28 of September A day of Urania bought us to Nicosia, to a capital of Cyprus. First of all we went to a House of The European Union House in Nicosia. We passed the security control, in Estonian House we don't have so restrict rules, but the situation in Cyprus is a bit different than in Estonia as well. There was a man who thoroughly explained us how work in European institutions look like. I really loved his presentation, he was so free to talk about that topic. Then we visited an archeological museum. Mighty experience as well . This visit made me feel better about my university. I got so much information and saw ancient works in real life. I was so fascinated that Laura had to scream over the museum my name to remind me that we have to leave the place. We also had an access to art museum. Really modern museum full of Cyprus art. Then we walked directly to the city centre and ate souvlaki once again. I would say that this place food tasted better than in Pafos. Then we went to a city tower from where we had a great panaorama view. There we also had a history lesson about the city. Then started our free time. One thing that you notice in Cyprus is cats, they are everywhere. Most of the people went directly to the Turkish occupied side. Well, yes everything looks like Turkey but your mind just remind you all the time the fact that you are still in Cyprus. Anyway, we visited the market and the mosque. We had to dress up before we went in. Me, Laura, Eva and Helena got new long skirts and scarfs to cover our heads. It is hard to adopt different customs, I really don't understand why you have to cover your head in the church. We are not used to this kind of thing at all, so we acted really carefully with Laura. We had a fear that scarf falls off and then we are in the trouble. Interior of the mosque wasn't something special, I expected more. Back in Cyprus side we spent our time in shisha bar. Fun fact, our tobacco mix was called "Bora Bora". I thought that from capital shops you can find everything, but nope. From the centre they didn't buy Martini Asti, which is a pity. I wanted to celebrate my birthday with Asti. Moreover, I saw this drink in Larnaca's small shop, so, my hopes were high. But now I can say that it wasn't even the worst scenario. We ended our evening with epic karaoke night. It wasn't the best idea to sing Estonian songs because others didn't understand. But night ended with even more difficult songs like "The Phantom of the Opera". 29 of September It might had been the most important of our project. It was a day of the 10th muse Erasmia. In the morning we created a poster about our vision how Erasmia should look like and what values she represents. It was a fun task and results were really creative. We also brainstormed about new project ideas. We got a lot of support from our mentors. Now is also a good time to mention how awesome Diana and Andrea were. The way how Andrea always messed with our names and made up new words like "bollogna". I am not sure this is the correct way how to spell it but it sounded more or less like this. And amazing Diana from Latvia. It is nice to share moments with people who really can relate to your culture. And Vasilis has done a great job planning this amazing project. After end of our sessions we filled in our travel reimbursement documents and packed our bags. Then we all went to our final evaluation party. We published our secret friends and secrets in general. Our secret friend game was really nice. Once when we walked back from our lunch place I talked about it with Czech girls. I mentioned that probably my secret friend is a Czech, though it was just my guesswork. Actually this situation was really cringe because it was hard to say what gifts I have done for my secret friend if your friend is next to you. So, I was really careful to not spoil myself in front of Klara. I got hints from Terzka that led me to a thought that she is my secret friend. She told me in our Pafos day trip that she likes my shoes and wrote the same thing to my envelope. Also, she paid a lot of attention to me all the time, which I am grateful for. Secret friend ceremony was funny as always when someone tried to trick their secret friend with fake hair and other attributes. We had a youth pass ceremony and moreover all the girls got a mirror and all the guys got a luggage name tag. I was about to leave the place to pack some final things when surprise-surprise they switched off the lights and brought out a cake with a birthday song. Heheee, I didn't expect that. I was a bit confused because candles on the cake were 30, but I turned 20. Later they explained that the reason was Erasmus+ 30th birthday and it was a good reason to combine those two things. I can't complain about it because it was my date of birth and I respect Erasmus+ project a lot. By the way, the cake was really delicious. 30 of September Yay, my birthday started in a private bar. They opened the place just for us. Now it is time to talk about the sparkling wine again. I visited local shops at the day time and literally bought a last bottle of sparkling wine. We opened it just seconds after midnight, thanks to Gustavo. I am afraid to open this kind of bottles but if it is really needed of course I can handle the situation (Kyiv 😋). But this last bottle of sparkling wine in Agros tasted as good as Martini Asti and it was way more cheaper. Eric was kind enough to make me special coctails. Music was good and DJ Lorenzo picked great songs. It was so much love around me during all the time and all this dancing and photos. I'll never forget this birthday. I guess it is the best way to celebrate your 20th birthday. Best location, adorable people around you and great feeling inside yourself. I am grateful for my Estonian team who made a birthday present for me. A good wine and roses stuff are always welcome. And those videos that Laura made, wonderful idea. I love people who think out of box. Vittorio gave me earlier literature about Modica's art history, which really was significant for me. It was hard to see people leaving and to leave myself as well. But I am used to being and travel alone, though, it is not worth it at all. My bus from Agros left 4:30 am with Italian team and Stavros. Driving by bus back home was full of emotions. I saw Giulia's tears and it reminded myself last year when I had to leave Sveshtari, probably it was my most emotional night in my life back then. First project departure moment is the hardest one, on next projects it is getting easier. I spent some time together with Italians before I passed through the gates and was ready to start my Kyiv adventure. When I was waiting for my flight one lady came by and made a quick survey about my time in Cyprus. So, the next tourist analysis you see about Cyprus, keep in mind that it consists my contribution as well. If I already told about emotions then I have to mention that my parents birthday messages for me made me so happy again. Support from friends is important, but from family even more. I also sepnt nice time in Kyiv, tho, there was colder than I expected. At least it was a nice test for getting use to with Estonian weather. To get a good overview of my birthday, I made a video about it. Enjoy 😜 Special thanks to Manolin who made a video about our project. And thank you Vasilis, Diana, Laura, Manolin, Chantell, Klara and Janre for sharing your photos with us. They were so great that I'll take the change to use them in my blog posts as well. I tried to use my own material as much as possible but you just captured some moments when I was too lazy to bring my camera out. Thank you Continuous Action for being my sending organisation. Find out active offers for youth exchanges on their webpage. PS! Agros is deep inside my heart ❤️
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