20 leave, thank george for letting us abuse his roomies.. then manipulate jason into coming out with us, ash and matt. yippy!

00h30 go to a shots bar... sing. dance. shots. shots. shots. sit down. ash goes home.
1h30-3h30 hang out at the same salsa bar, no live band but great music. drink only water. cheny and i
salsa with jason and matt and we make new friends with some french and spanish guys.