Why I bought a van

[sorry, post only available in English!]

Sat 27th Feb 2010 I did bought a van, a Volkswagen Transporter T4 from 1999, called “The Salsa Shuttle”.

Qui va l'adesivo!It’s something I was talking about since few weeks but still people didn’t took me seriously thinking I was kidding… so many people asked me “Why did you bought a van??”

While my first answer is always “why not?”… there is more behind this decision and I want to share here my idea that buying a car is a much worse idea than buying a van.

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Hosting a stranger/Ospitare uno sconosciuto

Last week I had my first Couchsurfing guest.

What is Couchsurfing?

  • It’s the largest hospitality network in the world
  • It’s a community where people believe in hospitality and provide free accommodation to travelers.
  • It’s a revolution in the concept of visiting a place, being in touch with someone living there.
  • It’s for people willing to meet local people, hear their stories and recommendations.

You can be a host, a guest or both, totally up to you.
You can ask to be hosted, or accept/deny requests from people to surf your couch, totally up to you.

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Cumbuco kite surfing vacation

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It was a little more than 1 month ago when I got the chance to catch a vacation to Cumbuco, Brazil.

My friend Gui was already going there and I thought that it was one of the opportunity I’m not gonna let go easily…. so I quickly made arrangements at work, sacrifice some days from the Christmas time in Italy and booked my 10 hours  flight Amsterdam-Fortaleza.

I stepped in the plane with -2 degrees and step out +30: enough to forget the previous 10 hours :)

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Where to dance Salsa in Amsterdam

Are you coming to visit Amsterdam and wonder how is the Salsa scene here?

If you’re a Salsa addicted like me, when you travel for pleasure or work you wanna check the local Salsa scene and have a taste of the best clubs and parties around :)

So many people are asking:
Where to dance Salsa in Amsterdam?
How is the Salsa scene in Holland?
What styles are more danced?

Well, let’s answer one by one.

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Blog news

I recently decided to take more care about my personal blog, so these are the news:

1. beside the historic http://daniele.itvc.net URL (the domain is 5 years old!) the blog is now also reachable at http://www.danielebesana.com :)

2. As I’m feeling somehow internationalized, I started writing post in both Italian and English languages. To switch from one language to the other, look for the flags on the right column (I’m sure you can find it)

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