Hello to everyone. My name is Antonio, I’m an Italian boy from Sicily and in a few minutes, by a simple application on the internet, I was catapulted into this beautiful experience of the Young People G8. Who could imagine that in such few days I would find myself in the middle of so many great friends from all over the world – and they are all so friendly.  Between all these great people is my new friend Florent, who only has the misfortune to be French!   Ah! This experience that I am living in these days is wonderful and will be unique in my life.  Here,  in this beautiful ship, the Nave Italia, we are all searching for all that is possible.  We are searching for solutions and hoping to give life to our ideas to change our world. The number of people in our group is 20 and they are from Europe, USA, Russia, Egypt etc. I think that this is the true spirit of collaboration which should help us construct a better world. Personally, I came to know of this beautiful experience through  the President of the Rotary Club of Trapani.  He knew of my desire to become a diplomat and when I received his email, I started my application that very night.  The possibilities that this experience can give me are so many fold. I can see the world when I visit the homes of my new friends and they can do the same. In these days we are having many activities, games and great discussions, etc. One activity that I liked very much was the apnea diving lesson.  In fact, I dove to 6 meters. This experience will be one that I will never forget.   

Antonio working on the blog.