Dancing Guiris

My sincerest apologies for not updating the blog in about three weeks… but oh has it been a very busy, productive, fun-filled, and wild three weeks. Aside from my now super jam packed work schedule, there was no shortage of fun and fiesta between the long Halloween weekend and the despedida of our dear friend Gillie, who went back to Chicago this morning.

Finally, I’m back and with a special treat that I hope is well worth the lack in blogging.  But first, the silliness you are about to see deserves an explanation of how it came to be...  

 

I’m sure you’ve seen some version of the viral music video that has taken over the world, PSY from Korea’s infamous GANGNAM STYLE. In case you have been completely absent from recent pop culture, I advise you to view this video before continuing:

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE

Anyways, the gente esta muy loca for this video every time we go out, so Gillie, Emily, and I decided one rainy afternoon to watch the video and learn how to do the gangnam style dance so we could join in and bust a move when it comes on next night out. Our boredom from the rainy, depressing weather prompted us to put on some fun clothes and makeup and record ourselves in Emily’s living room so we could see how ridiculous we looked dancing. This soon inspired us to film ourselves gangnam styling out and about in Cadiz… which quickly escalated to basically remaking the entire video… first by ourselves, then with the help of Leah as our camera girl, and then with a whole crew of friends getting into it. We took our tonterías to the streets, a parking garage, the boardwalk, a dance club at 9pm on a Sunday, the Cathedral steps, the port, the train, the town hall plaza… Over the course of two late afternoons of filming, a few beers, 5 pizzas, and 6 straight hours of editing, we have a final product. For us, it is epic.

The process has made some of my greatest memories in Spain yet… running around my favorite little city, dressed like a fool, dancing and laughing with great friends (one girl actually peed her pants a little) and causing a scene everywhere we go. Some people may think we have poca verguenza (little shame)… but most people we encountered in our adventure absolutely loved it. They stopped to watch and laugh and ask questions and take pictures... at one point we even got a random group of Spaniards at the Cathedral to jump in as extras! (See 4:14 of our video.)

We love Cadiz. We love everything gaditano. But sometimes, it’s just good to be a guiri. (Guiri is what Spaniards call us foreigners.) There’s a common saying in gaditano slang that goes, “lo siento, pisha, pero no to er mundo pué ser de cai” which basically means, “sorry, dick, not everyone can be from Cadiz” …hence the quote at the end of the video which reads, “lo siento, pisha, pero no to er mundo pué ser guiri.”

Well, that’s all I have to say about that. I leave you with the final product for your viewing pleasure.... no judgment please.

PS Viewer discretion advised for the little ones’ eyes.

PPS  Sorry mom and dad.

Click here for fun! --> GUIRI GANGNAM STYLE