İtalya'dan Selamlar

İtalya Brindisi’den selamalar, İYACA Ailesine bu güzel projede yer almamızı sağladıkları için teşekkür ediyorum. 

Brindisi’de güzel bir hafta geçirdim. Proje mentörümüz Laura, bizi güler bir yüzle karşıladı ve yolda sohbet ederek evimize götürdü. Ertesi gün proje ile ilgili detayları konuştuk ve bize çevreyi gösterdiler. İlgililer ve en az onlar da bizim kadar heyecanlı. İtalya’ya gelmiş olmanın verdiği heyecanla ilk günden etrafı gezmeye, keşfetmeye başladım. Yeni bir ortama girmiş olmanın, yeni insanlarla tanışmanın ve böyle bir projede olmanın keyfine varıyorum.

İtalya-Brindisiden Selamlar

İtalya-Brindisiden selamlar. Öncelikle İYACA ailesine bu inanılmaz projeye katılmamızı sağladıkları için teşekkür ediyorum.
Çoğu kişinin hayalidir İtalya ya gitmek, Ben bu hayalini EVS ile gerçekleştiren onlarca şanslı insandan biriyim. İlk başlarda yabancı bir ülkeye gitmek, orada 4 ay kadar bi süre kalmak korkutucu gelsede 2 haftada buralı gibi oldum. Daha Roma havalimanına adımımı attığım anda farklılığı hissetim. Brindisi'ye indiğimizde bizi proje sorumlusu olan Laura karşıladı. O da bizim kadar heyecanlıydı. Arabaya binerken İtalya ile ilgili farkettiğim ilk şey arabaların küçücük olmasıydı.

Visiting Kayseri Provincial Directorate of Youth Services and Sports

Today we were at the Youth Services and Sports center, in Kayseri.

The director received us with great enthusiasm, and invited us for a short conversation about our cultural differences and personal beliefs about religion. I think this is the most common discussion topic, especially with foreigners, and especially during Ramadan.

View from the director's office

Starting adventure ...

The trip from Spain was very long and tiring, but along the way i met different people with whom I had very interesting conversations ...

In Kayseri I met very good people with whom to share the experience, and since I arrived six days ago I´ve enjoyed several new activities to me as attending a rock concert Turkish first day ...

The day before the Ramazan in Kayseri, Turkey. Welcome to Ramazan!

Yesterday me and Miriam, along with the other volunteers from IYACA, were at "Welcome to Ramadan" festival (ŞEHR-İ RAMAZAN), which was held in the Mimar Sinan Park. The park was named after Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, who was the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III.

How did Julia got to Kayseri as a participant of European Voluntary Service – 15.06.2015

I woke up excited knowing I’m going to arrive in a new city by the end of the day. Not knowing how it will be in Kayseri, made me feel a little anxious, but my curiosity about knowing new cultures and a different lifestyle kept me very optimistic about the whole experience.  

4 am. I woke up, put a smile on my face, got ready for the long day that was ahead of me. I hugged my mother and kisses my dog goodbye (cuz I knew I’ll miss them). My father dropped me off at the airport (Henri Coanda International Bucharest Airport). I hugged him goodbye, and entered the airport, leaving behind all misconception about Turkish culture, because that that was my destination.

Flight from Bucharest to Istanbul

On my way to Kayseri, I had a stop in Istanbul (arriving at Atatürk Airport )  for about 7 hours. Good thing this was not my first time in Istanbul, and I have a friend there. I met with my friend, to get some breakfast on Galata Bridge and spend a couple of hours admiring the city.

European Voluntary Service, a new experience....

Always I liked to travel and learn about other cultures, but this might be a different way, I met the European Voluntary Service through the Internet and found a great opportunity to travel while working with a project in the country of destination. Turkey.

Everything was very easy, through the association that handled my volunteering in Spain where I come from and who acted as intermediary with the association of destination IYACA!

Everything was ready; airline ticket, passport, and contact with the association previously through Facebook ... just wait for the exact day to begin my adventure.