Heavy rain and a lot of fun
These are the first things that are coming in my mind, when I rethink about the Meetups we had on November 23rd and 24th.
Much More Than Wine. La Dolce Vita, Italian Style of Fun, despite the heavy rain, has been a great and huge reunion, with 20 Local guides from Five different Countries, 10 summit Alumni from Local Guides Summit 2017, Connect Live 2018, Connect Live 2019, Two Connect Moderators, all together for the great pleasure of meeting each other.
This post is a global introduction of two days of fun.
The beauty of being friends.
Friendship is one of the important values of being Local Guides and, in this case, can also be represented by numbers:
Paulus, Jane, Natalka, Valentine, Stella and Karol were coming from abroad (Estonia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Greece). It means Flight and Hotels, paid by themselves, for being here. They decided to come in advance, for visiting Venice, Treviso, Vicenza, Padua and more.
Emanuele, Gaetano, Angela, Giuseppe, Luigi, Flora and Riccardo arrived from far away too (Norcia, Milan, Parma and Lucca), and of course they remained overnight.
The real Local were Antonella, Aurora, Paolo, Mariacristina, Davide, Raffaele and Michela
Talking about numbers, it is interesting to know how the attendees contribute in Google Maps. Please check these AMAZING NUMBERS.
We (together) already contributed with:
6.850 Reviews
68.000 Photos
3.440 Videos
108.700 Answers
6.819 Edits
800 places added
6 roads added
For a total amount of 648.746 points
This for me is absolutely impressing, and also tell us that “there are not so many roads missing” in Europe in Google Maps.
Pre and Post meet-up activities
Paulus, Jane, Natalka had a pre-meetup with Davide in Vicenza, and I am sure they will write a post about that, and about the Friendship that started at Connect Live 2018.
Valentine visited Venezia for a couple of days
Karol and Stella spent Friday night together in Treviso
After the event, Stella traveled in Veneto for a week, visiting …… (I am sure she will tell us, isn’t it?)
Myself, I had a preliminary wine meet-up (that is becoming traditional too) with Karen (in California of course) just a few days before Connect Live, for visiting a winery.
So we finally met each other. Saturday 24th, at 9:30 am. Following the tips of How to organize a great meet-up, I arrived there a few minutes in advance, having in this way the pleasure to see all the others arriving, all of them with a huge smile. Friends, happy to meet.
As I said, the rain was heavy, so most of us was shopping on the street market, to buy … umbrellas. Umbrellas that we had to use for the whole two days
Despite the rain, the Street Market Walk was interesting and funny at the same time.
We discovered the local products, like the Radicchio Tardivo, we had fun in a bar and …… ….and to know more about the morning … here is the Recap
After the first meet-up we reached a pizzeria, for a lunch together. Again, fun and happiness, and a lot of colorful pizzas …
We had to eat quickly, and run to the Wine Meet-up, the core of the day.
Antonella, Angela and Aurora (the three A ladies) joined, while Raffaele had to leave, for some institutional activity:-) He will tell you what I am talking about
What to say about a wine meetup? Is it just people seating around a table, to drink wine?
No, it is not. A wine meetup is about culture, history, tradition, devotion to a scope of a business, and more than this. The Recap is here for you
Time is passing, glass after glass, smile after smile, and it is time for the dinner.
Do you want to join us, and discover the traditional food of Treviso? Treviso Food Crawl 2019 - Local Guides discovering Local Food
The night is short, when you are with good friends, and the morning is coming early. Is meetup again, this time on the main square of Treviso.
Natalka, that we adopted as “Local” is asking us to guide the group to one of the most hilarious statue of the city. You will have to check the photo album to know what I am talking about .)
It was raining again (obviously) so we had to change the plan, for walking protected by the arcades of the city.
Can a recap be represented in a single photo, like the one here below?
Maybe not. To read more: Treviso 360 photowalk - 2nd edition - 360 on the rain
The meet-ups ended, but most of us wanted to stay longer. We decided to go for lunch in a restaurant in the city centre.
The most difficult part was …. to say goodbye
This post is part of the recaps of “La Dolce Vita, Italian Style of Fun,” series.
A 2 days - 4 meetups event organized in Treviso on November 23rd and 24th.
Here below the links to:
The Treviso Street Market Photo-walk Recap
The Treviso Wine meet-up 2019 - Recap
The Treviso Food Crawl meet-up 2019 - Recap
The Treviso 360 Photo-walk meet-up 2019 - Recap
The Recaps by:
I will figure out how to make all this work out as well on this side of the pond… and don’t be surprised if one day I’ll join you!
