TOLA C.O.

August in Valencia felt like a breath of fresh air, a well-deserved pause after months of dedication and hard work. With the entire month free, I looked forward to enjoying a true summer break and, as planned, spent many sun-soaked days at the beach. Valencia gifted us with beautiful, rain-free weather—a perfect setting for beach

September was a month of reflection, reconnection, and a renewed appreciation for change. The first week was spent at home, which brought a sense of nostalgia, joy, and comfort as I reunited with friends and family after months apart. It was deeply fulfilling to reconnect, yet emotionally challenging as I balanced these reunions with the

As my year-long volunteer journey at the occupational center comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the lessons, challenges, and growth that this experience has brought. Working here since last November, October was particularly significant—it renewed my motivation and deepened my connection to the work. This past month brought a unique addition to

Al principio hay el momento de ver, después el de comprender y al terminar el momento de concluir. Tengo un examen muy importante la semana que viene, el avión por volver en Italia en tres días, una fiesta mañana y un montón de amigos que quiero saludar entre hoy y martes, es imposible por mi

Is not easy thinking about December 2023 because it was so intense that month! I remember that I spent Christmas in Barcelona with my ex-girlfriend in my cousin’s Marta house. She lives in Barcelona and me and Chiara (my ex-girlfriend) decided to go there to visit the city and to have the opportunity to spend

Now that I have to write about some month ago in après-coup I have the opportunity to think about something that happened some time ago and to elaborate it while I’m writing this post. Now I have zero fear of making mistakes writing in English for example, and this is something that changes! This doesn’t

A few days ago it was my father’s birthday and my sister sent me a photo on Whatsapp that she didn’t remember having and that she had accidentally found, it was the virtual photo of a real photo from about twenty years ago that she had taken with her iPhone a few years ago, a

August was a very intense month but also a month of reflection. The Occupational Centers here in Valencia are often closed during this month for the hot and for the holiday atmosphere, so I didn’t work in August. This allowed me to have time to reflect on the future and do a thousand other things.

June was a special month for the middle training that I had in Malaga, so all June passed through this big event. Differently, the end of June and July were built up of a lot of micro events, Deleuze would say that for me was a more molar June and a more molecular July.  This

The month of June I will always remember because of how intense the mid-term training was. I was excited to meet so many volunteers but I didn’t excpected for it to turn out to be as intense as it was. The stories volunteers shared and the safe and intimate space the coordinators created opend me

My mind in may was very much occupied with the ongoing genocide happening in Gaza which made me aware of more wars going on in other countries. It is so strange that the war is already going for so long while responsible organizations are doing so little. It made me think about how come we

This month a lot of things happened! But without doubt it was a great month especially for the five days that I spent in a little town near Malaga called Mollina for the Middle Term Training Course. I went without a lot of expectations and to my surprise I met, I spoke, I danced, I

Now the months in Spain are seven, or I can start to say that there are five months left until the end of the project and my return to Italy, although I do not exclude a possible return to Spain in the future.1, 2,3,4,5,6,7(-5),8(-4),9(-3),10(-2),11(-1),12 (0). The first half has been crossed, now it’s time to

March was a month full of emotions, I finally experienced the most awaited event in Valencia, namely Las Fallas. Three weeks with fireworks and firecrackers at all hours, many events, music, colours, diversity, mix of ancient and modern, visits to museums and new encounters. Experiencing this event is something that cannot be understood without having

The name of the month of March in Valencia should be changed to Fallas. The money, the organization, the energy it goes in preparing this festival here is inspiring. Luckily for us there were also night trains so we could stay in Valencia longer. The food, the drinks, the music, the people, … yes, it

February was a month of being sick. I don’t remember when was the last time i was that sick – it was worse than Covid. I stayed at home for two weeks but despite the flu I had such a great time because my bosy was calling me to stop and finally I had some

This is the fourth month here in Spain for me and life is almost completely familiar. Now I don’t have to make mental efforts to change the habits I had in Italy to adapt them to the Spanish ones, I’m starting to understand that maybe it will be difficult to change the habits that I’m

The month of January started aswell in a festive mode. We celebrated flatmates birthday and prepared him various fun games he needed to participate in. It was also an emptional moment since he was leaving few days later since his volunteering ended this month. The volunteering started to get more relaxing and comfortable since I

Even though it feels like I arrived yesterday, I’ve been in Spain for three months now. Before starting to write this post I reread what I wrote here two months ago and to my great surprise I realized how many things have changed in a short time. Now I consider a bit mine the house

Decemeber was colored with upcoming holidays! The atmosphere was relaxed and in awaiting of celebrating with the closed ones or im my case, near ones. Or at least this is what I wanted. I was excited about having more holidays than in my country but at the end i spent the days finishing the project