Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Clubbing in Medellin!

Well we have finally done it!
We have attended our first club in South America and it only took 4 countries and 2 months. Now we have been to many bars and many, many restaurants, but this one was an actual night club including live show! Now I should preface this with a story on how we ended up at this club...
Nicola and I decided we wanted to go see a movie, our second on our trip (Angels & Demons was first), it was X-Men Origins: Wolverine and it was very good. While we were getting our Crispetas and Bebidas (popcorn and soda-pop) we had a misunderstanding with the concession girl, which was totally to blame on our poor Spanish. After all was settled a nice Colombian Gentlemen, Luis, came up to us and asked we were okay and if we got what wanted. We talked a few minutes and went to our movie noting that we had met another nice local here. After the movie we walked out of our Sala (theatre) and ran into Luis who was now with his girlfriend (Andrea) and good friend (Gustavo) and his wife (Rosio). After talking a while they offered to show us where this nice nightclub is and also to go for a drink with them, on a Tuesday night.
After driving by the typical Antioquia nightspot we went to a Salsa-Meringue-Tango-Reggaeton bar with live dance show and singing. It was a very colourful and brightly lit bar and we left the seating and drink orders up to them. We brought fresh fruit in a bowl and everyone was brought soda water and full bottle of Antioquia liquor, similar to a light Zambuca, for shots for everyone. We drank all night and danced to all types of music. The booze and direction of our counterparts helped make the dancing enjoyable and entertaining. Nicola of course was whipped around the dance floor and I turned only to my right and shook what little I have. The ladies graciously complemented me on my moves and I on there teaching.
When the clock turned near 2am we all decided to call it a night as they had to work , at 8am, and we had to... do nothing!
This just goes to show you that you never judge a book its cover and you never know what place is truly like until you hang with the locals!!

Thank you to Luis, Andrea, Gustavo and Rosio for a wonderful evening!

~Andrew

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