Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Travel in music: Recap of the nomadic playlist
Yesterday, I posted the last chapter of this 36-part musical series of personal souvenirs, gathered in the 28 countries I have lived in to date. Below is the summary of all the songs that have helped to illustrate it and a strange pie chart to slice 46 years into geographical percentages... 1973 - Chapter 1 | Belgium – Jacques Brel, Le Plat Pays 1973-1976 – Chapter 2 | D.R. Congo– Baloji, Le Jour d'Après / Siku Ya Baadaye (Indépendance Cha-Cha) 1976-1978 – Chapter 3 | Belgium
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 26, 2020
- 6 min
Travel in music: Chapter 36 - 2016, Travel Through BRICS (South Africa)
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2016 – Chapter 36 | In August 2016, our little family of four embarked on a journey we dubbed Travel Through BRICS. Two years prior, I had passed an exam to join Belgium’s international network
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 25, 2020
- 6 min
Travel in music: Chapter 35 - 2012-2016, South Africa (part II)
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2012-2016 – Chapter 35 | Our stint in Mexico was short-lived. After a mere two eventful years, we came back to our beloved South Africa. Perhaps I should say to our home in Cape Town. Although
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 24, 2020
- 5 min
Travel in music: Chapter 34 - 2010-2012, Mexico
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2010-2012 – Chapter 34 | Towards the middle of 2010, an opportunity arose to move to Mexico. The consulting firm I worked for gave my direct boss responsibility over the Latin American offices,
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 23, 2020
- 5 min
Travel in music: Chapter 33 - 2006-2010, South Africa
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2006-2010 – Chapter 33 | After Canada, Leanne and I jointly decided to put an end to our nomadic wanderings. Years of bobbing like corks in the ocean made us crave something solid under our fee
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
Travel in music: Chapter 32 - 2006, Canada
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2006 – Chapter 32 | Canada would be Leanne and I’s last project. Professionally, the analysis we conducted of its mining industry was one of our most successful reports. Persnally, the last six
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 21, 2020
- 4 min
Travel in music: Chapter 31 - 2006, Poland (part II)
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2006 – Chapter 31 | By the time I went back to Poland, with Leanne, only six months had elapsed since I was last there. Yet, the circumstances were so different it felt like being in another co
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 20, 2020
- 4 min
Travel in music: Chapter 30 - 2005, India
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2005 – Chapter 30 | By the time we were reunited for back-to-back projects in India, Leanne and I had revealed our hitherto hidden relationship to our employers and asked to carry out all futur
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
Travel in music: Chapter 29 - 2005, Poland
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2005 – Chapter 29 | After Pakistan, Leanne and I went our separate ways. She headed to South Korea and I went to Poland. Warsaw was definitely a fun place as spring turned into summer. Polish w
Guillaume de Bassompierre
- Jun 18, 2020
- 5 min
Travel in music: Chapter 28 - 2005, Pakistan
2020, the world is in confinement because of a corona virus. I have used this time to reminisce on my past through a musical blog series. They will take you through my peregrinations on this tiny, unique earth, in chronological order. Click on the song, use it as soundtrack, and enjoy! 2005 – Chapter 28 | When our agency asked for candidates willing to undertake a project in Pakistan, no one came forward except Leanne and I. The USA’s “global war on terror” was in full swing,
