ACTIVITIES, EXPERIENCES, AND EMOTIONS

Hi everyone!

I can’t believe almost five months have passed since I arrived in Zamość, Poland; really, time flies, especially when you are having so much fun, and enjoying every single moment.

A lot of things have happened during this EVS project, and all of them are great, believe me.

Summer’s gone, and cold, grey, rainy days are coming; but it’s not a bad thing, as I think I even love more this beautiful country as it still surprise me. As autumn settled in, we’re spending more time with indoors activities, without quitting some outdoors ones like Language Coffee.

We took back the “AntiStress Workshop”, and seeing the girls again, after this summer was amazing. They were so happy and full of energy!

We started to make presentations about our countries (mine is Spain) in different schools. I’m not going to lie, I was a bit worried, as it was going to be my first presentation ever; and talking in public was never one of my strengths. But just with a bit of good attitude and also being myself, I can say that everything went great. Of course, the good attitude of this boys and girls were quite helpful! I still have many presentations ahead, but I know they are going to be perfect.

We also started a new activity called “Tandem of Languages”, and it’s definitely my thing! We speak in couples, so that way we can improve our language. I just love it!

We keep doing activities with our seniors too. And the last time, we showed our presentations to them, and we played some popular songs from our countries, and they loved it! It’s so nice to see our seniors so happy while dancing rumba!

We started from zero a new activity (or project) called “Kino Na Okrąglaku”, in which we played three different movies. One was the funny Italian comedy Benvenuti al Sud, another one was the Spanish thriller La comunidad, and the last was the intense Polish drama Ida. All of them with English and Polish subtitles, and in their original languages. It was a great time to get to know a bit more about different cultures, use our language skills, and yes, spend GREAT times with GREAT people!

We’ve been also going to a hospital, to meet and spend some time with the fantastic people that are there, and there’s no doubt that is one of the best thing that ever happened to me. There’s nothing bigger like when you realize that, with just your presence (and some jokes in polish too hehe), you make them really happy and you can see their beautiful smiles. This totally made my life! J  

As time goes by, we also have to say goodbye to some friends that we made here; a few weeks ago, our friends Gergo and Joan finished their projects, and they went back to their countries. Good luck with everything in life, compas! Also our friend Kamila went to Gdańsk to keep their studies; and our chiquitina Klaudia went to Warsaw for the same reason (Buena suerte, peque, aunque no la necesitas hehe). I’ll be eternally happy for meeting you, and our big family will never be torn apart, as we will still remember every member, even when we’re not by each other side.

I knew before coming here, that a lot of things were going to change and I knew that it was the perfect time to change with them. I used to be quite shy. And don’t get me wrong, I’m still shy, and I’m not invulnerable, but it will never be the same. I came to realize that I am stronger than I thought, I'm becoming much more mature, and I’m surrounded by amazing people that can see the good in me. I’m never alone, as I have the best friends that someone could ever imagine, and all of it is just thanks to this EVS project. That’s why I would encourage everyone to do it. It’s a big step in life, but everything is always for your good. Of course, you do a lot of good to other people, and they will always be thankful to you.

I’m sooo happy that I decided for Poland, as their people are so welcoming and nice! Call me weird, but I even like more Polish autumn than Polish summer. It’s true that is colder and sometimes it’s rainy, still it’s beautiful to me! Maybe not always is about the landscapes, but the people!

Dziękuję i do zobaczenia!

Sergio

MY FELLING AT THE MIDDLE/END OF MY PROJECT ........ENJOY ZAMOSC EVERY DAY

Ciao guys !!!!

I can't believe that we are alredy in October but better not to think about this!!!!

Autumn is arrived and I like it, summer was very good and was also sunny, but now is the moment to see autumn/winter in Poland, yes maybe you think I'm a little crazy, but I want and I hope to see some snow or something like that :)

we can say that the cold I do not mind, if I can choose, I prefer to live in the coldest place in the earth and not in the hottest ( when you have cold you can put something and after is good, we you have hot......)

Appart this the activity in association progressing very well and the people are very very nice!!!!

we start to do something activity like tandem of language, it is to make a kind of lesson, two people who speak different llanguage(in my case, italian and polish) are sitting in front,you have more or less one hour and in this hour, I will try to do for half-hour italian or english lesson ( but you need to know that i'm not good in english) and in the other half hour I'll try to learn a bit polish :)

We doing also other different activity we start again to have some workshop with senior, language coffe, we start to going to the hospital for stay with the people here and we make some company,

this month we organized also cinema in association, we show one italian movie, one spanish movie and one polish movie.

The last week I've been working to create a presentation about Italy that after I will go to present to the school, I already start this, this week, I went to the last school and I doing it for the children, I do presentation also in Bursa in Zamosc for the student who live there, guys I no have words to describe how i felt IT WAS REALLY AMAZING AND FUNNY I like to speak with this guys, if after the voice doesn't leave me I'd do it every day.

During this month I have learned a lot and after this activity I understand many things and I also improve my skills :

1- with tandem of language I have had the opportunity to talk and discuss with people who do not speak the some language, speak foreign languages or try to speek I think is good for your mind, because I try to understend and I try also to make me understend.

2-the new activity in hospital is very nice I like it, stay with senior or with people who are in hospital it makes you think, these people always smile and never complain , guys life is beautiful and we must try to live each day at maximum for what we can do. I think this in hospital is one of the best activity because sometimes this people are alone and for me to give him a smile is fantastic.

So with this activity I understand many thinks. Enjoy guys!!!!

3- cinema was really great, I show for the people one movie ( benvenuti al sud) about different and about people from north Italy think about people lives in south Italy, I think it was good show this movie because in a fun way show the cultural differences, also for me was good to see the spanish and polish movie, it was good see this in original language (with subtitles) for try to larn something about new language o to see something about their culture.

4-About presentation, guys was and will amazing, during the lasts week I prepare one presentation about Italy with principla things about our culture, our language and something (I hope..hehe) interesting about my counrty .

I already start to going to the school and also I make presentation the guys that going in High school.

I like very mutch this activity and after this I felt very happy, and also this is very important to improve my way of expressing , to improve my english, I never doing one presentation so for me was the first time it was really great to speak with the guys and I hope for sure to improve my skills about this and of course my way of expressing myself.

Zamosc is wonderfull and people also I try to enjoy every day and give 100% of me even sometimes is difficult, i love this project and this activity and I FELL VERY BARDZO GOOD!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUTCH FOR EVERYTHING AND REMEMBER ENJOY!!!!!

  P.S.   SORRY AGAIN FOR MY ENGLISH  :)