Tango-travelling again (Stockholm)
After a month of steadily worsening moods and feelings of not belonging, I am once again travelling with tango. This time, however, it is only a short hop over the Finnish Gulf to Stockholm where there will be a tango festival during this week. The event, Tango 59 Degrees, comprises of no less than 5 day-time and night-time milongas each (the first of which begins in 15 minutes' time!), workshops, seminars and live performances. People I know who have been to it before were very enthusiastic about it, and personally I am just happy to be able to dance every day for the rest of the week. You see, settling into my 'normal life' back home has been as hard as ever this time around, although the lovely summer weather and the general holiday feeling that prevails in Finland in July should have worked in its favour. At first, things did not look that bad, as I was full of positive energy, confidence and inner harmony, but quite predictably the considerable slowing down, as well ...