5th Croatian Salsa Festival
As the dates for the 5th Croatian Salsa Festival have been set (25 - 28 June, with 2 pre-festival days) this is as good a time as any to reminisce and share some of my experiences from last year.
The festival is held in Rovinj, a lovely, tranquil village in Croatia. You can stroll around the quiet streets or along the seaside and feel like you've been transported to another place and another time. A more peaceful time. A time without all the stress that we so often feel these days.
If you have never been to Rovinj then this slide show should give you an impression of what the town looks like. If you have been there before then the pictures will most likely bring back some wonderful memories of this lovely town.
As you can see, it's a lovely, quiet town.
A place where time seems to have stopped and life is more simple, more relaxed... calm. The kind of place you would try to find you wanted to get away from the hectic life that most of us live these days. A place of such tranquility that you will forget about everything that may trouble you. A place where you can just relax until time seems to have stopped for you as well.
Rovinj is just that kind of place... most of the time.
But once a year, when it is time for the annual Croatian salsa festival, this sleepy town wakes up and roars.
It shakes of it's sleepiness and instead of the calm, peaceful town something else arises. For a couple of days the town transforms into a place so incredibly vibrant you will find it hard to believe that you are still in the same town .
It transforms from a cozy village, where lazy tourists calmly stroll around the streets and relax on beaches, into a vibrant town where you dance in the streets.
It becomes a place where swimming pools turn into dance floors and sleepy tourists are replaced by energetic, colourful salseros and salseras from all continents.
A town where the market square takes on a new role as it changes into a huge open air dance hall with some of the most amazing shows and musical performances ever witnessed.
A town so full of life that you feel it's newfound heartbeat pulsate, so full of energy that it keeps you going day and night.
A place where you can hear the sound of the clave and can feel the beat of the conga everywhere you go.
A place were both novice and expert salsa dancers fit right in and have an amazing time side by side.
A place that forges friendships that will last a lifetime and creates memories that last forever.
A place that words just can't describe.
But as a picture is worth a thousand words . . . here are some of them:
Unfortunately I can't seem to find any footage from 2008 but here are the highlights from 07:
Highlights Croatian Salsa Festival 2007
Last year I attended the salsa festival in Croatia for the first time but I can already say that it was the first time of many. This year I'll be there from the 22nd (I'm sure I'll need the extra night to get some rest before it all starts) right through the end of the festival. If you are there as well, come over and say hi!
The festival is held in Rovinj, a lovely, tranquil village in Croatia. You can stroll around the quiet streets or along the seaside and feel like you've been transported to another place and another time. A more peaceful time. A time without all the stress that we so often feel these days.
If you have never been to Rovinj then this slide show should give you an impression of what the town looks like. If you have been there before then the pictures will most likely bring back some wonderful memories of this lovely town.
As you can see, it's a lovely, quiet town.
A place where time seems to have stopped and life is more simple, more relaxed... calm. The kind of place you would try to find you wanted to get away from the hectic life that most of us live these days. A place of such tranquility that you will forget about everything that may trouble you. A place where you can just relax until time seems to have stopped for you as well.
Rovinj is just that kind of place... most of the time.
But once a year, when it is time for the annual Croatian salsa festival, this sleepy town wakes up and roars.
It shakes of it's sleepiness and instead of the calm, peaceful town something else arises. For a couple of days the town transforms into a place so incredibly vibrant you will find it hard to believe that you are still in the same town .
It transforms from a cozy village, where lazy tourists calmly stroll around the streets and relax on beaches, into a vibrant town where you dance in the streets.
It becomes a place where swimming pools turn into dance floors and sleepy tourists are replaced by energetic, colourful salseros and salseras from all continents.
A town where the market square takes on a new role as it changes into a huge open air dance hall with some of the most amazing shows and musical performances ever witnessed.
A town so full of life that you feel it's newfound heartbeat pulsate, so full of energy that it keeps you going day and night.
A place where you can hear the sound of the clave and can feel the beat of the conga everywhere you go.
A place were both novice and expert salsa dancers fit right in and have an amazing time side by side.
A place that forges friendships that will last a lifetime and creates memories that last forever.
A place that words just can't describe.
But as a picture is worth a thousand words . . . here are some of them:
Unfortunately I can't seem to find any footage from 2008 but here are the highlights from 07:
Highlights Croatian Salsa Festival 2007
Last year I attended the salsa festival in Croatia for the first time but I can already say that it was the first time of many. This year I'll be there from the 22nd (I'm sure I'll need the extra night to get some rest before it all starts) right through the end of the festival. If you are there as well, come over and say hi!
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