TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one

page”

-St. Augustine-

Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development

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FIRST STEP: planning the travel

I really enjoy planning all my travels in details.

Travelling is not so expensive if you know how to search on the Web.

I am used to create Excel files with all the basic costs of the trip and send them to my friends, proving them travelling is always possible.

If you are brave, flexible and not lazy, you can tackle the cost, experience new cultures, and improve yourself.

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NORMANDY 2010

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CORNWALL 2013 BY CAR

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HOW I AM IMPROVING MYSELF

TRAVEL PLANNIN

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Most of the times I travel with international friends, therefore the planning files have to be in English or French language

I always have a defined amount of money to spend. The travel has to been planned in such a way to not exceed my and my friends’ budget.

Microsoft Excel and Search Engines are the main tools. I am now very familiar with them

Travel planning is my best mental organization training tool. Its contribution reflects upon my ordinary life order.

When I look for offers and alternatives, I can compare the behavior of different firms, expecially their pricing policy. I follow day-by-day all firms’ pricing changing. This helps me do understand some dynamics between consumers and firms.

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SECOND STEP: enjoy the essence of each single tripMadagascar 2012

I have discovered very characteristic environments and familiarized with them

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I realized that my 2012 year did not correspond to their 2012

Chain of people building a new house.In the human working chain there are also children and women.Madagascar 2012

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Our houses.Madagascar 2012

I thought that if somebody else could be optimistic in that life condition, I could be

optimistic as well

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I became part of the population of one small village in Madagascar.The man was telling us stories about witches and shamans of the village.I recorded the stories.

I made the effort to integrate myself with a different culture without any prejudice

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Famadihana: the funerary tradition. I celebrated the deads with happy songs and dances with the native people of the village

Everything could have different facets, even the death.

Never take anything for granted.

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Dante in the Divine Comedy, remind us Ulisse addressing his travel companions, saying them:

«You were not made to live your lives as brutes, but to be followers of worth and knowledge».

Canto XXVI - Ulysses -Divina Commedia (Inferno)

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