Playa de Patos, Celta de Vigo, and other adventures

     On Thursday, October 2nd I Went to the beach after school ended. My friends wanted to go surfing, so we went to Patos, which is a two minute drive from Panxón, the city where I work. One of the teachers dropped me off at the beach and I spent the afternoon with everyone, while we watched the dolphins in the distance, so picturesque, right? I then ate tapas with my friend from the United States and everyone was looking at us funny. When I was in line for the bathroom, one of the waiters saw me outside and asked where I was from. He then said "Oh welcome to Spain I'm from Venezuela" and my friend jokingly said that I should be the one welcoming him to Spain because I have been here longer than he has.

     We then went to the fancier area of Vigo to have a drink, this area is called Arenal, I enjoy going there because the crowd is older (which means that I don't run into my 16 year old students.)We then went to a street called churruca (known for cheap drinks) and I ran into some of the other foreigners. My friend left so at around 3 in the morning I went to the apartment of a friend of a friend and we then proceeded to meet other friends at the bars.

    On Sunday I walked 10 kilometers with my friend. The event was a solidarity march for people with disabilities. It was a sunny day and it was nice to walk around the city with people who care about the rights of minority groups. The mayor of Vigo spoke and said, "Esta marcha es un grito de la ciudad que esta gente tiene los mismos derechos que nosotros, sin discusión"

    After the march several of my friends came over because we had tickets to see a Celta soccer match. We brought beer to the game because I asked my friend who always tailgates at the games. He told me that we should bring beer because everyone tailgates together. When we arrived there were police everywhere and of course I was terrified to take the beer out of the bag. After five long minutes I saw some people drinking and asked them if I would get in trouble if I also drank and they said "of course not.  So in true galician fashion we opened up some Estrellas and joined the crowd.