DISCLAIMER: I didn’t have to pay for this event as I was DJing, however, I will not be sugar-coating because that’s who I am – embodiment of honesty. There are people who can vouch for this.

So, yes, you read the title right – I became international DJ officially. It was amazing and great opportunity to DJ to around 150 people. I was DJing in room 2 on Friday and then I closed the party on Sunday. I hope my song choices didn’t screw things up …

OK, it was my third visit in Budapest, I went to Lindy Shock 2014 and Lindy Shock 2015 but I had to skip the Lindy Shock 2016 because I went to Sicily Swing Fest 2016. While these two events didn’t clash, I thought that I have been to Budapest twice already and never had been to Sicily before.

Anyway, I faced couple of embarassments in Budapest which I may or may not share in this post. OK, I will share. I arrived on Thursday and I got to my appartment and tried to unlock the door for around 10 minutes. It didn’t work at first but then I realised I tried to unlock the wrong lock …

Event took place over 3 different venues. I had to walk for 15-20 minutes to most of them. There was another one which was 2.7 kilometres away. I ended up walking for 4 kilometres … yep, I got lost (fail) … ;D

The classes were brilliant. It’s been a while since I outed class material. I will not tell what we learned because it would kill the whole idea of actually attending the event. I am certain you can find videos on YouTube.

I also loved DJing. On Friday, I DJed in room 2. There weren’t that many people because room 2 was not the main ballroom on Friday. We had about 10 – 12 couples dancing. On Sunday, I DJed at the very end for nearly 2 hours. I was so excited to see so many people dancing to the songs that I chose to play. During some songs, there were 30~ couples dancing (almost entire audience) … well, I couldn’t please everybody, I guess …

We also had a band called Hot Jazz Band. They were brilliant. They were very professional and played songs that weren’t too long and very nice to dance to. The floor-craft was also great. I was not hit or bumped at. As far as I can remember, I didn’t hit or bumped at anyone either. If I did … apologies. Mistake was mine.

The bar was super cheap. For 0.4l pint of beer you pay 500 forint which is about 1.5 – 2 euro. I ended up having pineapple juice instead … ;D

So, to end this post, I must say that I truly enjoyed the whole event – classes, dances, DJing, venues, the band, team competition, etc … I would definitely come back next year!

Next, you will see me at All Lithuanian Weekend 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania … this weekend actually (assuming you are reading this before Friday, 17th of February, 2017).

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