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# Travel

Travel covers trips for conferences, cycling events, and personal exploration — discovering new cities, experiencing different cultures, and the logistical art of working remotely from unfamiliar places. It includes both the practical side of travel planning and the broader value of leaving the home routine periodically.

## Why this matters

Travel serves multiple purposes in this life. Conference travel builds the professional network and provides material for content — meeting podcast guests, understanding different tech ecosystems, and staying connected to the broader engineering community. Personal travel provides perspective and reset, which is essential for creative work. The Italian context matters here: being based in Italy means European destinations are easily accessible, but meaningful engagement with the US and global tech scene requires deliberate travel planning. Travel also intersects with [[topic-cycling-training]], since some of the best cycling routes are discovered on the road, and with [[topic-cooking]], since food is a central part of how new places are experienced.

## Key resources

- [[topic-italian-startups]] — the domestic ecosystem that connects to conference and networking travel in Italy
- [[topic-public-speaking]] — many trips are driven by speaking engagements at conferences
- [[on-founder-energy-management]] — travel is energizing but also draining, and managing it well is part of founder energy management
- Seat61.com — the best resource for European train travel, which is the preferred mode for sustainability and comfort
- Nomad List — useful for evaluating cities for extended stays and co-working options

## Notes

- The best conference trips are the ones where the hallway conversations and dinners are more valuable than the scheduled talks
- Working from a different city for a week or two is a form of productive disruption — the change of environment breaks routine patterns and often sparks new ideas
- Cycling trips that double as training camps are the ideal combination of fitness and exploration — loading the bike on a train and riding in a new region is deeply satisfying
- Travel fatigue is cumulative and often underestimated; spacing trips at least two weeks apart preserves both the enjoyment and the ability to produce content consistently
- Italy's geographic position makes it ideal for short European trips, but the timezone gap with US-based contacts and sponsors requires deliberate scheduling when traveling east or west
