Why I like to share photos and reviews (Connect Live 2019)?

Hello everyone!

Thanks for being here and reading my post, I always love to share my thoughts but it is the first time I do it here so, I’ll try my best! :slightly_smiling_face:

First of all, who am I?

I am an Italian guy from Treviso (near Venice) of 28 years who loves to travel, discover new places, meet new people and who is always curious to try different things, in other words I don’t really like to settle too much; in fact, at the moment I work and live in Brussels.

This is why, when I had my first smartphone in my hands, or even a little earlier, I started experimenting with Google Maps, a super useful app able to get you where you need to be, not without some normal inaccuracies :wink:

I seriously started using Google Maps when I was in the University of Padova, about 1 hour from my hometown, and since then I never stopped using it! I loved to see new places in my Uni’s city and I liked to share some contents on my own, even though it seemed a little strange at the beginning that some unknown people used my photos and my reviews to decide which restaurant to choose for a romantic night or which club to go to have some fun, but then I stopped and thought about it: that’s the same thing I DO!

In fact, wherever I would have liked to go, I often started by looking the images and the reviews other people made and shared so that I could choose better and not blindly!

And that’s why I love to share photos or reviews or to answer to some questions, because I like the idea that someone else, like me, has little or no ideas where to go and directs his/her questions on Google Maps where someone like me can help and suggest the best activities to do in a particular place :slightly_smiling_face:

Finally, I have to be honest, I shared very little photos (like 14 if I’m not wrong) and many more reviews , why is that you ask? Because I prefer to enjoy the place, have fun and smile, not having my smartphone ready like a gun to make photos and to post them very soon after, I am not that type of social guy right now

BUT!!

For this new year I have many ideas of how to change myself and I can’t wait to travel so that I can share new content and be more active and bring photos like these!

In conclusion, I thank you all for inviting me to the Connect Live 2019 in San Jose, California ! I really hope to have the chance to be part of it because it would be an honor and an incredible new adventure in my life!

Wish you all the best,

Tommaso


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Very nice region Veneto and wonderful town Treviso, I hope you will come back one day to bring your skills and openness here. We could manage to organize together a google local tour to bring pics and show them to friends in the world!

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Of course @biancainviaggio ! I would love to! If you already have some ideas we can talk about it! :slight_smile:

Ciao @Deusrex91 (Tommaso)

Treviso is a very well known town in Local Guides Connect, Just check: searchpage=treviso

We have a lot of Local Guides activity in the city. It would be great to have also you and @biancainviaggio in some meet-up

Have a fun in local Guides Connect.

Is this your application post? I will start to record my video soon, starting from the spring of Sile River, in the Gran Bosco dei Fontanassi

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Good writes!!!

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Ciao Ernest, thank you for the invitation. I would not expect to have so active local guides close to me.

Sile is a beautiful river to preserve that happens to me to sail in a canoe

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Ciao @biancainviaggio

Funny, isn’t it? Local guides from all Europe are coming to Treviso usually :slight_smile:

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@ErmesT I didn’t know about that! It would be very nice to participate to one event or meetup, to know each other and discover new places of this beautiful province :slight_smile:

Yes, it is for the application: I too have to start recording the video and I am looking for an inspiration, maybe we could organize a meeting or something!

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So all the best for your application @Deusrex91

Meet-up: the first meet-up availabe, that will happen on March 23, in Venice, is: 36-WALK-VENEZIA-IT

The concept of the 36walk, initiated by @PaulPavlinovich , is very interesting, you should check it.

I will not be able to join because I will be at the Promenade “36” photos Paris

But I am preparing a CleanTheWorld meet-up a Fagarè. I am just working on the map now

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Thank you @ErmesT ! Wish you the best too!

That meetup seems very interesting, I would like to join! Is there some kind of reservation to make?

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Yes of course.

at the end of meet-up the post you will find: Conferma la tua partecipazione qui

Is a link for accessing the official page of the meet-up

Have a fun

Have a lovely time @Deusrex91 welcome to Connect and Local Guides :slight_smile:

Good luck with your application to join Connect Live 2019. Perhaps we can get to meet in November :).

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