Weekend in Girardota!

This past weekend I headed to Girardota, which is about 45 min outside of Medellín, and is somewhat of a small town. I went with a bunch of AIESEC people for their induction weekend for the new members of AIESEC EAFIT. There were 3 other trainees who went as well, one from Guatemala, Australia and Czech Republic. We stayed in a hotel like place, where we had full range of the place. They had a pool, playground, soccer pitch, and conference rooms.

The weekend consisted of various sessions for new members to learn about how AIESEC works in general, and specifically within Colombia. They also had some training sessions, ice breaking games etc. I spent most of the weekend with the trainees, as we were there just to relax and participate in a couple sessions by sharing our AIESEC experiences.

On Friday night we left EAFIT around 8pm, we all took a really nice coach bus up to Giradota. Once we got there we had a special presentation from a guest speaker about confidence in leadership and public speaking. (ps. the entire weekend's sessions were all in Spanish). It was interesting to hear him speak, and he did some fun activities. Then after the speaker, we had a really fun party for all the regular members of AIESEC EAFIT, since the new members didnt arrive until Saturday.

I taught some of the Aiesecers how to play Flip Cup - which for those of you dont know is THE drinking game of choice at Laurier. They all caught on pretty quickly, and we had a lot of fun playing that. I also learned a new game called Flip Pong, which is like beer pong and flip cup combined. This past weekend I was introduced to something called Aquardiente or Guaro... which is a Colombian liquor that tastes like a mix between Sambucca and vodka (its a clear liquid). Its quite strong, and doesnt really taste good, but its really cheap and typical of Colombia - so of course I wanted to try it.

We had music blasting all night, which consisted of mostly reggaeton, but also some salsa, and merengue. One thing that I love about Colombians, and especially Colombian guys is that they love to dance! Also... Colombians, are amazing salsa dancers... omg. Whenever a salsa song would come on, I would just stare in awe and watch everyone else dance.

On Saturday we all welcomed the new members of AIESEC EAFIT to Giradota. Things got really fun in the night, when we had yet another party. More dancing, drinking, and just enjoying each other's company. At one point in the night, people started throwing each other in the pool... with their clothes on. It was hilarious, and one by one people made it into the pool, whether they wanted to be in it or not. Both nights parties went WELL into the night/early morning. On Friday night I didnt make it to bed until 5am, and on Saturday night/Sunday morning I went to bed around 630am. In total I got about 4.5 hrs of sleep the whole weekend. Good times. :)

On Sunday we had a more lazy day, as everyone was pretty tired from the previous nights' festivities. It was a beautiful day, so Kevin and I decided to lay by the pool and soak up some sun. We would like to think that we started the trend of hanging by the pool, because after the sessions were over, all 120 people came and hung out by the pool area, whether it was around it, in it, or on the field playing soccer. I played a game of water basketball with a bunch of guys, and was the only girl to play - I even scored a goal :). After hanging by the water for a while, and participating in the closing ceremonies we all headed back to Medellín. It was a great weekend, I met alot of new people, and had a lot of fun in Giradota.