San Fran Kizomba Festival 2013

Me at the Airport

I was so excited about the congress that I could not even sleep on Friday night. That was a really really big mistake because I had to be up at 5 am for nursing school on Sat morning. After doing hard work from 6:30 am till about 1 pm I dashed off to the airport to catch my plane at 3.

Turns out I should have put a little more thoughts into my look because the guy sitting nest to me on the plan was HOT! I had to sneak and taken a pic of him below. 

Hot guy

There was cute girl sitting in the seat in front of me. She reminded me of the girl from the movie "Lilo and Stitch". 

Cutie pie girl

Snack on the plane. So unhealthy. 

When I arrived in San Fran I met up with my peeps! They were chilling in the bed lol. 

Guelas, Aziza, and Stacey snuggled up in the bed. 

I met up with my room mates!

Kaija, Amber, and Ann

I met up with Eddy!!!!!!!! He is actually the biggest reason I came to San Fran! Eddy is a very open and giving person. I had the chance to spend almost a week with him in London earlier in the year. During that time I learned a lot about the kizomba way of life.

I met Mandela at the Sat night party!! He is Cwaaaaazy!! (Those are his own words.)

It was a costume party so lots of people were dressed up. 

I found Waldo!

Kizomba super heroes

We were in the costume contest! We did not win lol. 

The next day after being up all night (I literally did not sleep because the parties lasted till 6am!!!!) I woke up to take classes with Eddy...

Semba after class demo

I met up Ana from Seattle and I took Oscars class. 

Ana, Amber, and Oscar

Oscar and Tanya from DC taught a very good lesson. Here is their after class demo.

Mandela's class was packed! 

His before class warm up.

Some more random pics for your enjoyment. 

Usukuma is learning a lot!

I was secretly recording him and Nii at the congress. They were doing great!

Kizomba sandwich

Overall it was a fun, fun, time and I look forward to going again next year!