TITLE="Andrea Corsini's travels"
DESCRIPTION="Andrea Corsini's travels and photos"
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<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>