When I first came here in\nGermany, everything seemed different, the language, culture, even people. I\nknew that it would be so, and I was prepared for it, but I never expected my\nwhole year to turn out to be an amazing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As soon as or the day I\ncame here, I was picked up by Jenny, Ozge and Fee. They were extremely friendly\nand I thought that it started pretty good already. Then I met the other\nvolunteers and they also seemed pretty nice. The whole orientation was so much\nfun, informative and contributing and preparing us well for our volunteer year.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I started working, I\nmet my colleagues, started learning the job. It was as easy and chill as it\ncould be, but of course I found it a bit hard to communicate with the kids, as\nthey did not speak any English and I not speak any German. Then I started to\npick up a couple words in the team meetings. Then I started translating every\nword that I heard, and that is how my German got a bit better. And I believe\nthat at the end of my EVS, my German got good enough to at least communicate\nwith the kids and for me to express myself with anything. My colleagues were\nextremely helpful during my EVS journey and whenever I needed something or\nwhenever I got sick, they helped me and looked after me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polaris for me was like a\nfamily. I laughed a lot with them, or whenever they were sad or mad for any\nreason, I got sad or mad with them. I learnt to deal with stressful situations,\nand made my way though. Sometimes I played guitar out of blue and sang,\nsometimes I played chasing, basketball or kicker. I took part and responsibilities\nin some amazing projects. These made me feel like I was able to achieve\nanything, and also present my interest in music in many great ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a year of\ndiscovering myself, who I really am and what I really want from my life. And I\nbelieve that it was the best opportunity I could ever take. I will not regret\nany second of it. I am so glad to have met such amazing people. It could not be\nbetter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also learnt taking care\nof myself. I actually was never a good cook- I can still not say that I am the\nbest, but now I can cook for myself, without burning anywhere or setting myself\non fire. I cooked a lot in Polaris which I think helped a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The people in Eurowerkstatt\nand also Polaris were always there whenever I was in need. They helped me kindly\nwith every difficulties and never let me down. I am so grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It upsets me to leave my\nworkplace, after learning the job so well and actually being able to\ncommunicate with the kids. I could never get enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can never forget all\nthese great memories I have had here, they will always be with me, around me.\nAll these great friendships, great connections that I made and all the awesome\nmemories will stay with me, forever. Now I know where I want to be, what I want\nto do and who I want to be. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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