Recently, a few friends visited me in Buenos Aires. What fun!!! It was a great time to catch up on our lives, share our stories have a coffee especially in BsAs with all the marvelous cafes. First visitor was, Gabriela Condrea from Seattle, who is the leader and organizer behind Tango Stride and HugsthatEmpower.Org aContinue reading “Visiting friends”
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El Abrazo Tango Club celebrates
Updated April 3, 2024 While sitting comfortably at the kitchen table in the home of Zoraida Fontclara, I remembered how this meeting and subsequent conversations came to be. Ah yes. It’s really a simple answer. I wanted to know more about these two wonderful people who created El Abrazo Tango Club. At the time ofContinue reading “El Abrazo Tango Club celebrates”
And as time flies, so do we. On our way to Cartagena, Columbia.
And as time flies, so do
Impressions of Panama City
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”
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…”