Nights Out in Haifa

I have been here for almost a month, and I finally made it off the Kibbutz and into the city this weekend! Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan is sort of in the middle of nowhere. It is a 25 minute walk to the nearest town/bus (Kiryat Ata), although you can often hitchhike with the people from the kibbutz. From there you have to take another bus to the closest city, Haifa. The public transportation system is pretty sweet, it runs often and cheaply. Unfortunately, this is Israel, so it comepletly shuts down on Friday night and Saturday for Shabbat. That leaves cabs for all weekend transportation needs.
There is a pub on the kibbutz that is fun, but very small. It has been fine until now, but this weekend we were all really dying to get off the kibbutz and see some real Israeli nightlife. Thursday night me, Ezra and Jacki decided spontaneously to go to a club in Haifa at midnight. That is actually fine planning time, since clubs and bars don't really get going here until 1:30/2. We went dancing at Luna, which was having a trance/house music night. It was a great crowd, and we left at 4 exhausted and thrilled. We went back to Luna Friday night, with more planning and more people. 8 of us went, it was great but a totally different scene from the night before. It was Soldier night, so all the 18-20 year olds who were off for the weekend were there, and the musis was all hip hop. It was still really fun and I don't think I stopped moving for about 4 hours. The bartender remembered me from the night before and gave me a couple of free drinks throughout the night, which was sweet because I am not currently making any money (not that I can complain, since technically cabs and drinks are the only things I have to pay for in this country). Anyway, now it is Saturday and my turn on the schedule to make breakfast and dinner for us (the ulpanists). I am avoiding my homework with this blog, so I will go get on that. Wish me the best for dinner...hopefully it will turn out ok. :)