My arrival in Czech Republic
A blog entry about traveling into my 11- months volunteering experience
So, this is my first blog entry about my ESC in Ostrava, the third biggest city in Czech Republic, although nobody- including myself- who is not czech has ever heard about it... It is about my first step into this amazing year, my arrival.
Let´s start with my journey to the trainstation Ostrava- Svinov. After getting in the train, a heavy suit case in the right hand, cookies and a poster made by my friends in the left and a huge backpack on the rear, I finally realized that it´s happening: The moment I´ve waited for such a long time is here. On this day, I am the one who is leaving and I am the one who is on the way into a new life, an adventure in a country where I won´t understand anybody and nobody will understand me... It´s hard to describe the feelings I experienced while sitting in this first train and watching the so familiar looking mountains slowly rolling past. But I can surely say that I felt a feeling of joy and excitemet like I haven´t felt it in ages...
Ten hours and thirty-four minutes later, there wasn´t much of my sentimental- enthusiastic mood left. After three hours being stucked between a dirty window and a snoring teenager while having my bottle and my headphones unreachable stored over my head,I just wanted to get out of this train where all of a sudden nobody was able to speak English or German anymore. I had a lot of time to contemplate in this train and my all-positive feelings were starting to get mixed with a bit of fear and some little doubts. Will the other volunteers like me? Will the czech people accept me? Will I be able to express myself, communicate? Suddenly I got the feeling everybody was staring at me...
But all these negative feelings were blown away when I lifted my tons-weighing suitcase over the two steps out of the train for the last time and got warmly welcomed by my coordinators. At this moment, I knew that my year in Czech Republic wil turn out to be great, a time with ups and downs, but all in all, hopefully the best year of my life ...
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