It rained for the first time last night. And when it rains here, I guess it pours!!
We kept seeing lighting in the air but we assumed it wasn’t a big deal. Well, that was false. Good thing we were headed to a bar though, because within 5 minutes of us being there the rain started. We went to the same bar from last weekend (the crazy sangria place, where the owner loves Americans). Seriously, the owner truly LOVES us. He is so interested in English and helps us with our Spanish; it’s pretty cool. And he knows like everyone in the city because his customers rave about the bar, so he can get us huge discounts on discotecas, tickets, etc. It's cool to have a place like that already, especially since at home we all have those places--Shacklefords/Gino's for us :)
Anyway, when the rain finally died down a little, we were able to call a taxi to get home. Roberto, the owner of the bar, came out to the taxi driver and was like these are my nieces, take them straight home. He gave us all his business card and said if you have any problems call us back here. Added security is always nice too!
Ok so here are some pictures from our walk to the Museu Faller--in Valenciano (Museo Fallero in Spanish).
Our house! Our windows are the two on either side of the lamp post.
Sun with hands coming out of it's head statue.
El Rio (the 10 mile long park throughout the middle of the city)
Gargoyle Bridge!
Ciudad de Artes y Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences)
The first of the 3 buildings in the Ciudad
Some Palm Trees!
A view of the second building in the Ciudad (we are going to all three on October 8th!)
This cone thing. It's all contemporary art around here
Here is a link to a picture of the outside of the Museu Faller with the 2011 winning structures:
http://www.cendradigital.com/wp-content/themes/gazette/images/subidas/2010/05/IMG_1379.JPG
Tonight, I am not sure what we are doing. We will probably go to a discoteca since we had a more laid-back night last night! Tomorrow, we will have to do some homework, and on Monday, the school week begins again!
Buenos dias!
