Silla

This month has been very different from other months. It was full of Erasmus events, travels, meetings with old friends, and encounters with completely new people, all while spending a lot of time together. Spoiler alert: this one will be much longer than the others because I don’t want to miss any part of it.

Hello again, It’s hard to believe that it’s been 6 months here. Unlike other months, I didn’t have as many mobility activities; however, it was full of reflections and time spent with myself. But most importantly, I had my first-ever birthday celebration abroad. I had the chance to celebrate my birthday on the beach with

This month, I had an opportunity to dive deep into team dynamics and participate in various team-building activities with my team. This experience helped me understand not only the hands-on aspects but also the significance of the support team working in the background and the balance between the two.  Together with the team, I had

Hola! Just like in previous months, this month was filled with its share of highs and lows, along with a mix of emotions. The beginning of the month was rather typical, with the days flowing by in a somewhat monotonous manner, mostly focused on my tasks and spending time with my flatmates. I appreciated this

Hola! It’s been 3 months since I started my journey, and I can confidently say that this month has been the most fulfilling so far. I’ve probably spent more time on the road than at home, but every moment has been worth it. My month began with a visit to my friend in Barcelona, who

Hello again, It has been 2 full months since I’ve been here. The flow of time is so relative for me; sometimes I feel, “Oh, it’s been 2 full months, and I haven’t done anything,” and sometimes “it’s been just 2 months, and I have more than enough time.” I’m not sure if everyone is

Hello everyone! I am Burcu, I am from Türkiye, and I have just started my one-year volunteering journey in Silla, Valencia. Although packing and saying goodbye to my friends and family were not the easiest, I am thrilled to be here. It’s been almost a month since I started this journey, and in this blog,

On the first week I went with a group of youngsters from Agres to Brussels through Paris on an adventurous bus trip. I saw a lot of inspiring things, how the intitutes od the European Union work and made me feel more European, we visited the Atomium, the Minieurope, the Parlamentarium, and other institutes as

I spent my 1st of November with  Gemma, Alex, Rafeta and Enrique preparing our Halloween lunch with lentil wraps, Halloween pizza and our unique ingredients-swapped poppy seed cake, discovering that my automatic cooking skills are something to be grateful for and appreciated by me. Furthermore a mistake compared to the flow of the original plan

In the castle of Alicante

Enrique invited to party in Alfafar. I really like it because the screens,sound,singers were really good. My Turkish friend opened a new nail art saloon. I am looking her Instagram. I wanted to improve myself about this and thanks to my friend she accepted. this month was so chill. Generally I focused myself. Because I

Hello. This month was really great. I participated to project in piles. I made videos,photos. For sure new friends. I learned how can I write project, how can do brainstorming with that? When I came to Silla back there was a party’s,bulls. I don’t remember the name but I really love it. It was not

Hello. I finished half of my journey. Now we are in the summer and Spain getting more beautiful. Firstly my Turkish friends went to Turkey. We had a such good connection. When I back for sure we will see eachother but for now I’ll miss them. At the weekends they were always invite me party,eat

Hello. I started the summer school. I was getting up at 8am. Why am I saying this because Valencia is so hot. I saw 42 degrees so you can imagine. When I was walking the school,I was melting. In the school every responsible people had a group. It was hard for me because I am

As Alfafar festivity continued in the beginning of September I got into the flow of the barracon’s life with its challanges and fun moments like the fire show on the street and our board game moments. Before the festivity’s wrestling match one wrestler asked me for a braid and I was super motivated and happy

August started with the Partnership Building Activity for organisations in Piles, where I was within the team responsible for planning and executing the program and activities. I enjoyed it and learned by the exerience how such event can be done. The closeness of the see was a blessing for morning walks and afternoon beachtimes. It

July started with a beautiful visit to Gestalgar in the summer heat with Carlos and Enrique, where I enjoyed the natural ‘piscina’s’ coolness with jumps and the excitement of wall climbing. The majority of my July’s duty was going to the summerschool in the mornings. There I was assisting the monitors, helping around kids and

After arriving back from Madrid, where I watched the lion king – amazing visual, sound effects and puppet work – with Enrique and had a bit of sightseeing, I had my “mountain and me weekend” around Agres, where I felt aligned with the nature and enjoyed my adventures to find my routes in my way.In