Happy Dancing Nomad Girl's Journal

A short info note for those who don't know what is salsa:
1) It is not a sauce.
2) Salsa is a social dance that originated in Cuba.
5) The main thing: salsa is a social dance, so you don't have to be a professional ballroom dancer to be good in it! What you need is to know the basic steps, feel the partner and love the music.

Honestly, I don't have a strong desire to describe places. There are so many people who would love to do that and I will leave this stuff for them. Seriously, we travel around the world. We see a lot of amazing places. But is it really about places?
No, it's not. It is about people. It is about friends you make, tough situations you get into and which make you stronger, changes you notice in yourself, because of the people you meet.

I want to describe people. And I believe, the best way to know people is to dance with them.

So, I choose to write about dances - and about salsa.

You can meet all kinds of people at the salsa party: shy ones, party animals, who are the best dancers, arrogant ballroom dancers, ladies, that look for gentlemen and gentlemen, that look for ladies.
So, let me tell you about several salsa communities, starting with USA.

The country I'm so thankful to, because it was the country I learnt how to dance and got addicted to salsa.
Salsa community in Albuquerque, New Mexico was really friendly and old in terms of the time thay were dancing salsa. I met most of my friends there and I'm still in touch with them, though I left USA about a year ago.

I really love their way of dancing: without any stress, just enjoying. As a follow, I need to feel the partner and do everything the lead wants me to do. But mistakes happen and there were many times I didn't do the right move and what happened? Nothing. We just smiled, laughed and kept dancing. That's a nice feature of all Americans not only in salsa: no matter what happens, they try to save a nice mood of the conversation without extra stress or awkwardness.

I must say, we didn't get really good friends with most of them, but so what? I don't have any negative memories as well! I think, that is the main characteristic of American people: being nice. I remembered that. I enjoyed that. Some people complain about Americans being shallow and not really deep. But I don't agree. They just open up really hard. But instead of being surly, they are being nice. And I like that!