Stagecraft for Youth Workers: youth work, communication skills, public speaking, comedy

An Erasmus+ training course for youth workers based on presentation, communication and engagement skills. And the first time I integrated a stand-up comedy workshop in an E+ course.

7 ways Italian food is done horribly wrong abroad

Hello! This time I am back with a populist, stereotype-heavy article, following my most-read-ever post about my life in Prague. Some people were asking “hey, why don’t you write about something you miss from Italy?” – their first obvious idea being food. The thing is, I don’t miss good Italian food. I can find a […]

Follow the Yellow Brick Road – Italy 2017

Ups, we did it again! “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” is a very successful training course we have realised for the first time in Italy in December 2013, and that since then we have brought (with some variations each time) to Czech Republic and Netherlands. This time, we took it back where it all started: […]

How to make “Spaghetti alla Carbonara” for 35 people

No, I didn’t go completely crazy and no, I am not turning “The Cat” into a food blog in order to get more clicks. This post will just be some kind of playful intermission between all the travel stories, courses, movies and games reports. It’s the recount of how, together with my family, we made […]

Nature of (EVS) Sermugnano

By now, if you are following my posts and adventures, you know that I like a good story. The week I am going to describe has all the elements of a good one: an inspiring place, an interesting cast of characters, a good solid plot, and a mystery to solve. It was the second edition […]

Get Storied

It is done! We just concluded “Get Storied” (Storytelling and education), a week long training course co-funded by the European Erasmus+ programme, which took place in our self-managed hostel in Sermugnano. I was very happy to go back to that place, to which I am connected by so many memories, and that is able to create immediately a […]

Special Effects

This is not an easy story to tell. It will also be the longest post I have written so far, so brace yourselves, a lot is coming your way. You can also read it in more takes, so relax. “Special Effects” is the title of a training course concept that we have developed back in […]