http://2005.jononline.net non-motorcycle diaries Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Time to go back home on Monday, enjoying each minute remaining here to the most… Therefore I’m not spending much time in front of a computer! See you soon everybody http://2005.jononline.net/2005/12/03/epilogue-2005/ It seems to have been snowing far away over there in Switzerland. When that happens and I’m not around, it always makes me feel kind of jealous. On the other hand, I survive enjoying the heat and trying to avoid sunburns as Summer gets closer, the temperatures are nearly every ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/27/snow-or-sweat/ Staying in a country supposedly eating as much meat as the United States does, I couldn’t resist posting such a title, not to say much more except that despite Argentines eating (virtually?) EVERY component of the cow (supposedly delicious, but I can’t), there is no Mad Cow disease around. Should that ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/27/eatin-la-vaca-loca/ Well, things are going smoothly on this side of the world, I’m enjoying today a slightly cooler day (25 degrees) in opposition to the scorching days we’ve had and are going to have… I don’t have much to say at the moment except that I’m continuing with classes and milongas, seeing ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/24/emptying-the-bathtub/ Last night I broke my record… Didn’t ever manage this with salsa: round the clock tango from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m… I started with my usual lesson, before hopping in a taxi to go to a first milonga… When it ended at 3 a.m., it was time to walk a ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/19/round-the-clock/ As I just mentioned, Tango is back in fashion with the young generation here in Buenos Aires. This probably explains why most Argentines in Switzerland don’t dance it that much, as they emigrated maybe 15 years ago when Tango was still “something for the older folks”. Therefore all courses in Lausanne ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/17/back-in-fashion/ Tango is coming back into fashion here in Argentina. Especially with young adults. Most dancers I meet have the same answer to the eternal question: “For how long have you been dancing?” And I don’t think they all co-ordinate themselves to give me the same response. It’s as if there had ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/17/three-months/ I came back last Monday night in Buenos Aires, landing at the airport in the middle of a very impressive storm. I am continuing my tango classes, which divide in two very distinct categories. One focalises on learning steps and figures that I forget the next day, and the other insists ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/17/tango-classes/ Here I am, back in Salta for a few days. I am having a great time doing close to nothing, talking with the lovely family I am staying with, going around the city, and… a tango lesson planned tonight! Lots to say you might know already, this is another world compared ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/10/a-few-days-in-salta/ Well, this time I’m here to meet good friends I met during my previous trips… And dance some tango. I have yet to find the right balance, and not be to greedy. One lesson a day? Two? Will I go out to dance in milongas every evening? The problem is to ... http://2005.jononline.net/2005/11/06/dont-be-too-greedy/