CEE adventures revisited ...

Sitting in a university/MC dorm in Talinn, Estonia, taking a few moments to share my impressions from last week and a half (seems to be much longer though as so much has happened) before calling it a night and going to sleep just to wake up for another beautiful day that this journey is full of. After missing train from Skopje to Budapest spent one more day in Serbia, somehow this country is becoming a cornerstone of my travelling, I feel like I have been in every step of their recruitment so far :) After arriving into Bratislava spent great few days with the MC, LCPs and LC members, met my only Czech DAI predecessor and talked AIESEC, life and business, delivered visit and co-created plenty of ideas for yet another AIESEC country, met with an inspirational EBBF member to talk about vision, impact and importance of what AIESEC is doing every day. I have left Slovakia tired but happy to sleep overnight at the Stanstead airport in London, surprised to find that I was not the only one with a similar idea. Sleeping bag in my back pack that became my life, appartment and piece of home I cary with me although he's a bit overweight while confronted with the scales of low cost airport cariers. Friday arrived to Baltic Energy and having a unique chance to share undesrcribable spirit, passion and great effort done by all facis, delegates and one unique conference manager-chair couple. Feeling the energy, taking some time to think about myself and AIESEC, having great conversations, meeting Derek, a person that has meant so much for me during my times in AIESEC and reconnecting with 4 czech AIESECers somehow present at one conference without knowing about each other before ... Travelling to Riga and drinking Mojito among the skylines of the city after consulting, advising and supporting AIESEC Latvia on their efforts to achieve so much with limited time and resources in place and speaking with the MC that gave rest of their energy left after full week to speak about the future of their AIESEC country. When I look back on this post, there is so much that has happened in last week, in last month that was the first month of my 2 and 1/2 month adventure spent among passionate and hard working AIESEC people proudly shouting, who rocks the house ! Lots of people ask why AI, how can you give so much, why have you chosen to do this? For me the answer is more clear than ever, where else would I have a chance to live, give, learn, grow and help as much as right now. Often we don't see what is in front of our eyes every day, all the great experiences we live everyday, all the experiences that will stay with us forever all the unforgettable moments we are able to live and people we are able meet, all thanks to one special organization that only little over 20,000 call their home so far, organization with a vision, ambition and relevance for the world as well as for anyone who ever was part of it ... Stay tuned for more posts, from Baltic to Balkans soon ...