Having travelled quite a lot during the past few years, I have always chosen places with rich historical past or ones that my guidebook recommended. Since the birth of my blog and my joining Twitter though – there has been one more criterion that helps me plan trips.
This July, I have spent 12 wonderful days travelling around Portugal. I may have never visited Braga, hadn’t it been for Anna Pires who took her time to show me and my friends around. And how do I know Anna? From Twitter, of course!
The best thing when you travel is to meet locals and having a gang of fellow Twitterati, it has never been more fun!
One can say that people can always meet at conferences so why bother travelling around meeting folks you knows from Twitter. But conferences are not the same. People are busy, someone has a presentation, there are tons of teachers you want to talk to and little time. Meeting in a neutral environment is a totally different ball game. You have time to talk, feel relaxed and the topics for conversation are plentiful.
Now why am I writing this?
First of all to thank Anna Pires again J
Second of all, I’m going to travel around Spain at the beginning of September (3-12.09.2010). Having spent days planning the route, me and my friend have decided to stay in Madrid for two days and then travel south to Seville, Malaga, Granada and … hmm… Murcia/ Valencia/ Toledo?
If anyone reading this is into a little get-together somewhere in Spain - let me know! :)
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| With Anna and my friend Sasha in Braga :) |
