What a weekend!!!!

Aghhh....its 4am and I just returned home from the second night of my first weekend in AD. Wow. What a crazy two days. Lets see.....

Thursday night (my Friday night) we ended up at the Yacht Club at the Intercontinental (yes..in AD you basically go hang out at hotels since thats the only place they can sell liquor). Had a great time sitting out by the water/boats drinking vodka until they closed....then went back to our hotel and continued drinking until 5am or so. I had to check out this morning so I woke up exhausted and feeling worse (this being sick on my first week here BLOWS!).

Anyhow...got all packed up and then hit the mall with Oliver for a real local treat, a Subway sandwich, ha. The food court is full of American places (Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Coldstone Creamery, Popeyes, etc). After walking around for a bit we went back to the hotels Beach Club which was SWEET!!! If you aren't staying at the hotel you have to pay like $60 a day but since I had just checked out they let us go for free for the day. They have pools, a beach, tennis courts, gym, squash, pool bar, etc etc etc. We sat outside enjoying the sunshine and a pina colada for me. Its crazy because its so hot..but its great heat..the kind where you dont even sweat..love it! I wished I had had my bathing suit on for a dip in the pool but it was packed away. We might go back tomorrow for a full day.

So around 4pm it was time to move me in to my permanent home (another hotel). It was so nice to finally unpack all my suitcases and organize my life a little. Then I hit the gym even though I felt like death and just wanted to sleep (hadn't worked out since last Saturday and was feeling gross). The gym here is nice and there is a pool/hot tub on the rooftop as well so I will be taking full advantage of that! Then I did some work and got ready for another night out.

I met Oliver at the Le Meridien (which conveniently is a block from my hotel...although that walk in a dress may have been one of the most uncomfortable ones of my life so far...not that it was at all scary or I felt unsafe....just very awkward to be one of the only females out and being gawked at from everyone...thankfully I was on my blackberry so I didn't have to look at anyone!!!). So we went to an Irish pub first..they had live music which was actually quite good but the crowd was egh and it was 95% males (like most places here) and Oliver wasn't feeling it. So we went to the lobby and asked if there were any other good spots...he told us go to Illusions on the 4th floor......and thats where the fun started. We walked in...very nice place, great music and a decent mix of men/women.....except for one thing....every single female other than myself....was a hooker! I'm serious....every single one. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. Of course they all thought I was a hooker too because clearly no normal females go to this place. I thought it was hysterical and definately wanted to stay. We watched men skip from woman to woman....one guy in particular getting turned down left and right. HA! Thats right ladies...be picky. I only got propositioned once.....Oliver turned his back for a second and BAM....there was a guy. So I told him right away that unfortunately, I was not a hooker and he goes....well suppose you were.....ummmm..how bout no....I'm not. But no...lets pretend you are..how much would you charge. So I go....20 grand....and he goes..thats way too much....umm yeah..thats the point...cuz I'm not a hooker!!!! I said there are plenty of willing participants in this club..just not me. So anyway....eventually the place go really crowded and ppl actually hit the dance floor and it turned out to be a great night. Girls (ie: hookers) were belly dancing, guys were dancing to songs I've never heard before...was great to watch.

I'm home now....another late night and my throat is on fire (you can smoke everywhere here so thats something I'm going to have to get used to). I promise to post pics tomorrow (except none from tonight cuz I took one and got in trouble). Good night all!