Please forward or ELSE

I almost never forward chainletters forwarded to me, kind of 'the buck stops here'...gee, I must have nine lives, as I have not, as of yet, dropped dead (knock on wood) not having forwarded messages seconds after I've received them. One reason is my not wanting to be responsible for someone else's demise if he/she doesn't have 500 other tolerant friends to forward them to.

I nevertheless keep forwarded messages in my inbox sent by good friends because I believe that in their heart of hearts, they don't mean me harm, won't make me feel guilty if they DON'T get it back or have already forgotten about it seconds after they've hit the 'send' button.

I found time today to go through my archive (before I finally delete them) and have found some funny if not downright hilarious forwarded messages. As I won't be imposing these on anyone (you do drop by at will), I think i'll share it here. That way, not only will I spare the forwarders' feelings (just in case for some weird reason they actually remember) but can truthfully say that indeed, I have shared them.

Here's some of my favorites, recognize any of them (c'mon, you have probably received them at one time too)?

How to stay married!

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything.They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.

When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll."

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.

"Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?" Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."

'Husband of the Year' Contest
Honorable mention

3rd Place: Greece

2nd Place: Serbia
And the Winner is....IRELAND!
Aren't the Irish just sweet? Look, he's even holding her hand!

Wife vs. Husband
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position.. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically:

"Relatives of yours?"

"Yep," the wife replied, "In-laws."

A day at the beach in Korea

Corn Island Trip (lodging details)

While surfing the net for travel blogs for good places to visit in Central America, I've come across many blogs and travel sites that mentioned Little Corn Island and mostly mentioning only Casa Iguana and Los Delfines. There are other accommodations available on the island that are rarely mentioned on posts or have received very little to no reviews. For reference kindly see my other blog about the Corn Island trip.

1. Hotel Los Delfines (where we stayed at) - Double occupancy $50, Triple $60.

I must admit that we were disappointed when we first came to this hotel as not only was it very concrete, it also did not have any units with a view of the beach even if the beach is only a few steps away from the entrance. Los Delfines has a restaurant that charge a tad higher than other restaurants on the island i.e. $12 lobster meal (normally $10-11 elsewhere), $7 breakfasts (that you can get for $5 in other places) and $5 dollar piña coladas (cost $3.50 in a small shop that sells sandwiches but makes the best piña coladas with fresh ingredients on the island). They do have the most organized beach front on their side of the island. The color of the sand was not to my liking as there is a stretch of white sand on the other side.

There is an upside though (we thought). We had more options at night to try other restaurants plus it's a 5-minute walk to our favorite Cuban ($11 lobster meal and other seafood choices on it's menu). It's also cozy to relax on the beach and read in the afternoons as it's not as windy as on the other side.

If you're an avid diver, you will be close to the 2 known dive shops (Los Delfines has one). I was told by friends who went diving that they really appreciated the hot showers afterwards and can't imagine taking a cold one after a dive specially in the afternoon. Except for Casa Iguana's intermittent hot water supply, Los Delfines is the only one on the island that has hot water (they also have a generator when the electricity goes out).

2. Lobster Inn - A mere 2 minutes walk from Los Delfines is Lobster inn charging $20 for rooms with double beds, fan and private toilet and bath. Albeit concrete as well and a lot smaller than Los Delfines, it has rooms with sea view (at least 2, I think) and a restaurant with 'okay' and reasonably priced meals.

3. Casa Iguana - $ 35 - 65 - 75 (the $75 casita in their website was actually $85 when we were there)

This place I would say is no more than 10 minutes walk from Los Delfines crossing a small forest (not dense at all). Fronting white sand and blue water.

We met with a couple of other friends who also happened to be there and was staying in Casa Iguana. They were paying $85 per night for the biggest casita (with private toilet and bath and hot water). The hot water was not working at the time they were there.

We went to Casa Iguana's beach the first day we were there and was disappointed to know that the bar is not open until 5:30 pm, don't serve lunch and have only 1 dinner menu for everybody (reservations are necessary). Casa Iguana is known to make excellent food. I don't know about you but I want choices (it is considered prudent to not cross the forest at night time or walk the stretch of the beach unless you're in a big group ). We planned to have dinner there that evening except that they will be serving steak - we're there for seafood - meat we can get anytime in Managua., so scrapped. The afternoon we were there (before 5:30), I was told to check if anyone happens to be at the bar, if so, we will be served, if none....sorry (meaning that we have to lug our drinks and munchies with us each time).

One thing I just want to point out...what you don't see in the photo above, behind the hammock and chairs is a fence. You'll have to walk to your left, come down a flight of stairs before you get to the beach. Oh, alright, that's just me ...I'm that lazy when on vacation. But I'm thinking that if I will pay $85 for a room in a place where I can get it for $30, might as well be able to eat white sand for breakfast if I want to.

We went back to our hotel earlier than we planned as 1. we didn't bring drinks with us (we didn't know yet about the other lodgings about 5 mins walk on the same beach) 2. the wind (season) was blowing like crazy - we were downright cold...on the beach...in the Carribean (including T - the viking). We took a dip once and that was it, except for E who went snorkeling. We settled for a near(ly) sunset piña colada on the Delfines beach instead.

Other lodgings on the same stretch of the beach as Casa Iguana:

4. Elsa's Place

Cabañas $10-15 (with private bath) and dormitory lodging for $6 (check if rates are still the same). We only passed it but it looked good as well. They have a restaurant on the premises (we didn't check out the menu).









5. Grace's Place

Right next to Elsa's has cabañas from $8 with shared bath to $15 with private bath. They also have a restaurant and bar on the premises.











6. Sunrise Paradise (Carlito's) - Right after Elsa's has cabañas for $ 10 with shared bath and and $15 - 25 for cabañas with private toilet and bath. They have 2 cabins with 2 double beds (can be shared by 4 people) with own toilet and bath for $ 30.

They have a restaurant and bar which serves good, fresh (catch of the day) seafood dishes (and other non-seafood dishes) from 9 in the morning to 10 in the evening. We stayed at Carlito's often during the day (when not diving) and have met Carlito himself, a very friendly, soft-spoken and accommodating man. Clearly our favorite place, we vowed to stay there next time. We liked the beach in front of this lodging the most.
If you want to stay here, you need to reserve at least 10 days before you arrive. No deposit required.

The beachfront of Sunrise Paradise, and Carlito on the right.

Lodgings 3-6 above are very rustic and none are airconditioned (I don't know about the others but Carlito has fans in each room). But see, it's not necessary, you are on the windy part of the Island...and if we thought it was chilly in the afternoon...I can just imagine the evenings there.

There are more lodgings about another 10-15 minutes walk or so (we thought it's too far to walk if we want to go back and forth bet that part and town - where the dive shops are) - at least the first 3 on the list below.

1. Ensueños
2. Derek's Place
3. Casa Sunrise
4. Farm Peace and Love
5. Sunshine Hotel

It really depends on what you want.

The happy, happy Danes

Below is a video from 60 Minutes sent to me by my good friend A, whom I met in my Danish class, the first time I came to live in Denmark. She doesn't know this but she is one of the few I would credit for helping make life bearable in a place so cold and alien to me. A Dane herself who grew up in Canada, she as well had her struggles in adjusting to Danish society when she first came to Denmark. Misery loves company? Not really, it's finding a friend you can be honest with at a time when you needed most to vent. I just needed to get it out of my system and she was there and she understood. It wasn't just about adjusting to a new place and connecting all over again, we talked about life, men, clothes and just stuff - girl stuff.

She stayed behind in Denmark and tried to connect with her Danish half. I'm not really sure how that went as she's now back in Canada. Anyway, she sends me articles about the Danes every now and then that we both think would be funny or help us understand better the country and its people that has brought us together.

This one's about a recent survey of who the happiest people on the planet are...and taaadaaa...it's the Danes, who I'm sure were equally astounded to hear it (T did not believe me when I first told him) and have actually been topping the survey consistently.

60 Minutes took a light approach on the subject and found out why that is. Apparently the secrets are low expectations and high taxes (chuckle-chuckle). Teasing aside, if you give it enough thought, there's enough logic behind it that you just might consider moving to Denmark. One thing I know...the Danes know how to laugh at their own misadventures and themselves which makes for a charming take on life.

Corn Island Trip

It's so hard to get back to the rigors of the daily grind if you've just been on a very relaxing vacation, in a beautiful place with good company. You know it was good if even coming back, you still wish you were there. Such was the trip to the Little Corn Island on the Carribean coast of Nicaragua.

There are 2 domestic airlines (La Costeña - flagship and Atlantic Air) that fly to the area, passing by Bluefields to pick-up and let-off passengers and continue on to Big Corn Island for around $165 return per person. The 7 of us flew with Atlantic Air.

Little Corn meant a lot of things to me:

1. A respite from a language I've been struggling to master - since the native language is Creole, English as a means of communication is preferable (although everyone speaks Spanish too).
2. Abundance of relatively cheap seafood (between $10-12 for a lobster meal), which I miss terribly coming from the Philippines.
3. Friendly, smiling people, for a change.
4. White sand beaches.
5. Clear blue water.

There are things one can do in a small 'tranquilo' island such as Little Corn. Dive, snorkel, eat (which I did 5x a day) all manners of seafood, have a piñacolada - with all-fresh ingredients served in a coconut shell or just relax and forget about everything else.

Accommodations on the island ranges from $20 - 85. Diving - $66 for 2 dives (same day), snorkeling - $15. Everything for everyone

I guess a photo journal would be the best way to describe the trip:

Sunrise Paradise - look for Carlito ($25- 30) cabañas with private toilet and bath

Sun, sand and sea - what else do you need?

Relaxing in front of Hotel Los Delfines - Breakfast at the Hotel

The 2 beaches on different sides of the island

Curried Langosta and Langosta con salsa Creole from the cuban restaurant, who I swear serves the best seafood on the island.

Island art

It's time to visit the Corn Islands before everyone else discovers these gems of Nicaragua. As far as my experience went and contrary to reports, safety is not an issue anymore.

My brain type report

I've taken this test a long time ago from a site called Tickles (still wondering why they call themselves that). I was looking up some old files that I have written in the past regarding my struggles while transitioning from career woman to housewife. I thought I should have them on hand to finish the next part of my blog "Evolution of an expat spouse Part 1". Sure, I found my notes, but in the same folder are various psychological test results I've forgotten about.

I have taken 22 in total: Spending style (bargain hunter), What color are you (I'm red and I'm intense), The Ultimate Mom Test (all natural mom), What's your baby's claim to fame (politician), What Makes You Amazing (sweet spirit), Which 'Friend' are you (Rachel), What's your style (mixed 'n' modern), Do you have great taste (style), The beauty pageant test (ms. charisma), What's your financial theme song? (we're in the money), The memory test (numeric), The dream interpretation test (spiritual connection), What kind of sexy are you (sweet & sexy), What makes you beautiful (glamorous beauty), What's your true color (orange),

Career interest inventory (business relations), What type are you (girl next door), What color is your aura (gold), Discover your sexual personality (phi), Discover your past life (leopard), The classic IQ test (word warrior).

It's funny to read them again and more importantly it gives me a clear picture of my frame of mind at that time. In retrospect, not only was I confused (look at some, no, most of the tests I took...'dream interpretation'????) and insecure (I needed a program on the internet to tell me what makes me beautiful) but that I had loads of time on my hands after quitting work. Try doing any one of these tests and you'll see that it takes time to do them especially the classic IQ test (this is legit). Hell, knowing that I have something in common with Madonna, Mozart and Robin Williams probably saved my life (see my brain type report below).

I bet I tried to avoid career tests as they reminded me then of an immediate past I should not be thinking about. But apparently I did take 1, the career interest inventory and the result was dead-on if you ask me...sales, marketing, business development...that IS ehem...was me.

Below is an example of one of my test results. This one also looks legit to me (not that I believe everything they tell me after choosing A B or C). As it might bore you (it did me, the first time I laid eyes on it), let me quote the part I believe to be true about my brain function:

"Your test results show that you are an auditory learner."

That is a fact. I have experienced that many times specially in learning languages. As one of the great benefits of living in different places is being forced to learn the language of your host country (I am at the moment conversant in 4 languages), I have noticed that I learn faster speaking and hearing the language than just sitting in a classroom and learning everything just by the book.

Anyhoo, it's a fun site and has somehow helped me through a difficult period (I suppose it did, I apparently used to lurk in that site a lot). Try some of them, you never know what you'll find out about YOU.

My brain type report:

You are Balanced-brained, which means that you rely equally on both the left and right hemispheres of your brain.



You have a balanced brain — able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres depending on context. Typically, people with balanced right and left hemispheres are very comfortable with switching between local and global perspectives — that is, paying attention to both small details and larger issues when the circumstance indicates. That means they can identify elements that make up an image or situation and also attend to the larger, more holistic pattern or unified whole that those details comprise.

You are able to capitalize on the left hemisphere's skills in verbal communication as well on the right hemisphere's focus on patterns and association making. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.

Depending on the situation, you may rely on one hemisphere or the other. Some situations may lend themselves to using your right brain's creativity and flexibility while other situations may call for a more structured approach as dictated by your left brain.

That's how your brain processes information. And while your dominant brain hemisphere certainly contributes to the way you process information, there is also a style of learning, unrelated to your dominant hemisphere, that determines the ways in which you are best able to pick up information. When you're learning something new, your dominant brain hemisphere will want to take over. But there are times when the information being presented is not well suited to your dominant hemisphere's abilities.

That's why, in addition to your hemispheric dominance, you also have a style of learning that is dominant for you. Whether you know it or not, you are naturally predisposed to learning things visually, aurally, or through a combination of the two.

Your test results show that you are an auditory learner.

Other balanced-brained people who are auditory learners are pop singer Madonna, classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and comedian and actor Robin Williams.

A simple mind exercise

I received this today from my dear friend R and thought I would share it.

Try this simple mind exercise....

ANSWERS are below but first take a guess at least!!!!!!!

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.

Click here for answers

Where is HOME?

Ours is an inter-cultural marriage which complicates further the concept of where home is. I have spent more than half of my adult life in the Philippines to not consider it at some level, home. Although I don't miss it as much as I did the first time I left, it beckons me. In fact, I plan to retire there (shhh, don't tell T). I'm sure T feels exactly the same about Denmark . It would be so easy to say that 'home is where the heart is'. But what if our hearts are not in the same place.

Home is where The Core is. The solution came when the movie 'The Core' came out. The Core obviously is T, V & myself. It sounds corny even to me specially this moment, when I'm actually writing it but we needed to come up with something for V to really understand the underlying concept of 'home ' or feeling at home. He is after all a 3rd culture kid. With all the challenges of moving, changing schools & environment, gaining and losing friends all within a years time each time, he must already be experiencing frustration & loss in his young life. We strongly believe that a semblance of an anchored life should help him feel secure about himself in his ever changing environment and that anchor should be the core. That even if everything else changes around him, T & M would always be a constant. So far this process of thinking has worked for all of us (yes including T and myself). Home is where The Core is on this planet or beyond, as long as we are together.

To the Movies

We just came back from watching a movie - Sweeney Todd - in Las Cinemas de Galerias. Here, it is called by it's complete name 'El barbero demoniaco del calle fleet' (The demonic barber of fleet street).

Relatively new (about 2 years or so) and just around the corner from where we live, Las Galerias is a high-end mall where you can encounter name brand shops like Benetton, Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger and Guess. In this cinema (there are others: Cinemark in Metro Centro, Cinemas in Plaza Inter, Alhambra in Camino de Oriente, Alhambra in Multi Centro Las Americas and Plaza Oriental), they have introduced the VIP lounge where seats recline (very much like seats in business class) and uniformed waiters come in to take your order. Complete with menu, serving trays and the bill served afterwards, just before the movie is over - like in a restaurant. You can order from their extensive menu your usual pop corn and hotdog, chocolates and candies, chicken or sushi or pizza, soda and beer(!). To facilitate restaurant eating, there are tables between each 2 seats.

I believe they only show very popular and interesting movies in this lounge as it would be so easy to fall asleep when watching a boring movie after having had a beer.

Going back to Sweeney Todd, although I liked the cinematography, I found it lacking in intensity. I've seen johnny Depp more intense in The Pirates of the Carribean series (when his character called for it) and Sleepy Hollow. The guy behind me probably thought that it was slow as I heard him snoring in the middle and towards the end of the film. Helena Bonham Carter's character on the otherhand was some kind of an enigma....evil or not? Well, nevertheless entertaining and not bad for an evening of 'just wanting to get out of the house'.

While in Las Galerias, I took the chance to take some photos of La Zona Viva, the new entertainment area of Las Galerias where the rows of restaurants and bars are located:

Evolution of an expat spouse Part 1

I wasn't born an expat spouse (obviously), nor was I a third culture kid. Having been through many expat spouse resource and help pages, I thought I should hop onto the bandwagon and write about my own thoughts about this phenomenon, based on my own experiences. For selfish reasons, I'm hoping that once I have immortalized these thoughts in a blog, I would stop sounding like a war veteran who can't stop talking about my battle wounds and glory days. This is my reality now and I will try to get as much as I can out of this experience.

I have lived in 3 different countries the past 6 years. Denmark, Kenya, back to Denmark and now Nicaragua. We never know where we'll go to next until 3 months or if we're lucky 6 months before our current post is over. It could be anywhere or Denmark again as homebase to await a new post.

Let me briefly outline my pre-expat spouse existence:

1. Born in the Philippines
2. Grew up in a hard working upper middle (don't read too much into this as there are many social classes in the Philippines, specially in middle class) class family
3. Finished university majoring in Economics
4. Worked in various industries i.e. Automobile, Logistics, IT (EDI, ASP, MSP, BPO) in different capacities as Sales Representative, Business Unit Head, Sales & Marketing Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Consultant and Advisor
5. In 2002, before I left, I received 2 very tempting offers; to run a subsidiary as Country Manager and a Regional Management Position.

Before anyone misconstrues this as anything than stating facts about myself, I am inclined to believe that like many expat spouses out there who has experienced a rewarding career that contribute to feelings of independence in pre-expat spouse life, has had a hard time adjusting to this new life. I did.

Although I have done a lot of work related and leisure travels during those times, I have lived my whole life in the Philippines without any thought of moving elsewhere. Why should I? My support group was close by (family and friends), I had my own money and can therefore do practically what I wanted, time permitting. I was in my comfort zone.

What happened? I fell in love. At the onset, I've made it known to T (as he was a foreigner in my country) that I don't plan to migrate to any other country especially his (cold, dark half the time and expensive are just not my cup of tea). T was working for a private Danish / Filipino company at that time as part of top management and having an open employment contract that he can renew anytime meant we were staying put.

By Filipino standards, I married late. I met T when I was 31, 2 years later at 33, I succumbed to marital bliss. My family was pleasantly surprised to say the least. They thought I never would even if they secretly wished I would someday. 4 years into the relationship, T's viking heritage kicked in. He wanted to experience more sans the pillaging, burning villages and raping virgins. He wanted more challenges from work and feeling philanthropic wanted to try working in the public sector. Uh, I thought the other way around was more the norm, mid-career crisis perhaps, whatever. I was in my elements when he came up with that suggestion (more a rant, really)....I just got pirated by a multinational company tripling my previous contract, and the perks, the perks...talk about timing!

How Big is Valentine's Day

In Nicaragua, it's THIS big:

50% off the whole day on the 14th of February in all restaurants all over the country (if you use your Credomatic credit card, that is)!!!

Corn Islands Here We Come!!!

This week we got our airline tickets from Atlantic Air (15 seater, I think) to fly to Big Corn Island and have confirmed our hotel reservations as well. From Big Corn we'd be crossing over to Little Corn on a 40 seater boat. Not bad as the northern winds are quite strong this time of year - I first imagined we'd be bobbing or more appropriately roller coasting on a dinghy. The wind can get so strong that they are sometimes forced to cancel boat transfers from Big Corn to Little Corn.

The Corn Islands especially Little Corn is one of the 'must-sees' in Nicaragua. With white sand beaches and the crystal clear blue waters of the Carribean sure makes it one of the coveted destinations of the country. Of course snorkelling, diving and gorging on lobsters and other seafood are 'must-dos'.

As we're not sure if we're staying a year more after 2009, we have made a list of places we must visit while we're here:

1. Rio San Juan
2. Morgan's Rock
3. Ometepe Island
4. Volcan Mombacho
5. Nueva Segovia

Part of the big plan while here is to drive from Nicaragua to Panama and from Nicaragua to the Yucatans in Mexico. We have done the Nicaragua-Costa Rica-Panama route this New Year which I'll blog about as soon as I get my act together. The other route is still under construction. A separate trip to Cuba, Roatan, Honduras, Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia and Peru is also in the offing. Bogota and Cartagena are sure bets as we have ordered tickets and hotels for the Holy Week.

A daunting task. Let's see how much of it we'd be able to do.

Bloody Blogging Saturday

Being so new to this blogging thing has got me both excited and frustrated about it. My excitement stems from the fact that I have found a new bestfriend I can talk to (sort of) who doesn't talk back - uh oh I'm forgetting about the 'comment' feature of this platform.

'Hey new bestfriend, wait 'til you hear (in this case, read) what I did today' could invite an enthusiastic: 'pray tell' or on the otherhand an eye roll, a yawn or even a 'wait 'til YOU hear what I did today'! This way (blogging) I can talk with my fingers without interruption! Gawd, talk about talkative (writative?).

I have been tweaking and tweaking and tweaking the whole day to achieve the look I want for this blog. I have been all over the internet looking for help - including the help section of blogger to find shortcuts - yes, I want the look without the work, well at least not the hardwork - on the following:

1. How to add a column
2. A header design
3. (Maybe even) a new skin without compromising Blogger page elements
4. or just make this blog page uniquely mine (sigh)

I have come across many good tutorial sites like Jennifer's tutorial, Random Bytes and Blogger-Templates, etc. and have tried many ways to upload the codes but it just doesn't work for me. I guess it would help if I know exactly how my blog page should look like when I'm done (another sigh).

Well, if you bother to visit my site and see the elements and blogs all over the place, at least you know why.

Tango!

Tonight was our first day (?) of Tango classes and this is on top of the Salsa classes we have been attending the past 6 months. The 'tangueros' - this is exceptionally funny for me because in Tagalog tanguero means someone who pours drinks. Not a bartender but a person designated to pour drinks in a small gathering of friends - as Martin, our wonderful instructor fondly calls us, are reunited 'salsaleros' (Martin's pet name for us in our salsa class).

Yup, pretty much the same people attending salsa. Hmmm, he may be onto something with the 'tanguero' thing, as we finish off some evenings with champagne to celebrate the effort.

The Tangueras

and Tangueros

So, we learned the 8-step basic, 1-2 pirouette, 4-step break (I swear Martin was making up all these names along the way). Sounds easy? Wait till you have to coordinate it with your partner's steps.

Cooling our heels... literally - there's a lot of sliding & kicking in Tango, whew!

T & I thought we should get something out of this post and apart from the language what else can we come away with from Latin America? Baile - ole!