Kobe to Tokyo via Barcelona
Vanessa ?SELL TSURUGA
Digital Marketing at Rakuten ?? Founder of COLLECTIVE VISIBILITY
January 8, 1994.
I was 14 and Barcelona was my home town. As in, it was where my home was.
It was El Clásico and I was at Camp Nou with my family, and on the pitch were the greats of the time: Goals by Romario (hat trick), Koeman, and Iván, and FC Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-0. They were joined in full by Zubizarreta, Ferrer, Guardiola, Sergi, Bakero, Goikoetxea, Stoichkov (Laudrup, 47’), Amor and Nadal. And of course Johan Cruyff, holding on steady to a chupa chups, said to be his weapon against tobacco.
An unforgettable night at Camp Nou, in the company of greats.
Cut to 2018.
I was a few years older and Kobe was my home town. As in, it was where my home was.
And I was on the move. I was relocating to Tokyo for a new job. Although my destination was just 520 km away, 160 minutes on the Shinkansen, I made a pretty astonishing detour.
On Tuesday morning July 17, I walked into Camp Nou. My first day with my new employer Rakuten.
An unforgettable day at Camp Nou, in the company of greats.
Digital Marketing at Rakuten ?? Founder of COLLECTIVE VISIBILITY
5 年Xavier Purcallà Ari?o ?? ...siguiendo con el tema que empezamos a hablar ayer. Un tema que no tiene fin! El poder de Barcelona, el poder del deporte, el poder de sue?os.
Digital Transformation Leader | Brand Growth Hacker | AI Advisor | APAC & Japan
5 年Impressive life journey!
International Export Sales - Business Development South & North Europe.
5 年very nice story and reunion?
Du var i Barcelona? L?t mig veta n?sta g?ngen fast jag kommer inte ih?g vems tur ?r det att bjuda p? middag.