August Summary

Wowza’s, what a couple months! Bachaturo was more than incredible. It was by far my favorite festival from a dancing standpoint. There was a group of about 15 of us from LA and it was such a joyous, happy weekend. The dancers were all so welcoming and happy… I felt comfortable with all levels of dancers. My main goal for the festival was to spend time with friends and get to know people on a deeper level and to just have fun dancing, not let myself feel overly critical of my dancing ability. The festival was exactly what I wanted! Every night I was dancing until the sun came out and had walks back to the hotel with friends new and old. Everything about my time is Katowice was wonderful. Light, happy, perfect.

After the festival, I headed to Krakow for a night. I was surprised how beautiful, clean and green Poland was! Krakow was so pretty, I had the best soup of my life - the tradition Polish sour soup - in the square after a relaxing massage. It was the perfect way to spend a day before heading back to Spain.

Madrid was the best! As much as I didn’t necessarily “click” with Barcelona, I felt at home in Madrid. People were so much more welcoming. After talking to some people, even though Madrid’s population is about twice the size of BCN, it is more spread out so it is less concentrated. It feels smaller than BCN and felt really nice! It was epically hot but I did as much exploring as possible. I stayed near Park Retiro, spent time with friends who were also in Madrid and did a ladies styling lesson followed by a social at Jowke.

It was so crazy how even though I was gone for two weeks, it felt so much longer. Normally vacations go so fast but for whatever reason, this trip felt long in the best way. I was able to completely disconnect from the “real world” and recharge mentally and emotionally. I was tired and sick coming back to the US but it was a phenomenal vacation.