http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Dancing Nomad/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Dancing Nomad en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:47:56 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:47:56 BST Do you know St. Petersburg or Leningrad as it was named during Soviet Union time What did I do there Thatrsquos the most common question I got when saying I am I was there. Even the Russians I met there were asking all the time 'what are you doing here' Wouldnrsquot it be naturally that I am a tourist and want to see the place Apparently not Anyway what I did there was a language http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Saint-Petersburg/blog-263690.html Hello everyoneAfter having had to work during New Year Eve I enjoyed even more this first little voyage of the year 2008. More trips are to come but I started the travelyear 2008 with a short 4 day trip combining a PARTY adventure with a PLACE adventure. On Thursday I flew from Berlin to Frankfurt having found a cheaper flight with Lufthansa than a ticket with the German railway company Deutsc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-235860.html HELLOI will be lazy this time round. What I mean to say is that I spent the whole month of November in Argentina plus a week each of October and December...so that my monthly summery on www.dancingnomad.blogspot is essentially the same as my Argentina travel blog post. And therefore I used the same text for both posts. Please forgive me but I got a good excuse I still have to wrap all my Christm http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/blog-229951.html Hello everyoneI wish I could post some really nice photos here. Unfortunately my plan of having internet access via my laptop has not materialized yet and I am sitting in the onboard 'crew internet' room. Imagine no USB port usable and therefore no photos to uploadWell at least I can write something....I came onboard in Rome Italy on July 30th and life has been very hectic and stressy. No I http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tunisia/blog-189600.html Hello everyone jeez for sooooo long had I heard sooooo many good things about social dancing in Paris ... Of course I had wanted to go and see for myself. Last I had been to Paris in 2004 for 6 days but with a salsa congress included so that I had not much chance to check out the social dancing clubs. I had been at Les Etoiles and La Coupole both of which are not anymore within the bunch of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-184846.html Hello finally the weather in Germany has turned around and instead of clammy and cold it was suddenly hot and humid. Just in time for the 5th Hamburg Salsa Congress yeahaaahhh For the trip from Berlin to Hamburg I got a ride with one of my Berlin salsa friends Javier. We were 4 salseroas from Berlin and on our way to the congress we discussed the pro con of people taping their own video http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Hamburg/Hamburg/blog-182541.html Arggghhhh hellip that is about what comes out of my throat when I think of the time I had at the Link Lounge. In the most positive version possible. I had such a great time It happened to be my last social dancing night in New York for this time round and it was the best final night imaginable. Mostly contributing to this 5 rating were my friend and awesome DJ David ldquoMontrealrdq http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-169401.html Oh boy Where to start To sum it up I had a great time at the DC Salsa Congress To put all I will write into perspective I give you a quick description of my style to enjoy any salsa congress. I arrive usually just in time to see the evening performances and then continue to the dance floor to take in as much social dancing as possible. Energy levels and music choices allowing I will dance http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Virginia/Arlington/blog-169058.html Having heard of the clavekazi social many times via my DC salsa friends I finally had the opportunity to check it out myself. The social is hosted by the founder of the Clavekazi dance company Shaka G. Brown. The building in which the studio is situated is really interesting and reminded me of my home town Berlinrsquos quirky rundown mansions built around the 19th20th century turn. No pun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-164511.html The party goes on ... My salsa pals Bruce Vicky and me had returned to Washington DC from the Stardust Ballroom in New Jersey at around 6am. I had been in bed at 7am and should have been beat enough to stay at home ... however ... the was another chance to rip up the dance floor ... and off I went to check out the above venue. Salsa at a pinbowling venue Hmm definitly my first experi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-162914.html The hardcore party style continued on Saturday After having been in bed by 10am I slept for a few hours and only to woke up to meet up straight away with DC salsa friends. We arranged to car pool to Pensauken New Jersey. There in the middle of nowhere just outside of Philadelphia is the Stardust Ballroom. The reason we wanted to go was the occasion of their Final Good Bye as the area i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-162824.html How do you define the word hardcore dancer My DC friends Steve asked me that question and we discussed the subject. We agreed that focussing your entire work social life around salsa is pretty much hardcore. I guess todays schedule qualifies me too I had heard of Frankie Martinez's Abakua social some time ago but hopping over from Europe just for that seemed a bit exaggerated. I was http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-162815.html PARTY Ceviche Joanna Vangie's opening nightnbspNorth America raquonbspUnited States raquonbspMaryland raquonbspSilver Spring By Dancing NomadMay 24th 2007Stef the dancing nomad Hola a todos This nights event was superb I simply had a blast even though I would have loved to dance longer. My dear friend Joanna her friend Vangie put on a nice party in Ceviche 921J E http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-161930.html HelloI guess i should mentioned that me having the opportunity to bugger off the ship at every port we stopped at is NOT the regular thing. Seems I got a lucky streak and nicecollegues who want to welcome me with this gesture. As well there is usually NOT an overlap meaning even though there is a complete new person coming onto the team the team member who leaves does not stay to do sort of an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/US-Virgin-Islands/Saint-Thomas/blog-123809.html I was so lucky. I had time to go on shore again. This time as an escort on a passenger shore excursion. Free of charge It was a short 20 min ride to Orient Bay Beach crossingfrom the dutch part of the island named St. Maarten over to the french part named Saint Martin. I spent a little over two hours at that lovely beach. Relaxing in the shadow of a beach umbrella 3 and listening to the t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Netherlands-Antilles/Sint-Maarten/blog-123804.html Jan 21st Jan 22ndms noordamsunday jan 21st 2007 4pmjust came back from onshore. first time i had set foot onto tortola island of thebritish virgin islands. we had docked at around 12 noon at the wickhams cay cruise dock in road town harbour. i first ate lunch with jhoya collegueat the lido restaurant on lido deck 9 and then changed from white day uniform to compfy cotton dress and sandals http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Turks-and-Caicos/Grand-Turk/blog-121415.html january 17th january 20thhi.jeez..kinda adventure of its own. i flew on wednesday 17th january 2007 fromberlin tegel airport via frankfurt to newark airport new york city. i arrived in the late afternoon and had a very smooth immigration process. all went fine andi even got my luggage. that had been a real concern because my stop in frankfurt had been extremly short. the berlinfrankfurt flig http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-121413.html text to follow...... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Languedoc-Roussillon/Carcassonne/blog-117741.html text to follow...... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-117740.html text to follow..... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-117739.html