Sober & Sophisticated to Shitfaced and Sweaty

Final day of classes for the week.. very much so ready for the weekend even though it was a pretty easy week. The days are starting to go a bit faster.. last week was THE longest week I've EVER had in my life.. it was definitely a good things but I can't even imagine how long this entire experience is going to feel. Class went well again and I was done by a little before 1 and so I quickly ran over to the gym to work out again and get into some semblance of a routine.. After a quick workout I was on my way home and ran into a few Erasmus girls who are friends with Trish from BC and we ended up talking for a bit about class and meeting up tonight before Shanghai. But I had to get going because I had promised my Senora that I'd be home for lunch .. which is later in Spain that in the US by far. It was the fastest trip home I've ever had.. just about 30 minutes.. I timed all of the trains perfectly and moved at a very brisk pase..
Later that night Sean, Michi, Jack, and I went to see our first Spanish play and luckily it was La Casa de Bernalda Alba.. a play that I had already read in HS... otherwise I would not have understood very much about what was going on at all. It was a bit difficult to understand what they were saying but the acting was great and the whole experience was awesome. Definitely felt sophisticated in that crowd.. but just past 10 it was over and our night had yet to really begin. We took the Metro to Sol to meet up at some restaurant with some other friends but after we found the place after awhile it turned out that it couldnt fit our big crowd and everything was shades of gray in there because of all the smoke.. I must have smoke a pack just standing there waiting to be helped. So we went across the street and got some paella.. so good.. Just Sean, Michi, Jack and I ate but there were 15 of us at the table and we got a bunch of drinks.. I had already went to the grocery store and picked up 2 bottles of Sangria... for next to nothing and had been carrying them around with me all that night so I decided to save some money and just drink from those.. I'm sure I looked like the token alcoholic of there group pouring drinks under the table.. but it was definitely worth it and by the end of dinner and before we made it to club Shangai we had finished both bottles (3 Liters) and were ready to dance...
Shanghai was so much fun and I had already had my ticket and 2 free drinks which I had bought at school at a discount at the ESN office so I didnt have to wait to get in, but I waited for a while anyways until I had to go to the bathroom that is.. The club was packed and we got there around 1:30am There was a small metal jail cell on one end of the club into which I was thrown at one point early in the night... with another guy and a male police officer.. it was very uncomfortable and not my choice at all.. very awkward. Luckily I knew the other guy in there I guess so I felt slightly more comfortable.. The police officer made me pat him down and almost forced me to go to second base... but I was not about to have that.. it was an experience to say the least. There were 2 cops.. one female and one male and they had people in and out throughout most of the night. My friend Kasia was next in there and she was given a thorough pat down but the fake policeman and I had to force him to stop early because it was getting a little far and she is .... married... But after that we just danced throughout the night and enjoyed the great music. I ended up leaving a bit early at 4:15 or so and walked back to my place which was about 30 minutes away walking but I DID make it there.. every time I walk I figure I get to know the city better and it definitely sobered me up a bit..