joi, 11 martie 2021

Here comes the sun!

 


I have been here for three months now and everything is going great. I feel at home and I hope this feeling will last! At the beginning of the month, we went on a little hike, with my roommates and my coordinator, we were able to enjoy the nature and have a good time all together. This month we had our arrival training, this training was online, we were able to meet many volunteers living all over Romania, some volunteers are in Baia Mare. We were lucky enough to meet them and show them around the city, get to know each other during a dinner.  The classes with the children are still online, I am impatient to meet them. As time goes by, I feel I understand them more and more, seeing their evolution with their participation in English activities even if sometimes being behind the computer can be demotivating.

miercuri, 10 martie 2021

La revedere, iarnă!

 


It has been a very good month for me as I have been traveling around different areas of the Maramures region; Cavnic, Sighetu Marmației, Săpânța, Desești among others. Northern Romania has beautiful sites (some of them UNESCO World Heritage Sites) that are worth visiting and that, unhappily are not very well known.  This is the first month that we are living together with Gönül. For me it is an enriching experience to be able to live with her in the same house because I have not had many opportunities to converse with a person whose religion is Islamic or from Turkey. Thanks to this, I have been able to learn more about what is currently happening in Turkey, taste different typical dishes, learn new words in Turkish, as well as find similarities between Turkey and Spain. She is a very nice person, and her company makes our days at home more pleasant.