This Sunday pretty much began like last Sunday. Yay for yoga! I made a couple friends from my yoga class. They are two women who happen to teach two of my favorite subjects: English and History! I can't wait to learn more about Cuban history and to improve my Spanish while helping the English teacher expand her vocabulary. Before I copy and past last week's post, I'll quickly give you a run down of the most interesting things did this week:
Jueves (Thursday)
A celebration for the closing of the university games at La Universidad de Habana was from 4-9pm but of course I ended up not going. I did my own thing instead and went to go check out a concert at El Centro Vasco--this fancy shmancy hotel/bar/restaurant. All by my lonesome, I tracked down the place where it was being held. I arrived there around 8:45 and the flyer I had with me said that the concert was supposed to be at 9pm but of course it didn't actually start until like 10:30. The wait was sooooo worth it. Vale la pena completely! This really sweet woman invited me to join her table so I did. Little did I know that she was one of the lead singers of Sintesis, the band that was playing. The music they make is a mixture of Jazz, AfroCuban music, and rock primarily. I had so much fun dancing and speaking with a bunch of strangers and I will definitely be heading back there sometime soon! Here's a link to more info about them: http://www.afrocubaweb.com/sintesis.htm
And some pics!
The woman with the brighly colored skirt and the locs is the mother of the young woman wearing the gray tank top. I spoke with Eme, the one wearing the gray tank top for a while in English. She attended university to study music and has been singing and playing for her whole life. I also spoke to her husband, a Spaniard for a good amount of time in Spanish. He told me that I should tell people that I'm from Ghana (where I was born) instead of the US because that would be a lot more interesting. I'll be doing that more often. Viernes (Friday)
I finished my first book in Spanish!! Yay for me! Its a novela titled Y si muero mañana by Its about 160 pages and I had to read it in two sittings since I can't take any books out from the University of Habana's main library. So I spent about 15-20 hours for the two days I went to the library. But it was worth it. I really enjoyed reading it and now I can take my quiz tomorrow without freaking out. My Cuban Lit class is the only one of my four classes that is giving me trouble. I don't have a full syllabus to work with and the professor isn't very helpful. :/ Sabado (Saturday)
I went to the national ballet thinking that I was going to see Don Quijote. The performance wasn't Don Quijote but a series of about 5 smaller ballet performances and a longer piece (about 25 minutes) titled the Magic Flute about a young man who loves a young woman but her family won't accept their union because she is betrothed to a wealthy Marquis. To get the girl, the young man meets Oberon, the forest god and receives a magic flute which forces people to dance when it's played. Although there was no dialogue, the dancers moved so beautifully and communicated with their bodies. It was so lovely!
Wow that looks like so much fun!!! It's awesome that you can interact with random people like that. And how's having conversations in spanish? is it difficult at all?
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