A too small soviet sleeping wagon, a loud car and “Gop Gop Gop” by Verka Serduchka. Hard to believe, but my first week in Ukraine, and especially in Vinnytsia, was truly amazing. And I’m not exaggerating. Actually, I couldn’t expect myself that I would write that before coming here. Truth be told, I had a …
Sometimes life is like a puzzle. Everything can fall apart in a hundred of pieces and you don‘t know how to fix it. But with time you find the pieces you need to create a new masterpiece. Hey, my name is Antonia and I am an 18 years old girl from Germany, volunteering in Skopje, …
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ESC “So far, so close”, 17.08.2021 – 01.09.2021 Hi! My name is Maryna, I am 19 years old and come from Minsk, Belarus. From December 2020 till July 2021 I was an Au-Pair in Bremen, Germany and then stayed here as a student. The semester starts in October, so I had plenty of free time. …
My Name is Stefanie, and I am from Osnabrück, Germany. I wanted to go abroad to learn about a new culture and to improve my intercultural skills. Before I came to Blanes I finished my Master’s degree in Cultural Science in Germany and after staying in the University for a couple of years I …
Preface “Wow, you have been in Skopje for seven months now”. Whenever I hear that phrase, I have to remind myself how quickly time passes. Especially the last four summer months have been a rush between work activities, traveling around the Balkans and enjoying capital life to its fullest. Introduction Hi, I am Clarissa, I am …
“Leleee”, already 5 months are over! As you can see, time is passing by very fast here, and I meanwhile learned some Macedonian (lele is an expression similar to „Oh my god)” In other areas of life, I continue to improve myself too. My work in Go Green is giving me a lot of opportunities …
“Let´s go for a drink in Viertel and then have a walk by the Weser (river that goes across Bremen)” is one of the most common phrases you will probably say during your time here, and that is because is one of the most fun activities you will do, while laughing and spending time in …
I been volunteering at a school in Bremen for twelve months. The school is called Tobias-Schule, a Waldorfschool. It’s a school with a lot of diversity, which I thought was very exciting and interesting. Most of the kids have some form of disability, but very varied, that also means that the lessons / classes are …
Hey! My name is Marina and I’m from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Due to Corona and Visa problems it was not so easy to go to Germany but I’m really happy to be here, because it’s the best summer in my life. I arrived in Germany at a good time, as the restrictions had already began to …
First report of my time in Macedonia after 2,5 months 3 months or one quarter of my stay in Skopje are already over, but it doesn’t feel like it. Time is running and it seems to me as I didn’t do anything so far. Of course, that’s not true, but it’s less than I wished. …
