ERYKA TRAVELING
THE ADVENTURES OF ERICA

Sardinian to the core, Erica lives in a small and charming town in the north-east of Sardinia, the jewel in the crown of the municipality of Olbia. ERYKA TRAVELING it is the blog where he tells us about his travels.

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HOW MUCH DOES TRAVEL CHANGE ONCE YOU HAVE CHILDREN?

The way of traveling does not change with the arrival of children if we are the ones who do not change while travelling. Having a child at a very young age means growing together even in the way we travel. Children take example from what they see and experience: if parents continue to travel as they did before their arrival, it will be natural for their children to find themselves on the other side of the world together. It's all about teaching them that the best lessons come from travelling, they will soon get used to the comings and goings. It is clear that during a trip shared with your children there will have to be more care but if traveling was already our life before, everything will come very naturally.
When I travel with my son it's as if we were making an exchange: I go back to seeing with the eyes of a child and living the experiences that present themselves to us with a light heart and a carefree mind, while he learns how to grow up, but not too much, he learns to be responsible, the different situations teach him when he can laugh, run, shout, jump, he slowly learns what it means to travel.

WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL, AN ESSENTIAL TRINOM?

Essential trinomial, exactly. I write to travel, I travel to write and photograph, I photograph to write, I write, travel and photograph for a living and I live to write, travel and photograph. Put like this, it seems like a tongue twister but my life itself has always been centered on these three passions.

As a child I wrote a lot, when I was eleven I got my first camera, traveling and being away from home was the routine for the first decade of my life. They are not hobbies developed over time but they are the three passions in which and from which I was born, simply, writing, traveling and photography are what I am and will be.

A TRIP THAT CHANGED YOUR EVERY PERSPECTIVE?

My first trip to America definitely changed my entire perspective. Having arrived at a delicate moment of transition, I found in it many of the answers that I had been looking for for some time as well as the fact that it clearly put all the cards that one has to play in life in front of me.

E’ It was an exciting two-week road trip between California, Nevada and Arizona, the most classic of classics in short, my first trip overseas among other things, a trip that I recommend to everyone to live for a few days inside those cinematographic settings with which we grew up, to see how beautiful the States are that go beyond clichés.

WHAT DO YOU DO TO MAKE YOUR LIFE GREENER?

I try to protect the environment around me and take care of the planet just like when I am at home in everyday life. I do separate waste collection, even where it is not fully applied, I use a water bottle instead of a case of water bottles to put in the backpack, and I travel with a backpack and a small trolley, I never take on a large piece of luggage, even if I have to go to the other side of the world, a few clothes (I don't buy clothes specifically for travelling) which I will wash cyclically at the destination.
I always say that we are not going to have a fashion show but to discover the world, the important thing is to be clean. To get around, when the plane is essential, I try to make as few flights as possible. In hotels I behave like at home: I avoid having towels changed when it's not necessary, I take quick showers, I turn off everything when I go out or the lights when they're not needed, I don't watch television, also because I only come back to the hotel to sleep and wash, I turn on the heating or air conditioning only if really necessary, I'm someone who doesn't suffer from the cold or the heat and this helps, I always prefer to open the windows to let in the heat of the sun or fresh air. I prefer to consume local foods, less wrapped ready-made foods means less plastic. I collect waste that I find in nature but I know that I could do much more and I intend to commit to doing so.

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