Phoenicoperus

I am emerging from my own ashes. I've passed the worst days of my stay in Finland. The reason was a very hard larynx infection that kept me at home and mostly on bed last week. You have time to think and meditate and even have weird experiences caused by the fever. You pass a very unpleasant time, not only because of the symptoms, the pain, the weakness...but also because you miss those who are usually at your side giving you a warm embrace. In this COLD country, my devoted spanish friend Alfonso has been the one who took care of me and brought, for instance, some food to my house when I was not able to do so. His generosity and concern towards me will be remembered and appreciated for long time. GRACIAS AMIGO! I´ve been thinking of those who have nobody at their side, and I believe that must be quite a few in this country. Nobody would take care of them when they are sick or even just be there when they die! Because probably nobody will notice their absence, they will be taken into consideration only when the neighbours get pissed by the strong smell coming from the sad sick's apartment denoting that the poor soul is now dancing with skeletons in hell.

Fiesta Latina

I felt lazy when somebody told us to atend to a party in a disco downtown. I said: what about staying a home and maybe watch a movie or just talk for a while... Some friends are involved in some kind of bussines selling sportwear and they were going to model for us. Then that somebody said: "there will be cuban girls dancing like hell"...uuummmm, well, ok, let's go and see what happens. And it was really worth as you can see in the attached video. It's not just the girls making sexy movements, you might know by now that we are greatly interested in any kind of cultural issue, and latin dance is a good example as any other. The party was very intense at the beginning and was decreasing after that. We went to the backstage to visit the stars and we finally spent the rest of the night with them. None of the dirty thoughts going through your minds really happened...or at least I was not involved in any of those nasty events...and if I was, I don´t remember... To tell the truth, the party was also full of cuban males, and spaniards have nothing to do against these guys! They are just terrible!