XV Feria de Naciones

I just got back from Gibraltar, but first I want to tell you about this really cool thing that I went to last night: La Feria de Naciones. It had started a month ago, but last night was the first night I made it out to Prado de San Sebastion to actually go see it (good thing, because it ends in a week). I went with Josh, Brenna, Christina, and Alisa. What the feria consists of is a ton of stands from a variety of different countries--sellling food, crafts, and of course, drinks.

When we arrived, there was a concert going on. It looked like a local band, well known judging by the screaming and signs. The guys were all probably around 16 or so, and what was interesting to me was that they sung in English. Josh and I grabbed crepes and a beer from the French stand. I had a strawberry crepe. It was great. Then he got a sausage and wine from the Argentina booth, and we also had caparinhas from Brazil. Around this time, a group of dancers came on stage, dancing to "salsa-ton." i.e. crazy Latin line-dancing. It was hysterical. They had this one dance called "Azucar"...which involved energetic thrusting to "Aaaaaa-ZUCAR!" (lean down during "aaaaa," thrust during "zucar."

Aaaaa-ZUCAR!

Then there were other local dance groups that were really good. They were all teenagers, and they all had various styles of dance that were pretty cool.

Ready to Rock Out

We had originally planned to make it an early night, but changed our minds. We had a couple more drinks and toured the shops for a while before heading to Plaza de Alfalfa, which is just a long street of bars near the centro.It was a good time, we ran into a lot of other CEA people. It was really crowded though--people were spilling into the street from the bars. Then we walked home in time to pass out before Gibraltar in the morning!