In our last post, I mentioned that I always keep a suitcase (or several) by the door...just in case.
Well...spring is stirring and the desire to traipse around a bit has risen with it!
In the next weeks, I'll be joining some of my fine Dance Gypsy friends for Spring Fest in Chicago.
It will be a long weekend of Balkan, Turkish, Macedonian and Gypsy/Roma dancing with wonderful live music.
Soon after I will travel to Sofia, Bulgaria where, as fate would have it, I will arrive on April 8,
just in time for the International Day of the Roma. Bulgaria is home to many Roma people.
It is still possible to see horse drawn carts making their way down cobbled streets alongside cars.
I wonder what experiences await!
From Bulgaria, I will travel overland to Belgrade, Serbia. In my recent research, I was surprised to learn that Serbia is the main exporter of Gypsies to America...and that the Midwest is home to many of them.
At the time I started this blog, I did not know that these trips were on the horizon.
It is fascinating to see how everything is weaving together.
I am eager to see what I am to learn and experience...
