Last night was fun. I played pool Carolyn, Danny, Jordan at this really fancy place called "Las Bellas Artes" where we have a membership through the program. The pool room was really old style with about 10 tables, and there were about 6 people there when we arrived. All the people there were older (except for a kid our age learning from an old man) and you could tell that they take the game very seriously. Had billiard gloves and everything. It took me a while to realize, but i finally noticed what was weird.. half of the tables, and the only ones being used, didn't have pockets! i was like.. errr.. what? they were playing with only 3 pool balls- a red and two white. I'm not sure what the rules of spanish pool are.. maybe i'll wikipedia it. --- ok, found it. here's the link if you're interested > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carom_billiards and i found this simple explination of the game from there:
The object of straight rail is simple: one point, called a "count", is scored each time a player's cue ball makes contact with both object balls (the second cue ball and the third ball) on a single stroke. A win is achieved by reaching an agreed upon number of counts.
neat!
Then we went to the "Cave Bar" which isn't actually it's name but what everyone knows it by. See if you can tell why from the pictures..
There most of the drinks are 10euros (15dollars) and VERY large. They put multiple straws in them so you can share with people. yumyum. Reider and Jim showed up later, and .. that was pretty much our night :) 
The other day, I met a girl in my apartment that seems really nice, so Carolyn, Danny, Reider and I are going to a party they're having tonight to celebrate a couple birthdays. . i don't know where we're going, but i'll let you know how it went!
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