Adventures Abroad: Episode #1 (504 hits)
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Submitted by worm (View user info) at 2005-04-27 11:12:08 EDT
This past fall, I took a break from the drudgery of engineering courses to experience what most liberal arts students have for all four years: an easy workload, gorgeous female classmates, and more partying than you can shake a stick at.
Oh, and I was on the southeast coast of Spain.
I hope to make this a series. I guess I'll start with an intro/story, as this will serve as a great platform for those to follow. Enjoy:
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Episode#1: Arrival
So I manage to not shit my pants the first time I'm in a cab in Spain. Those motherfuckers are crazy. Every intersection is a roundabout with roughly 40 bajillion lights, and everyone understood how they worked but me. When the cabbie dropped me off at the hotel, I showed as much appreciation as my then broken Spanish could offer. He grabs the money, grumbles something about foreigners, and leaves.
My study-abroad program was meeting at the hotel to have orientation before we each got a host family to live with.
I met a lot of people that day.
Some had $1000/month apartments in Boston. Others had boyfriends with private jets. Still others were filled with the love of Jebus, and searched desperately for a church on our first day. All I could think was "Who the hell are these clowns?"
There was about a half hour where I felt like a Hindu at Burger King; sweat dripping down my shawl- I mean shirt- as I glanced nervously about the marbled lobby, wondering if coming to Spain was a mistake. I stomach slowly began to churn.
"Dude, you guys wanna get shitfaced in my (hotel) room tonight?" came a shot of baritone over the collective hum of aristocrats making alliances.
Bingo.
The voice that I had heard belonged to a business student from Kansas who from here on out will be known ass "Luke-Duke". He's the kind of guy who would buy you a beer, shake your hand, and laugh at all of your jokes while you doggy-style his mother. He would become my best friend for the entirety of the trip.
I shifted through the crowd and introduced myself to the circle he was in. My initial relief was reinforced as several people drifted in and out of this circle. After a couple hours had passed by, a small group of guys found themselves together, laughing their asses off at each other's quirks and stories.
There were six of us: Myself, Luke-Duke, Dirty, O.C., Mandingo, and Barkeep. We would soon be known as the "Party Group" amongst the rich kids and God-fearers. When we sat down for our program's dinner, it was the "Party Table". That's just how things. I got the impression that most of them looked down on us. I, for one, didn't give a shit.
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***Teaser****
Episode #2: The Isle of Drugged-Up Europeans
For the first few weeks, the weather was as gorgeous as the local (topless) women, so the six of us spent a lot of time at the beach staring at breasts and swimming in the Mediterranean. We were throwing around a soccer ball when I first heard the word "Ibiza".
"What the hell is Ibiza?" I asked Luke-Duke.
"It's fucking crazy." was the response I got. "You wanna go next weekend?"
"Yeah." The six of us sat there in the turquoise water for a second, rising and falling with the rolling waves. Something about their silence let me know that we would be alright. Something about the way they all looked around at each other, smiling like they just discovered their brother's porno stash, let me know that this weekend would be abso-fucking-lutley insane.
To be continued...
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Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2005-04-27 18:41:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Good..waiting for more
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-27 11:33:36 EDT (#)
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my name is emelio montoya, you killed my father. prepare to die.
Submitted by Jay_Bassman (user info) at 2005-04-27 11:32:52 EDT (#)
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I'm interested... would like to see where this goes. Keep it up!
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2005-04-27 11:21:31 EDT (#)
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kick the next one up a few notches. It's Uber. lying is okay!
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-04-27 11:18:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am liking this a lot already.
Spain rocks.
-Dave