Dying to Dance

It doesn't look like the ballroom dance thing is going to work. Carolina is specialized in Standard, and I am a Latin girl. She knew a 24-year old guy who was looking for a Latin partner, and contacted him for me, but it turns out he already found a partner. And, of the 4 ballroom styles, Standard is the one that, this past semester, I decided I don't want to do anymore - at all. I can't do heel turns, therefore I can't be a Standard dancer. It's as simple as that.

My dancing has diminished to clubbing. And while that is all fine-and-dandy, I want to be polishing my ballroom technique...and dancing dirty in the club doesn't exactly satisfy that. Speaking of which, I think I failed to mention that my first time in an Italian club, I fell down. Completely sober. Yep. Not kidding. There were three of us sandwiched together, leaning/dancing our way backwards. I was in front, lost my balance, and three Americans toppled over onto their tush. Good times. Luckily, none of our classmates were quick enough to snap a photo - so there will be no blackmail. =P

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The pictures below are from my trip to Milan last weekend with fellow IES Siena students.

The Milan Duomo is the 2nd largest Gothic-style cathedral in THE WORLD.

And, we also were on Italian TV! Italian TRL & MTV to be exact! The Italian TRL studio is right by the Duomo, and while we were standing there they shot us in the square. 15 seconds of Italian fame...gotta love it! :)