Business travel back in my tech research days contributed to me notching up a total of 87 countries, so it isn’t that often I get to add a new one to the list, but Latvia made #88.
Tango Wagner House was a new encuentro in a new city in a new country, but it all felt wonderfully familiar …
Continue reading Tango Wagner House was a new encuentro in a new city – but felt delightfully familiarIt has been known for me to receive a comment or two about my stamina on the dance floor. It’s been observed that I’m at every milonga, always there from start to finish, and spend way more time dancing than sitting.
This contrasts with saner people, who do things like choose between afternoon and evening milongas; arrive late; leave early; or pace themselves during each milonga. You know, smart things. I do not do any smart things during a tango event …
Continue reading My approach to tango festivals is exhausting, but I wouldn’t change a thingThis was a triple-first for me: my first tango weekender outside of the UK; my first marathon (unless you count a typical day in BsAs, of course); and more specifically, my first encuentro.
Actually, there was one more first: not staying until the end on any of the three evenings! This is totally unprecedented, and was, fortunately, for the best of reasons – I was just danced out on all three days …
Continue reading Warm Embraces and very happily tired feet at my first encuentro, in Antwerp
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