"It’s not about the place it’s about the people"
The fact that it has been 2 months since I came back from genoa is a thing I can’t believe. It was an AMAZING experience. You can say “it was an aiesec life changing experience “
It all started the first day I arrived at Genoa. Where I found that you meet a group of people and by the end of the day you become close friends, even though this happened numerous times, still, is a mystery to me. A very interesting thing that I discovered about aisecers is, once you tell them you are an AIESECer …you feel that the become a part of your family …I have met people, talked to them and knew every detail about their life in a single day and never met them again …. Friendly doesn’t even begin to explain it ..you can call them “family material “ ..
Genoa! What can I say! One of the most beautiful places I have ever been …the sea, the weather, the food and of course, the people. Although they speak a different language than yours, yet, you feel they are so familiar, speaking to your heart, passing over the language and cultural barriers …the thing is, The AIESEC experience make you see places from a different angle .. You go to new places with new people that you just met. And at the end of the journey, you relate to both the people who you start calling family and the place that you start calling home.
I have been a part of the project “social business challenge “which aims to collect money for mothers and children of south Africa with an NGO called CESVI …it was an amazing experience knowing that you are working and at the end you will help change someone’s life.
It is said that travelling enriches your life …travelling with AIESEC is more than that.. it can change your life and sometimes others …in Italy I met people from different cultures, with different ideas and beliefs yet, at the end of the journey I called them family …I found out that it’s not about our differences… what joins us is much bigger and stronger …I will never forget the days we spent homeless on the beaches of genoa, and i will always remember going through the streets at 2 am in the morning singing and having fun …. The thing is.. even if I go to Italy again ..it will never be the same cause every memory I had there is related to the people I have been with … travelling with AIESEC opens your mind and allows you to get to know different cultures …It makes you see the world with different perspectives …you learn to change and accept change ..I can say that my life will never be the same after this !!
Thank you AIESEC.
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