We landed at Terminal 1 and were told we needed to pick up luggage and do customs and immigration at terminal 2. We must have walked 2 miles from one end to the other. Whew was a long stretch, but the paperwork at customs was nominal, and we got stamps in our passports. This isContinue reading “Impressions of Panama City”
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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”
And now Happy Holidays
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,”
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…”
Its been a week…
It’s been a week since we arrived in Turkey. 10 hours from Buenos Aires to Miami and then 10 more hours to Istanbul, and then on to Antalya in 1.5 hours. So glad we flew over a few days, as sitting on a plane makes my body crazy. Plus no matter how many homeopathic sleepingContinue reading “Its been a week…”
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 !!!”
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…”