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 sleeping pills I take, cannot sleep more than an hour or two. My neck hurts from the angle of the seat, and my bottom complains about not enough padding on the seats. Even though my companion gave me his blanket to sit on. Not complaining, just saying.
Still the thrill of going somewhere new is awesome
Why Antalya you ask ?
The city is located on the Mediterran Sea with lots of history embedded into its soul. But it is also the home of a sweet tango festival called Cozy Tango Festival, held 2 times a year in May and in October.
The location is at the Seven Seas Hotel in Kemer, Antalya. This all inclusive hotel knows the meaning of word service, and has amazing tasty Turkish foods.
There are many pools, the sea to swim in many restaurants and bars. The ground are beautifully landscaped and very clean.
We arrived at the hotel exhausted from travel, so sleeping a few hours was the answer. Though that night we attended the Milonga with only 4 hours sleep, danced for many hours to send great tango music just felt so good.
We arrived at the hotel exhausted from travel, so sleeping a few hours was the answer. Though that night we attended the Milonga with only 4 hours sleep, danced for many hours to send great tango music just felt so good.
With this in mind, we attended a couple of workshops taught by good instructors. One was the basic about how to walk in tango and the other musicality in milongas.
That evening was an outdoor Milonga, lovely but a bit cold except when dancing.
There were afternoon practikas and a few evening Milongas. One night, we went into Antalya to dance at 2 local Milongas, thanks to the folks with cars.
With not speaking Turkish, there was somewhat of a challenge to communicate but tango is language. So the abrazo works in all locations around the world.
There were a few English speakers, and no Spanish speakers. Turkish and German were the predominant languages.
There were a few English speakers, and no Spanish speakers. Turkish and German were the predominant languages.
We spoke in many languages about each other’s stories of how we came to Tango and about our lives.
The festival ended earlier than scheduled because the few folks who attended left to return to their lives, but we decided to stay longer because a beach chair called our names, and besides this resort is great location to recover from traveling and build up the strength for the next travel adventure. A blue cruise on the Mediterraneo Sea for a week in a traditional Turkish boat called a gulet, a two masted wooden sailboat.
Until later, disfrutas tu vida.
Abrazo
