Celebrate Munich
On Sunday night, after returning from our Chiemsee trip everyone was beginning to feel somewhat sad as we were starting the last week of school in July and with that the last week in Munich for a part of our group. So we promised to make it a point to have a celebration every night during this last week: celebrate the fact we had met each other and had gotten to know such a group of fun people, celebrate the good times we shared at school, during our trips and the going out at nights, celebrate our plans of meeting somewhere in the future, and celebrate our own personal experiences in the last month. Simply celebrate MUNICH!
The first celebration took place on Sunday night. The place: Buena Vista, a small Cuban beer garten/club close to Marienplatz. I know what you are thinking. Out of all places in Munich how did I manage to go to a Cuban place? Our Brazilian friends, who know all the party places in Munich, had been there before and recommended it. And then our Russian classmates wanted to go to a Latin place because they wanted to dance to some salsa and merengue. The place was rather nice and low key: perfect for a Sunday night. If I had to compare it to something I would say that it is like the Senor Frogs on the Grove. A couple of tables set outside, some more dinner tables in the inside which are later on removed to create space for an improvised dance floor, and a rather long bar. I wasn’t feeling too good so I decided not to have a beer or any other alcoholic drink for that matter and told everyone I would stay there only for a little bit But as soon as I started dancing to the first song from Juan Luis Guerra and 440 the “not-feeling-so-good feeling” went away. But like Cinderella I had to run out of the place just past midnight in order to catch the last subway home since I didn’t want to be stranded once again in the middle of Munich trying to get home and then having to catch a cab (on Sundays and weekdays the subway does not run until 2AM unlike the weekends).
The first celebration took place on Sunday night. The place: Buena Vista, a small Cuban beer garten/club close to Marienplatz. I know what you are thinking. Out of all places in Munich how did I manage to go to a Cuban place? Our Brazilian friends, who know all the party places in Munich, had been there before and recommended it. And then our Russian classmates wanted to go to a Latin place because they wanted to dance to some salsa and merengue. The place was rather nice and low key: perfect for a Sunday night. If I had to compare it to something I would say that it is like the Senor Frogs on the Grove. A couple of tables set outside, some more dinner tables in the inside which are later on removed to create space for an improvised dance floor, and a rather long bar. I wasn’t feeling too good so I decided not to have a beer or any other alcoholic drink for that matter and told everyone I would stay there only for a little bit But as soon as I started dancing to the first song from Juan Luis Guerra and 440 the “not-feeling-so-good feeling” went away. But like Cinderella I had to run out of the place just past midnight in order to catch the last subway home since I didn’t want to be stranded once again in the middle of Munich trying to get home and then having to catch a cab (on Sundays and weekdays the subway does not run until 2AM unlike the weekends).
Buena Vista
And the week continued more or less in the same way. We went back to Buena Vista on Monday night to say goodbye to Emma (she was flying back home to London on Tuesday morning). A very nice and hip Mexican “beach” bar called Sausalitos and a beer hall on Wednesday night to say goodbye to Andrea (he was flying back home to Sardinia, Italy on Thursday afternoon). The Irish pub with a live band on Thursday night (no one was leaving on Friday but…why not??). And last but not least a big party at a restaurant/bar on Friday night to say goodbye to all the ones who were leaving on Saturday/Sunday and where we once again danced to some music from Shakira and Juanes. No matter where we go in Munich and the type of music they play there is a big probability that you will listen to Shakira’s “Hips don’t lie” and Juanes’ “La camisa negra” which of course makes me feel very proud.
Eliana, Adriana & Humberto - The 3 Colombians dancing to "La Camisa Negra"
The rest of the weekend I spent it quietly (trying to recuperate from the whole week) just sharing some last “quality time” with Humberto and Marina: the last 2 from the group of people who were leaving Munich in July. We walked around the city center, made lots of pictures, had some pizza, laid down on the grass on a small but very nice park next to Marienplatz, listened to some music, ate gummy bears and revived one last time all the stories from the last month. On Sunday, Eliana and I (Eliana is a girl from Bogota who is staying here almost 3 years getting a master’s degree in mathematics) went to the central station to say good bye to both of them. It was sad: they didn’t want to leave and we were sure we were going to miss them a lot!!! Fortunately I’m still left here with a group of people who are staying in Munich more or less the same time I am or even more.
Chilling out on a park near Marienplatz
The last week in July was also my last week of school (for now) as I am not going to class this month. I plan to do some side trips and also take some time off (you are probably saying… time off?? From what??? Que descarada!!. But this week that I have been off I’ve realized I haven taken any time to truly relax. It’s been nonstop from my last weeks at work and finalizing everything for the trip. And even tough the first 3 weeks in Europe were dedicated to vacationing with Karina and Marelys, this type of vacation where you visit 3 cities in one day and take buses, trains, planes and boats all on the same day, can be pretty exhausting. I came back from vacation on June 3rd , started school on June 4th , and went to school everyday until July 27th. It has been an awesome 2 months and the time has gone by way too fast. So it is now time for me to stop, take a step back, relax, chill and enjoy!!
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