My EVS in Romania

My EVS is finishing really soon... I can't express how thankful I am for all the opportunities I've got during 10 months! My EVS stage made me realise how much I love the work they're doing here, and the association's manager (Daniel) and my coordinators (Lilla and Claudiu) helped me find an opportunity in the field! Soon, I'll be an EVS project coordinator in Hungary, such a great step for me and my futur! During my stay here, I met really nice people, discovered this part of the world I had no idea about, a new culture, point of views and way of life! But most importantly, I discovered myself! Once again, i can't explain how I feel because everything is mixed in my little brain! I will just share with you some random pictures of my moments of happiness here!

I had two Christmas this year: a Romanian one with the office and volunteers, and a Belgian one with my family! There isn't much to tell! We went to Napoli, our favorite restaurant, with all the volunteers and office people! We previously picked the names to do a secret Santa : I picked Mustafa and offered him a coffee cup from Macedonia and a pair of fancy socks (to survive during winter)! Mohammed picked me, and I received a candle and ... BELGIAN chocolate truffes 😍! In Belgium, I spent my time with my family, and my wonderful boyfriend 💕 Christmas fireworks in my little Belgian village! I visited Pairi Daiza (beautiful during christmas time, full of lights!), Liège, Bruxelles, Namur, Charleroi and I finally took the plane back to Budapest to spend the New year's Eve in the Hungarian capital!  Our plane had a delay (such a surprise!) and we really thought we will celebrate New Year in the Airport! We finally spent it in the bus hahaha, from ...

Beginning of December, the manager of the association (Daniel) proposed me to assist a training course about Human rights in Macedonia. I begged him during an entire week to take my flatmates with me, first because we are all interested in the topic and second cause it was our last time all together! He finally accepted, and we (Mustafa, Carolina, Büsra & I) all jumped in Daniel's car for a long trip to Kratovo! The training was interesting, all the topics were really well explained in a formal way, and the practice was done in a non-formal way : perfect combination for me! We stayed in a Hotel in Kratovo, the end of the world, according to Nazis back in the war time! I quite agree with them! We also had a free day to visit the capital Skopje, and of couuuuurse the first stop was to eat Burek and drink Turkish tea! I don't have pictures about the training itself (well, I was listening and working you know!) I just have a last one, to show you how muc...

In the beginning of July,  we volunteered in a Festival on the top of the City! We basically had to collect the trash, which is a good way not to pay the entrance 😏 The weather was really nice (once again to hot for the western European girl I am!) Anyway, we spent 3 days sunbathing on the hill with a wonderful view! We saw many artists and the one I'll remember is the concert of Emir Kusturica and the non-smoking orchestra! It was the last evening, and it was raining ⛈ like a never saw it here in Romania, they almost cancelled the end of the festival but we didn't care about the rain, we used big plastic trash bags to protect ourselves from the and danced all night long! Here is me, having fun like a kid!  And here is a picture I totally forgot about, and I'm sure my Coordinator Lilla too 😄

From the 21 to the 29 of July we (Mustafa, Basra and I) left Novi sad for a 8 days trip around balkan countries. First experience for me, and such an adventure! If i go into the details, my article will take you 4 hours reading, so I'll go to the essentials parts! Here are our trip : Novi Sad - Zagreb (Croatia) After many cars, a first Turkish truck driver took us on the highway, and offered us a nice drive till the Croatian border. He stoped one Km before, and offered us snacks, coffee, drinks and so on. After what we started walking next to the trucks in the direction of the border. Some of the drivers gave us what they had with them, I was full of hope! We passed the border and stopped to rest under a tree. We rested, laughed and talked about how to go to Zagreb. Then, surprise! An other Turkish truck driver stopped (Büsra asked him to hahaha) and was going to Zagreb!! We were so lucky that day! We watched a movie in the cabin, he stopped and prepare the dinner, after wha...

From April 16 to April 21, we received the opportunity to assist a youth event in Novi Sad, Serbia.  Novi sad was the Youth Capital in 2019, and we spent one entire week talking, working and doing activities about the situation of Roma Community around Europe.  We were in Total 100 participants, coming from 10 different countries. 50% of the participants were Roma, which was really interesting. We could share and I personally learnt a lot during the project.  In the middle of the week, we had to split in 8 different groups to do workshops about the Roma Cause. I chose the Music Group, only because there was a really nice band coming from Hungary who looked very friendly and funny. We had to learn Roma song to present them on the last day, during the closing Festival of the project.  What a surprise (and I'm still trying to figure out how...) but the chef of the band asked me to be a soloist. Lucky me, I don't know any of the languages they are singing! I f...