• Bologna encuentro and tour

    February 3, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    For the next 2 days, we participated in a tango encuentro near Bologna, dancing 10 hours a day. It was a nice atmosphere, great level of dancers, but the event was really big, with almost 400 dancers and not a great leader/follower balance. So it ended up being a bit of an up and down for me, and lots of sitting. On Saturday morning we went to Bologna and did a highlights VoiceMap tour. We walked around the city center, admiring beautiful cathedral, towers and also the famous group of terracota sculptures depicting mourning of the Christ. It is also called The Petrified Scream, and is truly a masterpiece, especially considering that it is from the 15th century. Overall, Bologna is a beautiful and rich cultural center.Read more