La Despedida de Kevin (Farewell Party)

Im super exhausted after this past weekend, becasue there was so much partying going on. Friday was the finca, Saturday was the Nacional championship and Sunday was Kevin´s goodbye party. A farewell party in Spanish is "Una Despedida"... so that´s what we had at Kevin´s house in Poblado. It was definitely bittersweet, becasue Kevin is hilarious and a super fun guy to be around, so we were all really sad to see him go. BUT we had a great night, so it was a great send off for him.

The despedida was filled with food, alcohol, great food, even better people, and a ton of laughter. We started the party with some chorizo sausage ontop of toasted french bread and a bruchetta type topping (it was delicious). After a while, Kevin suggested I teach everyone how to play flipcup. Since I am a proud Laurier grad, I was happy to share the amazing game that is flip cup with everyone :) Since we had people from 12 different countries at the party, we decided to have a World Cup Flip Cup tournmanet complete with elimination rounds (or as we call it at Laurier... Knights of the Round Table). Since the majority of people at the party were Spanish speakers I explained how to play in Spanish, and then clarified for the people who are just starting to learn.



After several rounds of flip later, consisting of different countries everytime, we had our final round. Which consisted of the following people:


Which represented.... Canada, Peru, Colombia, and India. The final winner ended up being me (thank godness... i would have been super embarrassed to lose at my own game), making Canada and Laurier proud!


After the tournament the rest of the night was spent talking with everyone, hanging out and just enjoying everyone´s company. Later on the in the night (After it stopped raining) we headed to the top of Kevin´s building to check out the spectacular views of Medellín.


At the very end of the night (or very early morning) we all said our goodbyes to Kevin, which was a bit sad. It´s been great getting to know him and hanging out with them in Medellín. We´ll miss you Kevin !