Orientation Week

First things first…where exactly is Reggio Emilia? It is up North, situated between Milan to the North and Bologna to the South.

A close up of the Emilia- Romagna region.

Reggio Emilia is a city of 171, 000. In comparison Dunedin has 128,000 & Wellington 212,000.

The American psychologist Jerome Brunner who was given honorary citizenship here in 1998 says, “ …Reggio Emilia is of a size that favours imagination, energy, community spirit…In Reggio Emilia one is given to meeting a rare form of courtesy, a precious form of reciprocal respect”.

Milan Centrale Train Station- an hours train ride from Milan airport. The Frecciarossa high speed train is on the right.

To get here I flew three and a half hours to Sydney, fifteen and a half to Doha and finally six and a half to Milan. Thanks to Robbie Bell at House of Travel, Alexandra for a very smooth trip. I flew Emirates as they allowed the most baggage- 30kg + 7 kg carry on luggage (other airlines allowed 25kg). After that it was a forty minute train on the high speed Frecciarossa train to the very impressive Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana train station. It was possible to book all the train tickets from home first.

Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana train station upon my arrival- a lovely sunny welcome at the start of winter!