„Italia… late evening… I’m sitting on the balcony and looking at the breathtaking view to the sea and the beach of Sardegna…“ – To combine my vacation and work was a very good Idea! In October to be on the beach, to sun and to swim in the sea it’s a nice opportunity and option to relaxe and to take care of ourselves.

I’m an international photographer, so I’m photographing all, but mostly, people! In this case, it was one of the many festivals, I must took the pictures of.

„Sardinia Salsa Festival“ was took place in a small and beautiful city in the north of Sardinia, calls „Alghero“. With it snug port, nice historical quarter and so many tasty fish restaurants it is the steady part of Sardegna and Italia.

The people there are amiable, friendly, sometimes emotional but for the south culture normally and for me, interesting to observe.

This year the festival was taken place for the first time. So, I think many people were curious to see, how it’s going to be operated… The organizers (Naomi Dongelmans, Khalid Lazar and Efisio Romeo Perseu) choose the middle-small Hotel on a very beautiful side of the beach with three areas to dance&for the workshops, swimming pool and good food. All the dancers had possibilities to take classes by such a great artists like Fadi&Bercy (Spain), Doumb (France), Alex&Laura (Spain), Andrea&Veronica (Italy), Turbo&Judith (Belgium), James Thomas (The Netherlands) and more others.

The program included also beach-&pool- and every evening-night partys with a very cool Deejays like Aime O (Belgium), Dj Janos (Hungary) and Dj Abdel del Barnio (Germany). At the parties it was an optimal and agreeable atmosphere with the cliffhanger shows of the artists and after it, dancing Salsa Cubana, Salsa LA/NY/Puerto Rico, Bachata and Kizomba with international participants of the festival.

Yes, these festivals are not only dancing 3-4 days long, but also meeting people from europe&all over the world, making new friendships, to enjoy, to spend time together, to stay on the beach&sea with sun&sand!

So, for me it was an awesome trip to open one more italian city and such a good organized&pretty festival, to see my old friends and to meet new ones, to dance and to hold the moments of it with my (photo) camera…

Be there next year, 14-16 October 2016. The Festival is calling!

More information you find here: www.sardiniasalsafestival.com

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