Okay, for one who proclaims to be very rational it seems odd that I have avoided an airline just because of one bad flight. So it was with this thought that I booked a last minute flight on Easy Jet to Sofia last weekend to attend the Bulgarian Salsa Festival. It was interesting to see that Easy Jet have gone easy on the orange and their flight attendants are no longer doomed to be covered head to toe in orange. Needless to say, the 3 hour flight from London to Sofia was not only faultless it was also pleasant.
I arrived in Sofia quite late and it was already dark so I could not see much but my first impression was that it reminded me of Havana or Rostov with its wide streets and ample greenery. I was staying in a friend of a friends apartment which was located in a typically communist era type tenement tower block with a huge metal door at the entrance. The apartment it self was large and cosy and it immediately felt like a home from home. However I only had enough time for a quick glass of Bulgarian Beer and a chicken drumstick and it was straight out to the serious business of dancing.
All the parties for the Salsa Festival were held in a club called 4KM, on account of it being located i an area that is 4km from Sofia city centre -So I was told. I kid you not.
For the Salsaheads; The floor was fast and the room was airconditioned. Predominantely On 1 Dancers with a generoud helping of Bachata. All in all a thoroughly good atmosphere. The only negative being smokers on the dance floor.
