Writing down the address, we went on the subway to Queens, and entered a random cab. The driver seemed confused, I had obviously written the address wrong. But at least he managed to get us off on the right street. We got some directions, and saw a sign for La Oveja Negra on 4th floor, but no indication on how to get in. And the street was so quiet, it really did not seem like a party was going on.

A guy walked past, and he showed us the way to an elevator in a health club. Opening the elevator door, we were greeted with loud hip-hop music, and about a hundred people hanging out and breakdancing.

The event was Battle of the Boroughs, dance crews of 3 people would compete against each other, in a big circle of people in front of the DJ booth.

We saw some amazing moves in there, 5-feet head slides, jumping on one arm, spinning on the elbows. And I liked the contest between two guys about who could do the most freezes without their feet touching the floor. The winner managed 6 different 3-second freezes with only his hands touching the floor.

The dancers were incredibly skilled, and they were challenging each other to do different moves. There was an announcer as well, shouting comments at the performers. The performers were usually dancing alone, but once in a while a second guy from the same crew would enter the ring - the presenter shouted "Routine" as they did crazy stunts over each others bodies.

After the party ended around midnight, we ended up on the sidewalk outside the club, talking to some of the performers. We got directions to some local bars, even if we had trouble with the communication at times. We asked one girl where we could have a good time, and she looked at us weirdly, and gave us directions to some "whore places" a few blocks away. A few laughs later we were on our way to a local beer garden.

We got in there, and the place was huge! And the beer mugs were huge as well. We sat down next to the prettiest girls we could find, they were mostly from eastern Europe, Poland and Croatia. The Beer Garden was closing, so we went with the girls to a smaller bar, and got a couple more drinks in before everything finally closed at 4. 
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