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+TITLE="Andrea Corsini's travels"
+DESCRIPTION="Andrea Corsini's travels and photos"
+---
+<h2>Travels</h2>
+<p><a href="/travels/pictures"><img src="/images/camera-2-icon.png" /></a> Browse
+  my photos in the <a href="/travels/pictures">travel pictures</a> folder.
+  Although I'm not an expert photographer, I like to share some pictures from my
+  trips.</p>
+<br/>
+<p>How I like to travel:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Prefer journeys over vacations, backpacks over suitcases, active over
+  comfy.</li>
+  <li>Look for something different, seek the unexpected. Don't try to replace what you have elsewhere.</li>
+  <li>Experience characteristic coucines and trust the locals.</li>
+  <li>Come back home with your spirit enriched (probably not the wallet).</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Journeys</h2>
+
+<p>I have recognised the importance of travelling only during my
+  undergraduate and graduate studies. I was lucky to have the possibility to
+  combine studies and new cultural experiences.</p>
+
+<p>Beside the usual good time spent in vacations with my family, I had
+  experienced three very intense long journeys. I will share more about each of
+  them in a separate blog post. So far, I summarise them here.</p>
+
+<h3>Journey to the East</h3>
+<p>This chapter of my life started with my exchange in the mainland China.
+  Between 2015 and 2016, I have spent the second grade of my bachelor's in
+  Shanghai. For a young western in his 20s, that was quite a shock initially,
+  but it slowly transitioned to a melting pot of fantastic memories and people.
+  During the various national holidays, I had the chance to travel around China
+  and south-east Asia. In 2017/2018, I came back to Shanghai, to experience the
+  working-life in the metropolis.</p>
+
+<h3>Balkan flavours</h3>
+<p>Two weeks in the middle of 2018's summer. I started this trip by visiting
+  Hungary and Slovenia in the Central Europe. Then the trip proceeded down to
+  the Southeastern Europe, passing through Croatia and finally reaching
+  Sarajevo. The culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina was fascinating, a real
+  authentic bridge between western and middle-east traditions. I want to explore
+  more this corner of Europe, since this was just a taste.</p>
+<p>Before this trip, I was ignoring most of the countries in this region. Of
+  course we learnt about them in our education, but you know, names and
+  geographical position easily fade away when you only experience them in few
+  hours during classes.</p>
+
+<h3>Europe Rediscovery</h3>
+<p>The long time spent in Asia amazed me, but also made me re-appreciate what we
+  have here in Europe. For example, it's easy to travel around with a simple ID
+  card, by trains, ferries and cheap flights.</p>
+<p>Because of this and many other reasons, during my master's degree, I enrolled
+  in the <a href="https://masterschool.eitdigital.eu">EIT Digital master
+  school</a>. This programme fosters the entrepreneurial spirit of ICT students,
+  beside their technical major courses. It also lets us studying in two
+  different University around Europe, to experience different environments. In
+  my case, I chose Milano (Italy) and Helsinki (Finland). What's more, the
+  master school organises other side events, such as the
+  programme <i>kick-off</i> in Paris and a summer school in Stockholm (Sweden).
+  Thanks to this project, I could join an exciting network of like-minded
+  students. This is definitely a <i>plus</i>, which enriched the overall
+  experience. Unfortunately, near the end of my programme, a world-wide pandemic
+  stroke all over the globe.</p>
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+TITLE="Listing of Pictures"
+DESCRIPTION="Listing of Pictures"
+---
+<h2>Listing of Picture Thumbnails</h2>
+<p>
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