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”
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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?”
Oh no!!! WTF…I said,
Really I have 2 fractures in my foot and can’t dance for a minimum of 2 months. This was the news my foot doc gave me, a week before leaving Istanbul for the US. That statement changed my perspective quite bit. I am used to being an active person moving, walking daily up to 4Continue reading “Oh no!!! WTF…I said,”
Late August
Its late August. Where did the time go? A moment ago it was June. As we prepare to travel to the the USA for a month or so, my thoughts focus on the experiences of living and dancing in Istanbul. Primarily, this city is a dichotomy of new and old creating a force field ofContinue reading “Late August”
Istanbul stories
We’ve been here two months and continue our discovery of all the milongas in the city while exploring the food and nightlife that exist here. We love Tango. We live Tango. We love Tango. We live Tango. But sometimes a change is really good for the hips and heart. [Think tango and then blues fusion]Continue reading “Istanbul stories”
Istanbul continued…
This city is so embedded with ruins and history everywhere you go. This city is huge 1539 square kilometers (594 square miles) And it’s history has over 2000 years going back to the Greeks, Romans, and the Ottomans before becoming the city known as Istanbul. For many years this city was previously known as ConstantinopleContinue reading “Istanbul continued…”
Bye Bye Buenos Aires
Laying in my bed 2 days before, we fly off for a 6 month adventure, am thinking how exciting. After 2 plus years of living in Buenos Aires, I will leave my temporary home on Montevideo in Recoletta for the great unknown and uneasy feeling of travel. Yes unknown and uneasy. To wake up in aContinue reading “Bye Bye Buenos Aires”
Hola, queridos !!!
Hello, My Dear Readers(thanks to Bridgerton, yes this show on Netflix is binge worthy -2 seasons) So sorry for not writing sooner, but unfortunately was not able to as I have been sick for the last month. First Omnicron though I tested negative, that turned into a flu with chills and fever which then became aContinue reading “Hola, queridos !!!”
Fevero 2022, Buenos Aires
Dancing in Buenos Aires continues to expand as I recently counted 24 Milongas on Hoy Milonga today. They are all over the city from Palermo to Recoleta, San Telmo to San Nicholas, Villa Crespo to Flores. I live in Barrio Norte and like to take the bus to my Milongas (the fare is 20 peso)Continue reading “Fevero 2022, Buenos Aires”
Thoughts on the new year, so far…
Now at the end of January after a week of 90 plus degree heat and then another week of continual rain, the days are cooler. Still in the evening the humidity returns and air conditioning is a must to get to sleep. In my personal life what a crazy couple of weeks it has been!!!AContinue reading “Thoughts on the new year, so far…”