I wrote this over two months ago but … life. There is no big message here. It is just about all the different ways I have tried to enjoy salsa congresses and finally finding the formula that works for me. MamboCity is a congress I have been to many times over the years. I’ve been to many congresses over many years and, honestly, never truly enjoyed them. I have learnt a lot from them, been inspired, and had rare moments of magic. But I’ve never done my best dancing at them, and I have always found them a bit frustrating and even a bit disheartening. This is not because salsa congresses aren’t amazing; this is because of me! My first congress My first congress was in 2010. My son was almost one year old, and I was leaving him for a whole weekend for the first time. I envisaged a weekend full of sleeping and dancing. I did neither a lot of sleeping nor a lot of dancing. I knew nothing of salsa congresses at the time! I was completely intimidated by the scale and ...