Today I was moving out of Melsbroek and spent one last day with my friend / the second volunteer from the NMSC and together we explored Antwerp! At 8.30AM my alarm clock is ringing and I’m way to tired to get up, so I snooze it way to often and now the time is running. My…
I’m writing this before I have to go one last time to work and end with this my EVS after 8 months of ups and downs! But wait, wasn’t she going to stay one year in Belgium? – Yes, I was! Let me explain it for you! Several reasons, from worrying about my health to…
This weekend was the last time that I would see my volunteer friends and we wanted to celebrate it together in Brussels! Well, we also celebrated it in Cologne, Germany! It all started Friday evening when I headed to Leuven and Ivan, a volunteer from Bulgaria picked me up and we drove to his home where…
If somebody would have asked me before I started this blog post: “How was your 2016?” I wouldn’t have an answer. I just realized how awesome this year was and how much I experienced in one year, when I started this post that you are reading right now.. It’s incredible how many beautiful places I have…
What a stressful week.. There is no other description for it than that. It all started Monday after a weekend at my boyfriends place when I had to go directly from Oostende to Leuven for my last Dutch exam. Luckily everything went well with my exam so I went back to Melsbroek and finished packing my…
How much bad luck can a person have in one weekend?? My best friend visited me and this weekend was so chaotic that we’ll even talk about it in years! It all began with me picking her up from the airport Zaventeem. I waited there around a half hour and it was really nice to…
This weekend I’ve had two friends from Eupen at my place. We had a great weekend with exploring Brussels, visiting the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and more. So this weekend Sabrina (Germany) and Axel (France) were visiting me. We’ve also met on the On-Arrival-Training and they both live like the others in Eupen…
My first journey after the On-Arrival-Training was to Eupen at the border to Germany to visit some of my new friends. I arrived at the Eupen train station after three hours and Leonie (Austria), Elena (Italy) and Markus (Germany) were already waiting for me. They showed be a bit around, starting with the Eupen Plaza,…
You could also say “Meeting kind of a new family”! So I had my On-Arrival-Training from 22.September until 27.September in Dilbeek and it all started good with me staying in the train, listening to the ticket inspector who’s telling me that I’ve got the wrong ticket. (I still don’t get the Belgian public transport system but…
… maar mijn Nederlands is niet goed genoeg voor een blog post alleen in Nederlands. That’s why I’ll continue in English now. So.. It has been exactly two month since I arrived in Melsbroek and started my European voluntary service. I’m really happy that I’ve made the decision of leaving Germany for one year. In…
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