East Sussex Dance Germany Trip 2013

Summer, My Mum, Me, Marcus, Floss, Richard, Indie, Andrew, Maya,
Julia, Mike, Amy, Kimberly, Beth, Daniel, Emily, Peter, Emma, Oscar,
Megan, Lydia and Eliza

Hey there everyone! ❤

Long time no see huh? I just want to say before I start this post I'm really sorry that I haven't done a blog post in nearly 2 weeks now, I've been super busy and I haven't had time to sit down properly and write on my blog. But I'm back and better than ever so without any other interruptions... Here we go!

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Last weekend I went to Cologne in Germany with my dance school and it was one of the best weekends ever. Cologne is such a beautiful place, I'm really glad that I had the chance to explore the city and discover a new place that I'd never been to before. ESD went to Cologne last year but I didn't go so I didn't really know what to expect, let's just say I definitely wasn't disappointed. It was a perfect opportunity to meet new people and get to know my fellow dancers even better. Everything was so perfectly organised, the bus to take us to and from the airport was on time, our hotel was lovely, all of the staff were really friendly - They even opened up the breakfast room at midnight just so we could do some Salsa practice! All of our rooms were on the same floor so we were only a couple of doors away from each other which was really fun. Also the hotel was placed just outside a little town square full of interesting shops and water features that my friends and I loved walking around and checking out all the fun German products that they don't have in the UK.

I don't think they have enough energy drinks in Germany..

They have fairy Capri-Sun's, Oh My Lord.

The little village we were in

One of the many water features we found

Water Feature Number 2

Nice photo bombing Marcus ;)

Me and My Girls ❤

My famous ''Willy Drink'', it wasn't until
I got to the airport on the way home that
I realised ''Billy Boy'' is a brand of German
Condoms...

Alex didn't want her hair to get wet...

 The flight was so quick as soon as the pilot said we'd be landing in 10 minutes me and Summer looked at each other really shocked, it felt like 5 minutes not 50.

DAY 2

 All of us caught the train into the city and we all went off in our own little groups and explored the city. We saw the Cathedral which was soo huge! I heard it was big, but big is an understatement, it's ENORMOUS! It's really beautiful, and the river is stunning I could have sat and looked at it all day. That afternoon Me, Summer, Floss and Alex all went down to the Euro Dance Centre to do some training and my god it's soo nice in there! Their studios are really spacious and have lots of mirrors in which is excellent. I loved how they'd painted the ceiling and walls to look like a jungle it was really creative and made me smile. All the people that worked there were lovely and they let us use the studio whenever we wanted til 10 o'clock which was really kind of them. They even had a bar! I thought that was really cool. I hope that when we get a studio it's like that one.

I'm never gonna forget those studios!

This is only part of the cathedral hahah

Me and My Girls by the river ❤

Panorama of the river

We actually saw a 6ft inflatable, smoking, penis..

That evening it was around 10-11 o'clock and all us teenagers were still awake so our teacher took us out in the hall way and started teaching us Salsa and Sequence that most of us had never done before, we all really enjoyed it so for a bit of fun we decided to do it in the competition the next day. The next day was the day of the competition so we were all very excited. The venue was really nice, like most other buildings that we'd seen that weekend. The dance floor was nice and big so there was lots of room for us to dance on and the floor wasn't sticky or slippery which was really good because there's nothing that a dancer hates more than a sticky floor! Not that there were many people on the floor at the same time. There was like 4 German schools and 4 British schools and there wasn't many people competing which meant the rounds were either Semi-Finals or a straight final which was actually really nice. It meant that we all got a chance to actually be acknowledged by the judges and have our minute of glory sort of thing.

1st - Gold Ballroom Solos, 2nd - Gold Paso Doble Solos,
 2nd - Royal Empress Tango Sequence, 2nd - Silver/Gold Tango Couples,
2nd - Silver/Gold Jive Couples, 3rd - Couples Salsa

 My friend injured herself while she was in the middle of her round and a teacher from one of the German schools kindly came over with an ice pack and got one of her students Mum's to who was a physio to come in an strap her up which was soo sweet of her. Overall the general atmosphere of the competition was really lovely, I much preferred it to any of the competitions I've been to in the UK. I managed to win 6 medals, which was amazing because I haven't won a medal in well, a long time. I extremely enjoyed my weekend in Cologne with all my friends and dance school. I feel like I've gained so much from this experience, I've made some amazing friends and also become closer with the ones I already had. I'm so gutted that it's all over, I wish I could go back right now because I miss it so much. Last weekend was one of the best times of my life and I'm never going to forget it. I can't wait for next year so we can all go back and do it all over again.

Roll on Germany 2014! ❤

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So there you go guys, I hope this has made up for my lack of blog posts recently. You probably have but if you haven't read my previous blog post you can go and check it out here.

Til next time blogging peeps!

Auf wiedersehen! (Bye) ❤