11.21.07
Grenoble Swing Dance Festival
Two weeks ago I finally found someone who would drive to Grenoble the weekend of the camp. The train was not going good times (hm, and in the end not running anyways because of the strikes). So, I tried to sign up for the courses even though it was full. It was even over-full. But I decided anyways to go and dance in the evenings (I had won them in the Jack’n Jill competition on the PSF camp), and do some shopping and looking at the city at daytime.
Lately me and Anthony have actually been thinking about moving somewhere else in France two-three years from now. Grenoble is one of the places we think maybe could fit us with mountains, nature and dancing.
Katarina came from Montpelier, and we slept in the same place, at the home of a couple of dancers. I’ve never seen so good taking care of guests! We was indeed very happy to be able to stay there.
Friday evening dance was great fun. It was wonderful to dance again. Fun also to recognize some of the French dancers. Maybe it will feel like home in the future, like I felt in Sweden when going around on different camps and seeing the same people coming again and again.
Saturday morning just before the courses I got a place for the courses. Puh. I was happy to not have to walk around all day in Grenoble, I would have got lost after 200 meters, and also, the city is one of the most ugly ones I’ve seen. Too sad. Don’t know if I would want to live in that place. However the mountains around was impressive.

This is the beautiful view from the place we were staying at.
But look at thees ugly houses! They were so dirty that I got the feeling that if I touched the facad I would be black. Apparently this is a very polluted city in summer, since the bad air stays between the mountains.
The teachers of the camp were all really good. I learnt a lot. Here is Katarina and some others training to do twists holding on to the wall. Very fun to look at. It is at sunday afternoon and I had to much ache in my body to participate.
There was also an advanced acrobatics class that I took with Farid. We did the pancace acro, and it worked surprisingly good after so short time, we don’t even know the dance style of the other! I really love aerials, I think it’s one of absolutely best and funniest things I know. I must make sure to do the comp and show next summer in Herrang to do more!
Saturday evening we ate spagetti Bolognaise and tasted the whine I had brought as gift. But blah, I had forgot that it was a sweet wine. A very good wine indeed, but not at all drinkable to meat. Luckily enough Katarina had brought some chokolats and we had them and the wine for dessert, so it was a happy ending of the dinner.
The dance on Saturday didn’t start good for me, I was not at all in the mood, and the floor was impossible to spin on, which really destroyed my dancing. It was first later in the night, when the floor was dirty enough to be able to turn without getting stuck, that I found the dance again and I had several really good dances.
Even though I only slept four hours per night I was so full of energy the whole weekend. The dance really makes me happy!






