Stories from Europe

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The Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam: “After all, a person is only forgotten when his/her name is forgotten.”

Lang ist’s schon her seit meinem letzten Beitrag im Februar - in der Zwischenzeit ist viel passiert, aber irgendwie aufgrund des Lockdowns, indem sich Estland seit Anfang März befand, auch gleichzeitig nicht so viel.

Wissenswertes und allgemeine Informationen auf einen Blick

"I would dream of a world where everyone can go wherever they would want to without worries. That means not only not worrying about borders, but also not worrying about money, not worrying about the possibility of being attacked on the streets or suffer any kind violence"

In this report, I want to share one of my favorite books: Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millennium.In 1984 Italo Calvino was the first Italian invited to hold the Norton Poetry Lessons, six lectures organized every year by Harvard University dealing with poetry in the broadest sense.

Von Himmelsleitern, Kuhnachwuchs und verrückten Aktionen...

Por qué apliqué en Hellenic Youth Participation (HYP)en Grecia

Seit ich in Frankreich bin, wo es kein Pfandsystem gibt, Glas nicht nach Farben sortiert wird und der Abfall generell oft in der falschen Tonne landet, habe ich das Gefühl das mit Müll in Deutschland anders und auch besser umgegangen wird. Allerdings entspricht dies nur zu geringen Teilen der Wahrheit, denn Deutschland hat noch einen sehr sehr langen Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Umgang mit Müll vor sich. Das Land rühmt sich mit hohen Recyclingquoten und Deutschland gilt als Spitzenreiter auf diesem Gebiet, aber die vergleichbar hohen Zahlen täuschen...

I was called “Coronavirus” by 2 men in Germany at the beginning of the pandemic last year.

When you decide to leave out as european volunteer, you probably don't imagine to build part of your future in your host country. However, many things can happen during two months or even one year. You can start loving the country where you are enough to decide to stay, you can find the right person for you or a job which makes happy and decide to go back your host country.This is what happened to L.L., an Italian and ex European service volunteer. As he said during the interview, he arrived in Hungary for the first time to work for 12 months with a youth organization. After two years of break from Hungary, he came back again as employee in a company and then he started to work as teacher. All those experiences made him understand that he wasn't looking for a job in a company. Despite some disadvantages, such as a low salary, he clearly prefers to work as teacher. In the interview, we explored advantages and disadvantages of being a teacher in Hungary.