Last weekend, I was at the Amsterdam Lindy Exchange. Both my first trip to Amsterdam (A crazy place, I think you can get high just from walking the streets because of the smoke clouds coming out of the Coffee Shops… And I really wouldn’t have thought the prostitutes are even in their windows on Sunday and Monday mornings …) and my first Lindy Exchange [wikipedia].

A lindy exchange is

a gathering of lindy hop dancers in one city for several days to experience the dance venues and styles of that local community, and to dance with visitors and locals alike

And it was fun. I didn’t get a glimpse of ‘typical’ Amsterdam night life, because the evenings were already filled with dance events. We did a boat trip on sunday however, so I did do something typical for Amsterdam, too.

Going to a different city to meet other dancers is a great thing to do. If you’re a dancer, you should definitely do that. If you’re not a dancer, you should become one. :-)

My next lindy exchange will be in September: the Munich Lindy-Exchange, where I actually ended up in the organization crew. We’re really trying hard to make that a great event. We’ll be having some great parties. And we’ll be going to Oktoberfest (aka “Munich beer festival”) with you. And yes, we’ll probably end up dancing there, too.