What is the opposite of napping? I guess the closest action would be partying. Either way, Spaniards, particularly Madrileños, are really good at both. This brings be to favorite thing #3 about Spain.
"The fiesta was really started. It kept up day and night for seven days. The dancing kept up, the drinking kept up, the noise went on. "
-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
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| This probably was taken on a Tuesday Favorite thing #3: La vida de la noche (La Vee-da day la no-chay) Night-life |
To explain why 'la vida de la noche' is so great, I will first give you a rundown of a typical Thursday night 20-year-old American schedule (sans fake ID):
9:00 pm- Prepare to go out
10:00 pm- arrive at a very shady bar because, duh,
you can't get in anywhere else
10:10 pm- Finish begging the bouncer to let you
in and abort mission
10:30- Head home, pound some Rubinoff and
dining-hall cranberry juice
11:00 pm- Arrive at the party of the roommate of
the girl that sits next to you in cultural anthro
12:00 pm- Police arrive, sub-21's flee to insert name
of your university's quintessential pizza spot
1:00 am- Arrive home. Your night is over.
Now, let's review a typical Thursday night 20-year-old Spaniard (or American ex-patriate!) schedule (sans fake ID):
10:00 pm- Prepare to head to your local botellón (you know what this is!)
11:00 pm- Arrive at Botellón. Share stories, alcohol, etc. with a thousand others.
12:30 am- Arrive at first bar and obviously get in. {Let's call the non-existent drinking age in Spain favorite thing 3.5 because I did not want to be a silly American girl and give it its own post}
2:30 am- Arrive at crazy club filled with good-looking foreign men
5:00 am- Arrive at after hours club to hang out with... good-looking foreign men
7:00 am- Arrive home. Wasn't that AWESOME?
Ask anyone that has ever been to Spain and they will tell you...
THOSE MADRILEÑOS
CAN PARTY.
Hopefully the bottom schedule is accurate foreshadowing. Stay tuned for epic tales.
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