Engineers Can Have Fun Too You Know?

“Traveling makes us understand that in any case it is precisely this diversity that makes us special and unique.”

- Dario Contarino

By Dario Contarino | Sicily, Italy

What are your current goals/dreams you are working towards? What made you take this path?

My main goal is currently to graduate in engineering and then work in a sector where I will be able to help people and one of my dreams is to be able to travel to get to know other countries and their cultures better.

Has traveling shifted your perspective on the world? If so, in what ways?

Yes. Traveling has helped me to see the world in a different way, to understand that each of us has a completely different life from ours but sometimes also similar. It makes us understand that in any case it is precisely this diversity that makes us special and unique.

Name an encounter with someone you met while traveling that had an impact on you?

I traveled alone to Barcelona, and I met a special person and his name is Fabio. We bonded right away and from that moment on our friendship continues above all because we always plan our vacations together, even if we are in opposite sides of Italy.

What has been the favorite place you have traveled to & why?

I think my most memorable trip is the one I made in Barcelona in 2021. It was my first experience alone abroad, I met people from all over the world, learned a new language and tried to live in a different environment than the one at which I'm used to.