Summer plans?

I came back from China in the end of April and after spending 2 weeks in Amsterdam working for GRI and seeing some old friends, I arrived in Aarhus focused in finishing the semester and figuring out my summer plans... my original plans of staying in Aarhus working on a cool marketing project got canceled and I got a bit confused in the middle of a thousand ideas and no concrete decisions. Anxiety and impatience are not good companions for those moments, I must confess.

Cutting the crap (I guess no one wants to read about my inner conversations with myself over the last month), some good things came out and some more traveling is taking place!!

I'm taking part in a summer leadership/meditation retreat facilitated by John Milton (www.sacredpassage.com) in the mountains in Sweden, camping for one week, spending 3 days on a solo-trip where the sun never sets! I'm really looking forward for this experience and to prepare myself this this journey I decided to hitchhike all the way from Aarhus to Valadalen Natural Reserve, near Aare, a 1,500km road trip! I will have the company of my beautiful Danish friend Louise so I think we won't have problems to get rides! ;-)

After Sweden, I'll be in Copenhagen for a couple of days before heading to Brazil, where I will work on a project for the 2 months (from mid-July until early September). I'll be based in Sao Paulo and I'm looking forward to meet old friends, meet new people and start planning some cool future projects!! I'll be at the AIESEC Alumni Congress, for sure!!!! (I didn't imagine that happening...)


I'll blog more on the hitchhiking trip when possible, and share some thoughts from the camping retreat...

Life at Mejlgade street

I got used to be a nomad in Århus, and I'm learning to carry less and less, only the necessary goes with me. Of course I would like to have a place I call "home" for a longer period, but rent is expensive to keep when you are always traveling around. Living rooms and couches became "home" and they will continue to be for the next two years!

Last week I moved again, I think it was the 7th or 8th time in one year I live here. I live together with Daniel, the current LCP of AIESEC UNI - yes, again, AIESEC helping me...

The interesting part is that my daily life got reduced to 200 meters... I live, work and study in the same street: Mejlgade, which also comes to be the oldest street in Århus - over one thousand years old!!

"The original city [of Århus] grew up around the mouth of the Århus Å river. Here the Vikings decided to settle because of the location's excellent potential as a harbour and trading position. The Danish word for "river mouth" was at that time "AROS", and this is the word from which "Århus" of today originates. During the Viking Age a cluster of houses along the river up to Immervad and down to the Mejlgade street constituted a small urban community encircled by an earthen rampart and a moat." (VisitAarhus.com)

I live at number 5, last floor with an amazing sunny terrace (able to climb up to the roof)

I study at the backyard of number 35, Kaospilots.

And and work at the number 24, cleaning a cool bar called Ris Ras. It's easy and I do it in the morning before going to class. The benefits includes "under the table" cash, free (good) coffee and very cheap beers, besides lots of nice staff.

But this is only for this month, in October I'll spend two weeks in Copenhagen and perhaps go to Brazil until January!