Busy weekend!

This weekend I went to my first concert and first baseball game in Venezuela. One of my local friends took me to a concert with his brothers and some of their friends on Friday night. There were three bands... one kind of punk band (that did a cover of Avril Lavigne's Skater Boy.... it was unexpected and funny but they did a pretty good job, only a few words were a little off) and another that was a rock band. The last band was the main act and they were good! They remind me of other bands that I listen to, like a combo of Maroon 5, Guster, and Muse if you can imagine that haha! It was really fun. After the concert we went to a bar and hung out there for a few hours. It was nice because I haven't found too many bars to just sit and have a drink- most places are clubs with dancing and stuff like that. I prefer just to sit and talk so it was nice to have a night like that!

On Saturday I went to a baseball game with some other teachers from the school. The Zulia Aguilas (Eagles) are the team from Maracaibo. Earlier in the day my friend Marcie and her husband met one of the players in a store when they heard him speaking English. They started talking and he told them to come by the dugout during the game to say hello. So we had to convince three security checkpoints that we had to go to the fence down by the field so we could talk with our American friend, haha. My horrible Spanish skills must have been convincing enough that they let us through! So we talked with him for a little bit during the game and then security guards started surrounding all of us. The player was waving them away and said it was fine but they made us leave anyway. So we didn't get to talk for long but it was still interesting to meet another American so far away. He said that every Venezuelan team is allowed to have 7 US players on their team, which is possible since the baseball season here is just starting. So maybe we will meet them again!

This coming week is going to be Halloween madness at school. My classroom is all decorated and my seven room moms (yes, 7... they all want to help!) are coming on Friday to help me with the class party. There is also a carnival at the school at night with trick or treating so it's going to be a long and sugary week!