Bailamos Salsa!!

I had SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN last night! Yup, that is right, enough to warrant capital letters. There was this stake activity yesterday which was this to celebrate Mexico. I swear the month of September is one big party celebrating Mexico's independence. I love it. So, I bussed down on my own which was quite the adventure but I made it. And seriously!! Who puts a GIANT stinky cow farm in the middle of a city of over 4 million people?!? Seriously!

So, I got there late and so I only got to see the end but basically what it was was a night of traditional dances and traditional food. So, each Stake was assigned a part of Mexico to represent and they put together a traditional dance with the outfits and everything from that area and then they put together an meal from there as well. It was sooooo fun to watch! And eat! Hahaha!

After that, we went out for Italian food with a couple of Moni's friends and then we went out DANCING! Now, I always worry when I go out dancing in these Latin-American countries. Latino boys are a lot more forward then Canadian boys and being white can sometimes make you a target. Plus, you go into the bars and whoosh there goes the Spirit and you are left to fend them off on your own. But, we were going with a group of about 15 members or so and it was a Salsa club, not a Reggaeton club, so I thought it would be alright and man was I right! SOO SOOO SOOOO much fun! We got there and after about a song this guy, Alejandro (or Fernando..... I am terrible with names in English. It is worse in Spanish. And it was loud in my defence!) asked me to dance. And then I spent the rest of the night dancing with this guy. It was a blast. I have been out Salsa dancing once or twice before but never with anyone who really knew what they were doing. And it is soooo much more fun and way simpler if you have a guy who knows how to lead! By the end I could barely catch my breath but it was so awesome! Seriously! We decided by the end of the night that I was good enough to pass for a Cuban! Hahaha! I don't know why he picked Cuban, but whatever. It was fun.

We danced until about 2:30 in the morning until the live band was finished for the night and the club was closing down. It was so much fun. Seriously. I know I have said that a lot but I had a complete blast. At the end of the night my roommate turned to me and said, I didn't know you could dance! Man, what a compliment that was!! Hahaha! I mean, I stumble around like a white girl, I know that, but she said I didn't look that terrible either! Woot! Afterwards it took us like an hour and a half to drive around and get dropped off and so we had a sing-a-long dance party in the car that was PACKED with people. Such a blast. Hahaha!

Yay for a night of awesome Mexican fun!