What Salsa is for me

One autumnal Sunday morning in Lecco, on the shores of the beautiful Como Lake, few years ago.
As many Sunday morning, I was there with my friends, our motorbikes parked on a long line of hundred motorbikes, standing in leather suites and helmets religiously under the arm, talking with other riders about – guess what – motorbikes.

Vasco Rossi

Vasco Rossi, the damn rocker

A man came out of the blue shouting:
“Listen to me guys!
I want to do a great concert!
I want to invite Vasco Rossi here in Lecco
and I want all the riders to enjoy this concert!”

Me and my friends looked at each other in the eyes, no word spoken, but clearly thinking “who’s this madman!?”.

He continued:
“I’m telling you guys this because I love riders.
And do you know why I love motorbike riders?
Because they are ALIVE! They have PASSION!”

What a beautiful declaration – he wasn’t a madman at all!

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Experiment #5: 3 months of vagabonding

I’m very proud to present this experiment, the greatest so far.

This time isn’t a “one month change of habits” kind of experiment as the previous ones.
This time are hundreds experiments inside a bigger one.

Something planned well ahead, waited, prepared, executed and still with consequences under investigation.

Here it is: from June to August 2011 I took a career break to vagabond around Latin America – basically Colombia….

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Extremos Show Team @ “I’m not a tourist” Expatica fair ’09

Extremos Show Team show “James Bond” fatto alla fiera “I’m not a tourist” di Expatica, per immigrati specializzati che vivono in Olanda!

Coppie: Magda-Zayaad, Linde-Eric, Tatiana-Daniele… prima e dopo lo scambio :)

Extremos Show Team performing 2009 show “James Bond” at “I’m not a tourist” Expatica fair, expo for expat living in Netherlands!

Couples: Magda-Zayaad, Linde-Eric, Tatiana-Daniele… before and after the switch :)