Interview with Antonio 1. Have you met with somebody from our project after it ended on August? Unfortunatelly I haven’t meet anyone from the project apart of Eleri. I haven’t had time to even meet with the other two Spanish boys who live not far from me. I’m missing them and I am looking forward to have the chance to meet them in a not too distance future. 2. What countries have you visited after the project? Days after the end of the Project I went to France for two weeks and visited Italy. Most recently I visited Czech Republic and Germany for two weeks as well. 3. Biggest thing that had happened in your life since end of our project? I found a job and I’ve got accepted in a Master Degree Programme!! Can’t complain after that. 4. Describe your most memorable situation from our project. There were many memorable situations. Hitchhiking non-stop with no particular destination…washing dishes for one hour…cooking for 20 fellows…digging, removing and cleaning soil at 7.00 a.m… I am sure I won’t forget these situations for the rest of my life. 5. What to you think about Bulgaria? It has surprised me in a good way. I haven’t had a clear image in my mind about Bulgaria before. Things that surprised me (in a good way): - Bulgarians shake their heads to mean yes and nod for no. - The oldest gold treasure in the world was found in Bulgaria - Bulgarian Turks. A Turkish ethnic group from Bulgaria, descendants of Turkish settlers who entered the region after the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. - Bulgarian Riviera, also known as the best beaches of the Black Sea coast. - Bulgarians are very proud their culture and heritage. - Rituals, music, dance, costumes and jewellery. - The kindness of locals. 6. Write a little summary of our EVS project in your point of view. (What emotions you had, what to you think about project members etc.) Time went too fast so that I felt a lot of emotions in such as short period of time. Happy, powerful, surprised, amazed, confused, excited, bored… The organization of the project was fantastic, accommodation, food and daily work faboulous as well. I would do it again and I strongly recommend it as a personal experience to other young people. Also project members were amazing. I am so glad to have met them. 7. Feel free to share something else with other project members. Thanks to all who made this happen. Seville diary Bus trip from Almería to Seville went sleepy. Majority of the time I was sleeping just sitting on my seat. Moments when I was awake a lady next to me tryed to communicate me, it was pretty comic. She talked and I was silent and only smiled and nodded 😁 Antionio was waiting me in the bus station. He was really excited and couldn't believe that I made all this way to Seville. We went to Antonio's flat and I met his flatmates Antonio and Jesus. They only spoke in Spanish, so no way for me communicating with them directly. On the same day when I arrived a Mexican girl left Antonio. He had a pretty busy schedule to host foreigners 😆 In the afternoon Antonio went to university and I still rested from sleepless night. We made an arrangement where to meet but I didn't find the accurate place and went a bit futher and found wifi. I let Antonio know about my new location but he didn't have mobile data to see that. So, he panicly was looking for me around the city. At the end everything went well and we drove to Antonio's working place, to a hostel in the city centre. Afterwards we dined in a nice place, there was a Morroccan menu but of course all the Morroccan dishes I wanted to order were out of order 😐 We catched the last bus to back home, it was a good workout exercise. On the next day I went to the city centre with Antonio and had a lot of free time to explore the city. I had a Seville map with most important sightseeings on it. So it was easy to visit all of them. I love Sevilla, this city is mixed with so many cultures. I love Arabic influences. People say that Seville is the most Spanish city in Spain. I don't agree, it has way too much exterior influences to be real Spanish city. Anyhow, I am in love with Plaza de España and I can't get over the beauty of Parque de Maria Luisa. Those two places are in my heart, I am even ready to abide all the high temperatures just to move there and sleep on the benches in the park 😂 Again we had problems to meet in the city but I took all it really slightly, I think Antonio was more concerned every time. After our reunion we went to have a lunch. I introduced Antonio sundried tomatoes, I thought they are popular in Mediteranian region, but I guess I was wrong. Only Italians can understand the magical taste of that additive. Because I had visited all the sights independently we went to a national archive and then back home. Suddenly Antonio's Italian classmate Marta offered to attend a party at night. So, we did a shopping and went by the riverside. It is not allowed to drink in public places like in Estonia, but who cares anyway? Moreover, ther was Ricky Martin's concert near by and police were everywhere. It was funny that part of the party was outside the area. It wasn't allowed to bring your own drinks inside, so everyboy drank outside. But it was an epic rave party in the historical factory building. It was like the drug pary in Burgas, Bulgaria. After for a while partying there, we left the place with some of Antonio's classmates. We were far away from his flat and busses didn't drive anymore. Fortunately there is a convenient bike system. You can rent a one and return it somewhere else. Night ride by bicycles was insane. I am not really an extreme person and riding a bicycle with skirt is another thing. But I survived it, actually others survived because the road was empty from people, otherwise I would have hit them for sure. Sunday was a relaxing day. I understood that for Spanish people it is a holy day, even so holy that all the shops are closed. I hate it so much. It is the biggest disadvantage after Spanish behaviour with animals that drives me grazy. We watched videos and photos of Antonio's trip to Estonia. In the evening we went to discover neighborhood. Next to us was Spanish poorest quarter, so, interesting place. Then we, once again went to Plaza de España and to this beautiful park. In the evening we made a pasta dish. It was spontenneous, we made it prom ingredients we just had at home. We both put our previous experiences on it. And it was worth it, our masterpiece was really tasty. In the morning it was raining. We went outside just for shopping but still got wet. I think it is a curse, everywhere I go is raining. Like, it even happened in Almería and Barcelona. Actually, in Barcelona it wasn't unusual. Oh, before my trip Antonio shared his contacts in Barcelona. His old classmate Cristina guided us with Madli in gothic quarter and talked about the city. So nice ☺️ In the afternoon we visited Reales Alcázares royal palace. Another incredible place in the city. Beautiful palace with amazing garden. Even there they have filmed The Game Of Thrones and in general Sevilla is a hot shooting place. This royal palace reminded me a palace I visited in Marrakech, Arabic influence, you know. Back at the apartment I finished my evening with blue sparkling wine that Mommo showed me in Almería. It was cheap so you can't expect wonderful taste, but it was totally worth of those few euros because you can't drink lagoon blue drink every day. I had to drank all the bottle of myself, got few hours of sleep and had a very sleepy flight to Berlin.
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Interview with Mommo 1. Have you met with somebody from our project after it ended on August? In the winter with: Tsveti, Rashed and Diliana, we talked and met in Sofia. But from January with no-one, just you. 2. What countries have you visited after the project? (Right after my visit) Hungary and Serbia. 3. Biggest thing that had happened in your life since the end of our project? I stayed extra 4 months in Bulgaria. 4. Describe your most memorable situation from our project. When we arrived to Sveshtari and I saw a village (so different from my city or other cities and too small) no bars, not restaurants...and of course a bathroom, hahaha 5. What to you think about Bulgaria? At the begining I disliked it way too much. But when we visited other places I started to like it more and more, finally I stayed 4 months more in Sofia. I like Bulgarian people, so warm, food, and of course Sofia. 6. Write a little summary of our EVS project in your point of view. (What emotions you had, what to you think about project members etc.) At the beggining we arrived and we were all strangers but we spent a lot of time together. The worst for me was my allergy to flowers, first month was so bad in this sense. Work was nice, we learnt a lot of new things. I learnt a lot about Bulgarian history. 7. Feel free to share something else with other project members I keep a contact with lot of people from the project, of course a Spanish team we talk every week, but I miss everybody sometimes. It was an amazing and different summer. Almería diary I was attending classes in Estonia when I had this grazy idea to visit Spain, not an average beach vacation organized by travel agency, but a real adventure on Iberian peninsula. My aim was to visit all our project Spanish participants, but Hutman was in Italy, and he lives anyway in Morocco. My itinerary consisted 4 different Spanish cities: Barcelona, Madrid, Almería and Seville. I am glad that I convinced my classmate Madli to spend time with me half of the time of the trip. Greetings to you 😘 So, after spending time with Alejandro (the same guy who hosted us with Heleri in Albania) in Madrid I arrived by train to Almería. I have to mention that travelling by train is convenient, at least my wagon was quite empty and I had a lot of space. And it is so beatiful how the railway goes through the mountains. Others warned me about Andalusia's weather and said that Almería is pretty deserted place. When I was close to the city I had to agree. All I saw was mountains covered by sand. Mommo was waiting me in the train station and we went to the supermarket to buy ingredients for evening's mojito party. Then we head for Erasmus students' apartment. An Italian girl Francesca was kind enough to let me use her room while I was staying in the city. Such a nice act ☺️ Most probably she is the kindest person I have ever met. We always had nice conversations about life. Fra, tu sei una persona meravigliosa. Then we had an appointment in cafe Paris (a legendary cafe through Mommo's friends) with Luis. The conversations they two have together, huuh, even a group of girls is not capable to gossip so salty things as Mommo and Luis do. After joined an Albanian girl Emi, actually she was the first female Albanian I had talk to. In Albania I have never talked to a one. And then joined others and we went to the beach. Mommo prepared mojito into a trash box, but no worries, it was a clean one. And Augustín bought shisha, by the way he had visited Estonia, which is rare. Anyhow, the welcome party for me was surprising and cool. It supposed to be an Ibiza style party, where everyone should wear something white, but I didn't have anything white 😕 It was nice to do hookah outside, near to the sea. Usually we make it inside a room with my friends, you know, a cold country. But when the sun had set the temperature decended and I felt really cold. Fortunately a Mexican girl Brens gave me her jacket, by the way she was my flatmate. Pretty weird situation though, Estonian girl needs warmer clothes while a Mexican girl can stand the weather without it. I spent good time and at the end of the day we even made Mexican food in our apartment. Huuh, it was spicy but I had a great possibility to introduce Estonian sweets. It is amazing that Spanish people are in love with "Kirju Koer". Their grande amore. On the next day Mommo made a tour in local museum for me, Augustín and his cousin Juan Angel who came, surprise, surpise from Estonia because he is living here. It is a pretty big coincidence I would say. It was archeological museum, so reminded times in Sveshtari in the excavation site. After educational lesson about Spanish history we went to a bar. It was funny to see what a Spanish guy is missing from his homeland while he is living in a cold and boring Estonia. Later we went to Mommo's place, he has a nice Italian style home. Mommo made pasta for us and showed me photoalbum of pictures of our project. I also met Mommo's sister and Mommo's cute nephew, he is such an adorable child. Mommo went to work and I went to the beach. It was really hot but ultra windy day. Sand was so hot that it burned my soles, meanwhile water was cold. When I sunbathed all the sand flew on me and it was annoying. Beach was pretty much empty, because locals don't want to grill themselves under burning sun. Somehow I survived this time. I already burnt myself in Barcelona and was reddish as tomato. So it was hard to burn myself on a second time. Randomly I met with Emi and Francesca on the street after my beach experience and I had an opportunity to discover new part of the city. We visited a shop where prices were extremely cheap, it is such a pity that I had no space on my bag 😛 In the evening Brens guided me to the city centre. There were again new people for me. We visited tapas bars and celebrated Rafael's birthday. Even a small miracle happened, it rained about a minute. Unusual situation that it is raining in the desert, right? 😆 On my last day Mommo did me a personal tourism tour in Almería. We visited city centre part with historical buildings and a castle. Up there was a nice view to the whole city and sandy mountains. I got educated that even some scenes of Game of Thrones were filmed there. I have never read a book or watched the TV series but for now I am following the second season of the TV show. And I need to admit that it was true, I saw familiar places there. It was surprising for me that Almería has to offer nice beach vacation as well as cultural experience. After exchausting excursion tour we went to Mommo's family restuarant Sicilia a la Carta. We ate pizzas, they were really delicious. I love all pizzas that are prepared by a real pizza oven, it affects the taste so much. Then we went to Luis flat. He bought a kitten that day and I was interested in to meet with that little creature. She was cute but exhausted because of the attention that everybody gave to her. To leave aside the fact that kitten pissed on me, everything went well 😂 Before sunset we even did a quick swimming. Even though a late hour water still wasn't warm. On the other hand it is explicable, it was still a spring outside. In the evening we had a typical Spanish party. In Madrid I wasn't used to this partying tempo but in Almería I did my best to keep my eyes open all night long. Really, it is hard to start a party about 11 o'clock and after a few hours go to a club and party all night long. In Estonia we start much earlier 😊 Anyway, pre-party was in Emi's flat. At some point we let tireness came over us with Francesca and almost fall asleep. Others noticed that and said that it is clubbing time now. In Almería there is one club only and it is pretty small and full of Erasmus students. There wasn't even enough space for dancing. On Thursday evening it was so crowded, a bit weird. It was an useful experience and I am glad that I found that power and chose club instead of sleep. When we came back it was almost time to go to my bus. I sayed goodbye to all those wonderful people and headed to Seville. By the way, Almería's bus station is way more better than Barcelona's one 😛 |
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