It is an
experience of intercultural learning of European Union with a very high
educational value. Our project focus on the sustainable development, gives us
the possibility to stay in direct contact with the local people, rich of story
and different culture, and learn Romanian language.
When we are
arrived in Romania, exactly in Baia Mare, we felt a little bit strange because
we have been catapulted into a totally different reality than the one we were
used to. Different language, different use, different tradition and conception
of help.
Before to
arrive in Romania we didn’t know a lot about this country, for sure we didn’t
imagine how beautiful and rich of experience to live is, we didn’t imagine that
local people where so helpful with strangers and willing to help us even with
the language barrier.
The city
of Baia Mare is full of volunteer coming from different Nations in Europe and
this give us the possibility to learn different things about different people.
Free time
is an opportunity to travel around, use hitchhiking because drivers have no
problem to give a ride. This is one of the things that surprised; the
simplicity with which one helps the others and with which relationships are
established.
To
everyone who loves to travel we would suggest to come to Romania without
thinking twice, we’ve been here for one month, we had the chance to travel, and
if we had to summarize Romania in few words we would say: green country,
amazing cities and villages, festivals, a lot of young people, helpful
community and much desire to improve and develop.
Alice Bassan
& Anna Carleo – EVS volunteers
Project –
Volunteering&Sustainable Development II – Erasmus+
And like in a dream one day you wake up again in your bed, the one that used to be your bed. You are back in your home country, living with your parents again, the same people, the same streets. It is true? Your EVS is over.
