INAUGURATION

While everyone in the States was watching Obama take the presidential oath to be sworn into office, we were sitting at the JMU office trying to hear his first speech as president. We caught bits and pieces through the Spanish dubbing, but every time Obama started to stay some it was translated into some high speed Spanish translation that was incomprehensible. Our Madre asked us about Obama at siesta the other day. She asked if he was rich and where he got all his money. She said that all the Spanish presidents are very, very rich and have tons of mansions all over Europe. I told her that our presidents are wealthy, but they get their money for their campaigns from contributions through individuals or corporations. She understood this, so I felt really good about my Spanish. Then she said Obama will have a lot of work to do because the economy is in trouble. To celebrate the inauguration everyone met that night at the Plaza. We went to a bar that had a large screen TV playing the clips from D.C. There were a lot of Spanish guys here, so we got to test our skills. I was chatting with one guy about the horrible incident that happened to Sarah and I at the café. He laughed at my silly americaness, and then told I could go back to the café as long as I order a drink. I felt so relieved after hearing this! I tried a new drink at this bar. It was a mix of coke and wine and they call in colimocha. It was pretty good!! Towards the end of the night the Spanish guys were getting really creepo. They started taking off their shirts. Several of them got up on the bar and danced around. It seemed like the bar was turning into a strip club. I left the bar shortly after and made my way back through the plaza and to my apartment.