Around 9 o'clock we started with a beer at home...but no not a normal beer.. a huge pint of australian Fosters. It tasted pretty oke, was alittle different to the beers at home in holland. I had a good chat with Jan, and he told me that he hadnt been out much in NewCastle either so he wasnt exactly sure where to go. But I didnt mind, I said thats all part of the adventure!
At around 10 we made our way to the local metro to grab a quick lift into the city centre. Its a real short trip, about 1-2 mins. Once we were there they phoned their friend and she said we just had to make a right and then a left and then we would be at the bar...but.... we couldnt find it. While we were standing outside I noticed we were standing at a place called Lloyd's bar! This is about the 4th time Ive seen a building with my name on it. Im gonna start collecting picatures of all the different things with my name on it here, because its quite common.
While we were standing there... outside in about -2*C, I noticed how little the girls here in NewCastle were wearing. I just couldnt believe it but all the girls here were in short skirts/dresses, high hills and no jackets! And some of them were already drunk out of their mind and it was only 10 o'clock! Walking all wobbely on their high hills, falling all over the place.
Anyway after awhile Jan and Lucy's friend (Rachel) came to get us cause we just couldnt find the place. It ended up being about 2 blocks further. Inside we got a couple bottles of beers and went to the back of the bar where Rachel and her friends were sitting(3 girls and a guy). I introduced myself and then sat next to Jan and Lucy.. but the music was so loud in there that I couldnt really talk to anyone on the other side of the table so.. I just chatted with Jan and Lucy some more, we talked about how weird it was that there was a huge group of girls going crazy and then there were a couple of guys sitting at the next table not even looking/talking/mixing with them.
The beer that I got there tasted terrible... I think they made it with sewage water or something. But once I finished it I really needed to pee. I went to the toilet and when I got there it was empty except for 1 cubicle that was closed. I took a wiz and then turned around to go wash my hands.. and as I was doing that the door of the cubicle opend and some guy dashed out behind me and went straight out the door and then a few seconds later another guy walks out and comes and washes his hands next to me. O_O I put 1+1 together... and got the hell outta there!
When I got upstairs I told Jan about it.. and then we started to notice things around us. The girls were all together.. and the guys were all together... could this be...a.. gaybar!!
We decided to make our way out after our next drink.. which was thankfully a Heineken.. or so I thought. I dunno what they do to their beer here but even the Heineken didnt taste the same...I wonder if they mix their water with it or something... because the water doesnt taste that great either.
We made our way to the next bar which was... Lloyds Bar! It was quite a nice place.. it had 2 floors.. up stairs was quite mellow, a good place to sit at a table and drink with your friends. But we headed back downstairs to the loud music and crazy dancing people. NewCastle is apparently famous for bachelor parties, I saw quite a few groups of people dressed in the same clothing. For example a whole group of girls were dresses in red and white striped clothing from "Where is Wally", and a few of them even had big round glasses.
The guy friend of Rachel was standing next to me, just drinking his beer. But after awhile Rachel started tempting him to dance...and oh how I wish she didnt..but she unleashed freaking Bruce Lee!!! This guy did the funniest moves.. I had to try so hard not to laugh. He was waving his hands all over the place. Kinda reminded me of this...but without the leg movement and turning hehe.
We danced, drunk and had a good time till about 1 o'clock.. when the lights suddenly came on and we got told to get out.. Wasnt quite what I was expecting for a place called Lloyd's Bar.. but o well.. Off we were to the next pub.
We followed Jan and Lucy's friend Rachel to Cozy Joe's I think it was called. Another pub with 2 floors.. downstairs was a big party area and bar.. and upstairs there was a smaller party area with karaoke and then there was this long hallway with doors, which apparantly all have their own small party area behind them which you can rent to party with your friends, sounds pretty fun to me. After listening to some reallllyyy drunk blond chicks and a not so bad italian guy we went down stairs. The music was alot better there so we ordered a couple more drinks and danced. After awhile Jan and Lucy wanted to go for a smoke.. and I wanted alittle rest from the loud music so I followed them to what I thought was outside.. but the bar had kind of built abit into the alleyway next to it, there were shelves on the walls for your drinks and heater lights that you could turn on if you were cold.
While I was standing there some random guy started talking to me, he was very kind but I could hardly understand a thing he said because of his heavy geordy(not sure how you spell it) accent. I then told im that I was from holland and asked if he could speak abit slower so I could understand him. I then introduced him to Jan and Lucy and we all chatted abit. Then some super drunk lady showed up and started asking us how old we thought she was. And to be nice we made some really low guesses, which made her even more happy. Then she told us she was so happy cause the guys at the door asked her for her ID and she was 31! So I can understand why she was so glad. She then started telling us about her 11 year old son and then next thing she tells us that the guy next to us was her boyfriend. So we all had a good laugh together.
Shortly after they left the italian singer from upstairs showed up next to me. He also started talking to me asking me how I was and where I was from. I then complimented him on his singing upstairs cause it was way better then all the others that tried. He was a really funny guy and told us how he was born in Italy and that his grand father had a beautiful name "Giovanni Valentino". I told him I was born in South Africa and now lived in Holland. Then suddenly a girl came up to us and asked who was from South Africa, I told her it was me and then she immidiately started talkin in Afrikaans to me. I laughed and said I couldnt speak it but I could understand everything she was saying (mostly because its alot like Dutch).
We finally went back inside, there we danced and laughed. Around 2:50 the DJ started shouting that it was the final round at the bar because after 3:00 they werent aloud to serve. 3 o'clock came and went...they stopped serving drinks but the club didnt close. The DJ said once everyone stops singing along with the songs he stops playing music, which is quite a cool way to close a club I think. Things kept on going back at around 3:30 Jan, Lucy and I decided to make our way home.
We dont live that far away from the city center so we walked home.
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