The Britalians Marco & Erica

Marco Biagioli

Erica Melargo

Marco LIKES
  1. Comedy
  2. Interviewing People
  3. Airports
  4. Experiencing Cities
  5. Acting
  6. Singing
Marco DISLIKES
  1. Do Nothing
  2. Overcooked Pasta
  3. Nails on the blackboard
  4. Wasabi paste
  5. Slow movies
Marco’s STRENGTHS
  1. Getting things done
  2. Comedy
  3. Spontaneity
  4. Creativity
  5. Enthusiasm
Marco’s WEAKNESSES
  1. Too Spontaneous, sometimes some jokes sound better in my mind than in reality
  2. Constantly Acting, people can’t understand if I am being serious while talking but useful for comedy
  3. Tendency to do everything by myself
  4. Tendency to want to learn too many skills losing the real focus
Marco BELIEVES IN
  1. If you think of something funny you have to say it
  2. Be nice and kind to everyone
  3. Surprise yourself everyday with something new
  4. Just Do it and Keep Learning
Marco LIKES ABOUT ERICA
  1. She’s the most generous person I know
  2. Her enormous kindness
  3. Her love for life
  4. Her playfulness
  5. Her curiosity
Marco DOESN’T LIKE ABOUT ERICA
  1. She  takes too many pictures of everything
  2. She spends hours to make a decision
  3. Erica’s asking me way too many questions right while I am working on something
Marco PET PEEVES
  1. Bees
  2. Snakes
  3. Rats 
Marco’s PERFECT DAY
  1. Breakfast in hotel
  2. 30mins workout/yoga
  3. New People Interviewed  
  4. Food market
  5. Afternoon: New Places Explored 
  6. New activity/sport/Experience
  7. Evening: Dinner with follow up group singing and dancing
Marco HAS IN COMMON WITH ERICA
  1. Eternal Children
  2. Love for Food
  3. Love for Cities and Airports 
  4. Love for Cycling 
  5. Love for Art and Culture
Marco DIFFERENCES WITH ERICA
  1. Fast decisions
  2. Getting things done
  3. Very good with numbers
Marco MOST TREASURED TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Travel to Shenzhen and Beijing, China for filming a movie where I had the pleasure of experiencing the cities for 45 days and I decided to eat like the chinese people to dive deep into the culture and the people

Marco MOST DIFFICULT TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Individually

I was filming in Abruzzo, Italy roughly 10 years ago, we were in the middle of the forest with -4 C degrees and on the way back from set the car engine broke down. None of us was a mechanic, it was 2 in the morning and no mobile signal. A bit of panic but we took it as an experience and we slept in the car till the morning after when we walked for 6 hours to reach the nearest city where to finally eat, rest and ask for help to recover the car. After the long walk we were a bit exhausted but it was a great day

Together 

When we went visiting Porquerolles in France which is a very natural and wild island we found it very difficult to stay out because of the wasps which were literally everywhere and stung us many time especially erica who was stopping by more often to take pictures

Marco IS INSPIRED BY ERICA
  1. Erica’s generosity
  2. Erica being in love with life
  3. Erica’s curiosity is contagious she will change your vision of the world making you falling in love with everything you will visit with her
  4. Her knowledge about cities and places
  5. Her appetite for learning new things every day
Marco’s CHALLENGES WHEN TRAVELLING

I prefer to have a schedule and cover all the places planned even if I have to rush it a little bit more while Erica tends to forget about the time and stays more on some places if she wishes to so sometimes we come to a compromise which is to let her see better a few places while trying to cover all the planned ones.

Marco’s MOST DANGEROUS EXPERIENCES 🙂
  1. Cooking and eating Pasta on the beach in Cannes France
  2. Camping in Germany in the middle of nowhere
  3. We ate into an expensive restaurant and then we didn’t have enough money to pay so we washed the dishes
  4. When in Bath UK we missed the last train to Lonodn and then we were looking to stay at a hotel for free and finally we slept at the Hilton Hotel for free
  5. I interviewed a local in paris and asked about the sex life in Paris and then I asked to see some of his sister lingerie and we went home to film it
  6. I had no swimming pants so I joined a hydro-massage pool naked and some people left
Marco’s PERSONALITY CHANGES OVER TIME 
  1. Meeting and getting to know people around the world makes you understand that life, habits, beliefs, dreams have different shapes, colours and points of view.
  2. As a Presenter and Actor it allowed me to come closer to the human psychology
  3. From a comedy point of view discovered that there are 2 types of humour, the worldwide one based on high contrast jokes/situations and the local one based on the local culture and usually delivered with the local language
Erica LIKES
  1. Exploring places 360 degrees 
  2. Walk in Nature
  3. Food Tasting and Cooking
  4. Art & History
  5. Theme Parks Magical Rides
  6. Acting and Singing
Erica DISLIKES
  1. Wasabi paste
  2. Long hours sitting in front of a laptop
  3. Routine
  4. Sparkling Drinks
  5. Going Underwater 
Erica’s STRENGTHS
  1. Enthusiasm
  2. Creativity
  3. Dedication
  4. Easygoing
  5. Diplomacy
Erica’s WEAKNESSES
  1. Attempted to please everyone
  2. I tend to spend too much time to make a decision
  3. Sometimes I tend to procrastinate 
  4. Sometimes I dream and travel too much with my head that I detach from reality
  5. Get distracted easily 
Erica BELIEVES IN
  1. Do what you love, life is what we focus on
  2. Be Kind to one another
  3. Explore more, see in new ways, observe acutely 
  4. There is magic in the everyday and extraordinary in the simple.
Erica LIKES ABOUT MARCO
  1. His Extraordinary, Infectious Vitality
  2. His Understanding disposition
  3. His Playfulness
  4. His Gentleness
  5. His energizing, inspiring cheerleading, pushing, loyal and confident personality, he makes my day
Erica DISLIKES ABOUT MARCO
  1. His choosing the first option without considering all of them
  2. He doesn’t take enough pictures
  3. His mess at home
  4. Marco’s never remembering the name of certain things
Erica PET PEEVES AND FEARS
  1. Going Underwater
  2. Being upside down
  3. Rats
  4. Generalization
Erica PERFECT DAY
  1. Morning: 15 mins yoga, sunrise city walk followed by breakfast at a local hidden gem, met and interviewed new people, lunch at a local food market 
  2. Afternoon: walk in nature and surroundings wonders, explored and lost myself into local art and history, experienced activities in the arts and culture sector
  3. Evening: sunset walk and  photography, dinner at a themed/unique place followed by musical theatre, singing and dancing
Erica HAS IN COMMON WITH MARCO
  1. Eternal Children
  2. Love for Food
  3. Love for Cities and Airports
  4. Love for Cycling 
  5. Love for Art and Culture
Erica DIFFERENCES WITH MARCO
  1. Hours to decide
  2. Perfectionist 
  3. Love the humanities
Erica MOST TREASURED TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Travelled far and wide on a deep exploration and experiencing road trips across France, Spain, the Balearic and Canary Islands, Carinthia and the magnificent Woerthersee with my whole family.

Erica MOST DIFFICULT TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

Individually

Finding a mountain rescue home while walking up to a romanian abbey on top of the Carpathian mountains at night during a snowstorm. 

Together

Trying not to fall and roll down into the cliffs during a walk across steep narrow natural trails in Porquerolles while wearing the wrong shoes and carrying a bicycle.

Erica IS INSPIRED BY MARCO
  1. Marco’s Disarming Spontaneity
  2. Marco’s unique way of interacting with people
  3. Marco’s Infectious Vitality
  4. Marco’s Tangible Drive, he has a sense of purpose and a will so strong and encouraging that you would be crazy not to join along on his journey
  5. Marco’s Deep Empathy and Charisma
  6. Marco’s so truthful and unique approach to everything in Life
  7. Marco’s many Talents 
  8. He makes me and everyone’s laugh, his joy is a constant inspiration for me
  9. Seeing him drinking coffees, water and teas from the most unexpected containers
  10. His telling me new imaginative stories every day
Erica’s CHALLENGES WHEN TRAVELLING

I could walk for hours and hours just to explore every aspect of a place and deeply learn all about it also going off-the-beaten path so I am more of a slow traveller while Marco prefers to do a bit of everything faster to allow most of the time to interview as many locals as possible

Erica’s MOST DANGEROUS EXPERIENCES 🙂
  1. Cooking and eating Pasta on the beach in Cannes France
  2. Camping in Germany in the middle of nowhere;
  3. We ate into an expensive restaurant and then we didn’t have enough money to pay so we washed the dishes
  4. When in Bath UK we missed the last train to London and then we were looking to stay at a hotel for free and finally we slept at the Hilton Hotel for free
  5. Explored every corner of Amsterdam, Bruxelles, Cologne and Frankfurt entirely on tandem bike from morning to late at night in only 1 day for each city
  6. Explored Chicago and Boston far and wide, high and low only by walking literally everywhere till my knees almost failed
  7. Kept Hiking Carpathian Mountains covered in Snow while one of my knee was bleeding because of the ice
  8. Cycled to the highest point in Porquerolles Island and kept photographing the surroundings while completely surrounded by horse flies and wasps
Erica’s PERSONALITY CHANGES OVER TIME
  1. Being a Presenter allowed me to see things from a different perspective and being able to understand different ways of living by interacting with the people and communities around the world. 
  2. Made me a better actress inspiring, enriching and broadening my craft adding a whole new depth to my human portrayal.
  3. Meeting new people, soaking in a new language and lifestyle, experiencing different cultures, new things, new colours, values, traditions and feelings fulfilled me completely encouraging creativity and innovation in my daily life. 
  4. From an artistic, historic and naturalistic point of view it pushed me to never stop exploring.

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