The gringa is learning!

Salsa lessons are still the highlight of my week. The other day I was a little early to lessons, since I was kind of in a deep thought mode and wanted to get out of the house. Sometimes the instructor starts with the early people before class for more one on one attention. It really helps because there are various levels in the class and I cannot catch the steps because they do them so fast. I was the only one there for a while...so he worked on actual partner dancing...which I hadn´t done yet.

I was absolutely nervous because he is a really good dancer and, well, I miss a few steps now and again. We started with the basics though...then moved into tiros, or are they kiros...but they are twists or spins (I cannot think of the word for them right now). I would miss the step, miss the step, miss the step....and then all of the sudden I nailed it! yes! It is coming along! Now, I just need to work on relaxing a bit more because I am still a bit stiff, but that will come...maybe next week.

On my bus ride to Santiago today they were playing Salsa music...so I just sat back and listened to the beats and tried to envision what it was I needed to work on and how it was supposed to look. I look forward to Monday!

A couple of the ladies told me they are going to miss me when I leave....gosh, I said, I am going to miss you guys! These Salsa lessons have opened a whole new world!