June 13-14, 2013

Thursday June 13, 2013:

Thursday night a few of us went to see Grease el Musical! We decided to make a night of it and go out to eat in Bilbao before the musical. On the way we found out that I have a restaurant in Bilbao! (A little to expensive for our budget...) "Jaime's" looked like a great place to eat though!

I have a restaurant in Spain! 

But we ate somewhere else...

Local beef with fries and a salad! (yum!)

Dinner was absolutely delicious, and we enjoyed ourselves until it was time to pay...the restaurant we ate at had a ton of hidden charges, like the bread they served, and tax was not included in the price. Finally we figured it out and were on our way to the theatre! 

Quick stop for a picture with the elephant made of flowers! 

Grease the musical in spanish!! 

The walls in the theatre were made of wood. 

We took a group picture at intermission. 

The show was great! In reality it was very cheesy, but I think that because it was in spanish  I could appreciate it more! Some translations of the songs got a little lost, so they created new ones and new scenes but the general theme was the same. My favorite was their rendition of "Grease Lightning!" Mostly because they still pronounced that in english! Sadly we had to leave early so that we could catch the metro, but I am still glad that I got to go!

On the way out I saw this...a place to secure your umbrella!

Friday June 14, 2013:

Today was willed with midterms and presentations! I did pretty well, especially considering I had spent the night attending the musical :) I still had time to study on the metro on my way to class and the night before. 

After classes, a lot of people from the USAC group went to Barcelona for the weekend but about 10 of us stayed in Bilbao. My friends Diana and Marilu invited us over for taco night! We had fun hanging out and went out for a few drinks after. We all went home fairly early because we had to be up early on Saturday for a wine tour!