Milano e Verona... La citta de Giulietta!

Talking about Italia... here are some pictures... (finally!!)


Il Duomo (the main Church on the City) was started to be built on 1346 and finished on 1904... is awesome and i call it "The Jewel of Milano".
Is located on the downtown, and currently is under restauration (3 years ago) covered partially, and everybody waits to have it shown to the public from December on this year...


Well, Verona, is a city close to milano, you get there taking a train on the Central Station for 2 hours. when you get there, this Arc welcomes you to the city, is really nice and small place...

Soon, more pictures... when i have time... :D

take care

Complimenti!!! nuova Master in Economia

Ciao... !!

Once upon a time, April 2003, I got to be in Frankfurt, and meant to be there for some days on a not planned stay, and well, it was me, alone, on the airport, without anything to do, but, i had lots of luck to found a "Latin" name searching for a contact in Frankfurt, and she was there.

She is called Renata, I called here and was like... Hello, this is Betoalonso, I'm Peruvian MCP and got stocked on Frankfurt... she replied in Spanish I'm Peruvian as well!!! She went to pick me up at 2.30 AM, traveling so far from home to reach me, something priceless... Just wanted to thank her in so many ways that i couldn't express myself... was only some minutes I saw her...

After almost 3 years, she traveled back to Peru, and I just couldn't do anything less than show her my city...

So, she made a research on some tasks specially recommended to her, to complete her Master studies in Economy…

Back on Germany, May the 10^th, she got graduated with Honors as Master in Economy from the Goethe’s University of Frankfurt AM.

Now, she is going to work on ProCredit located in Ecuador or some other Country that can be necessary a good professional on her domains.

Here you find a Picture on Cafe Valenzuela... just the best coffee!!! :P

I have to say that I’m so proud of her, since is an example of how someone can reach her objectives and work for them, being a great person.

Hugs to her… This post is dedicated to You Renata!

The Italian Job

Hello, well was Monday morning, the meeting was set up at 10.00 at Palazzio Price… Via Monterosa 91 with Leo I. (former AIESEC Ecuador MCP, Italian MC member, Ceed, and with some more @ career). He met us and talked with Paola R. who welcomed us to PwC Italy, (I said US, since there is a Peruvian girl who is working here in Price, on the Negroni group).

We signed the agreements, the contracts and all went fine, then, we went to another government office to get out “Codice Fiscale”, Italian analogy for Peruvian RUC. After, we went to have lunch with my new colleagues…

So, the Italian Job, would mean the Italian work style… a normal day on Italian’s working day would be like this:

1.- Wake up around 7.30 – 8.00 (up to how far is the office from home), they take a shower and go to work.

2.- They start at 9.00 around, first, they go to grab a coffee, normally at a coffee machine, they make real coffee!!!! like at a "cafeteria" not Nescafe or something related... after coffee and daily comments of news and all, they go back to work (actually, “start” working) like 30 min. after…

3.- Between 12.30 and 13.00 they go to have lunch, at “Cantina” that means, to the company’s employees’ dining room… (cantina in Spanish stands for a place where people use to go to get drunk… but here, is a place to eat, and also, people use to go to BARs to have lunch…)

4.- They use to go out from work at 18.00 – 18.30, is the time when all public transportation is a real mess, since all the people wants to get home and after, they go to somewhere else to have dinner or a coffee or beer…

That is a normal day for Italian’s work style…

I’ll tell you more… next time… so, keep in touch!!!

On the way to PwC…

Well, the plane was out from the airport on time… my travel-mates were a couple on their 50’s they both had a daughter in Peru… they were really nice couple of Germans to talk about anything… specially about Arequipa, that, for them, is the best place to stay in Peru…

We landed in “Bon Air” wuau, the weather was SHOCKING, imagine, was 23:30 Hrs, dark, windy with 30 C° and 95% of Humidity… No way to get out from a fresh place… all the people was dark as chocolate, very kind, but, prices started to be high… preparation for Europe!!! :D

Then, the trip continued, landed in Amsterdam at 5.05, 35 minutes earlier than fixed time… I was sad since couldn’t manage to talk to/meet with Masha, whom really wanted to meet me on Shirpoll… had the chance to take a shower was really nice and fresher, time passed, started to rain, and after all, got my plane to Italy… and met with almost 25 Peruvians going to Italy on my same plane… I wanted to grab some Strawwaffles??? Hehehe, never mind, so expensive…

Landed in Italy, Malpensa is a city far from Milano, it takes like 40 minutes from there to the city by bus, so, I checked on the bus and Arrived to Cardona station, like 10 minutes before the time I was supposed to be there. Had to wait to my Reception Team, that went to meet me there, Francesco and Francesca!!! Both were really kind and took me to a hostel close to the MC Flat. Nice times… nice weather, nice city… so, we needed to start doing paperwork for our famous “Permit of Stay”…

Happily, I contacted my dear Cousin, Claudita, she invited me to stay with her some time till I get my apartment, was great, since the apartment was going to get ready for Saturday… time with here were Awesome, so nice, full of energy, advices, fun, food, all, I got to know that she will be my best friend here… my family link…

I don’t know if I have to dedicate a special post to the “Permesso di Soggiorno” (Permit of Stay), since was the thing that took most of the time of my stay in Milano before starting the traineeship… never mind, I think I will need to write a “Special Guide” for this permit… so, it will be helpful and fruitful, not frustrating as would be… and , if someone have any question about this, just ask, post a comment with your mail, and I will reply… :D just need to thank all the people helped, specially Fede and Francy…

So, there was the Old Fashion night, some good food, international dances, and some other nice things to share… got to know new friends, fellow trainees, the MC, etc.

Finally, got all needed, moved to my new house, had a lent mobile (+39 3481 0770 20) so, got ready for PwC.