Why 'Viejo World'?

Inspired by Marley’s words ... ‘Say something!’ I decided to create this blog open to everyone, since all of us have something to say, from backpackers, to businesswomen, rockers, Rastafaris and so on.

As mentioned in the description of the blog, I consider travelling as one of the most wonderful experiences, but even better is having the opportunity to meet people from different cultures, not only to learn and enrich ourselves culturally but to appreciate our roots and see the world through other peoples’ eyes. It is always interesting to have more elements to understand other people's views on a same issue, listen to the different arguments for or against, and finally cultivate our minds. Although some of my greatest interests are IPE (international political economy) related, we meet interesting people in our daily lives, thus this might rather be an open space to share experiences from meeting interesting people around the world and to comment on interesting international contemporary issues.

I chose the name ‘Viejo World’ both because of currently living in the Old (Viejo) World, and because it reminds me how we call each other with my closest friends in Mexico, where I am originally from. ‘Viejo’ is another way to call your friends as ‘brother’.

I am surprised about how many people speak and like the Spanish language, thus I would sometimes write in Spanish, after all I love my mother tongue and I’m orgulloso de ser Mexicano!

I hope you enjoy this blog and will be more than happy to read and respond to your comments, cheers!

Espero que disfruten este nuevo blog!