My thoughts and emotions on leaving Europe are very mixed. What an adventure the last 5 months have been. Many kilometers on planes, trains, buses, cars, electric scooter, and ferries. It’s no small feat to remember leaving BsAs in late April. We have traveled to Spain, Turkey, Greece, France, Andorra, Jordan and back to Spain.Continue reading “Leaving…on a jet plane.”
Category Archives: dancing tango
This is Tango Camp!
Did you ever want to spend a week in France dancing and learning more Tango?
Tango in Petra, Jordan
What an amazing place that is Petra. The landscape strerches for miles filled with red rock formations. Some are very rounded forms that were pounded into softer shapes by the mileninial forces of geology and the wind. There are very few places with sharp peaks, but occasionally a few pyramid shaped rock mountains. The elevationContinue reading “Tango in Petra, Jordan”
Bye bye, Istanbul Again.
After living in Turkey for the past three months, it is time to depart. We have danced Tango in Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya, Ankara, and Samsun. We have traveled as far south as Antalya and as far east as Trapzon. West to Gelibuli. We have traveled by car, bus and plane. In Turkey, it’s so easyContinue reading “Bye bye, Istanbul Again.”
2023 New Zealand Tango Festival
Guest Essay: Jan Sheeley of Seattle A beautiful blend of learning and milongas. Thinking about taking an overseas tango adventure? Let me recommend an experience of a lifetime, the New Zealand Tango Festival. This mid-year festival is hosted by the city of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand on the southern tip of the northContinue reading “2023 New Zealand Tango Festival”
The Joy of Traveling
traveling in Turkey for tango and…
Madrid Toledo Tarragona Granada Barcelona Girona
Bon Dia. It’s been 25 days since we left Argentina on April 30th. We have traveled by plane, fast train, slow train, taxi, metro bus, tram, funicular and teleferico, but mostly on our feet. In walking, we have averaged close to 6 km a day. 12,000 steps. That means that in the past 25 days, weContinue reading “Madrid Toledo Tarragona Granada Barcelona Girona”
Leaving Again Version .2
After week of buying last minute things, packing, dancing and dining at our favorite restaurants with friends, we are off to Spain for the month. In saying Goodbyes to the city and friends, they will be missed, and I look forward to returning to this beautiful place I call home. This week was all aboutContinue reading “Leaving Again Version .2”
My friend, Eduardo Saucedo
Stories of friendship while living in Buenos Aires
Double Standards?
I have been following a couple of threads on social media that are on fire about the topic of charging foreigns a higher price admission to a Milonga than locals. My immediate response to this practice of pricing double standard is, huh? standard? Let’s see, this is my typical dance week. On Mondays, I usuallyContinue reading “Double Standards?”