Zagreb tango intensive and Padua

We left Lyublyana early in the morning and drive 2 hours to a small town outside of Zagreb. There, on a farm like property live a famous tango couple, and it is a place for our 4-day 20-hours of instruction tango intensive. We shared a house with 6 other people (from Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland) and truly immersed in the intensive tango technique study. It was a great experience, deeply engaging, challenging and hopefully, helpful in taking our tango to the next level. It was so engaging and tiring that I forgot to take any pictures over these 4 days. The couple had a very cute 2.5 years old girl, a German shepherd (sadly partially paralyzed after being hit by a car, very sad) and 2 cats and a huge property backing into a forest. Unfortunately it was too cold for us to venture outside at all, and we even skipped going to Zagreb to one of the world’s best Christmas markets. The only outside adventures we had were eating at a couple of nearby restaurants, always the same chicken schnitzel and grilled vegetables.

On Sunday night we drove to Lyublyana to stay overnight and break a long drive back to Italy. And on Monday we drove for 3 hours to Padua. We did a VoiceMap tour there. The most memorable marvel there was a very large and impressive cathedral. Inside the cathedral there were stunning marble sculptures depicting stories of the Saint Anthony, the patron saint of the church. There were also lots of various relics, such as teeth, or bone fragments of the saints. Very creepy! Padua had very nice palaces and a former jewish ghetto with narrow streets and old buildings. We stayed in Padua overnight, so that tomorrow we could see some interesting chapel and Padua university.Read more