My second week in Shanghai has been chock full of dancing. I live, breath, sleep, and eat thinking about what I am learning and how fantastic it has all been. It all began Monday night when I decided to check out this purported salsa/latin dance club that I found online (went alone so I wouldn’t be tied to anyone and could dance with whomever I choose;). I was curious about salsa in Shanghai…and slightly skeptical that the Chinese would be skilled in Latin dancing. But when I got there it was like Havana—the dancers were incredible, spinning and weaving around and through each other. There were more women than men, so at first I was kind of chilling—just watching—occasionally some mediocre dancers would dance with me, but I was kind of frustrated. Finally I said, what
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