The main task of this first month of EVS was to defeat and get through
the cultural shock. Living in a new and different country is always a challenge
but, the cultural shock is not only about the country or the language (English
or Romanian in our case), is also about living with people from other
countries, with other habits, almost in the whole aspects of our lives. After
one month I think that the best way to defeat the differences is thinking about
our similarities, because, for sure we are coming from different countries and
from different social and cultural backgrounds, but, at least, we are here
together, basically in the same situation of fear and disorientation, but we
are young and bold as well.
After one month is easy to see the improvements, in a lot of aspects,
language or behaviour for example. It is easy, at the ending of the day to perceive
another brick of your general knowledge, and nothing is better than this,
nothing is better than improving yourself.
I saw the biggest improvements for me during the week of On-arrival. The
aim of the On-arrival training is to sponsor the Erasmus plus and the country
Romania, but it was so useful for linking volunteers from different cities as
well. During the On-arrival we discovered a lot of things about the Country and
the habits, and about our rights and duties during the EVS. We learned the
right approach for our working and a lot of activities. For me the On-arrival
was the first step for defeating the cultural shock, and for me It was a
success.
After one month it could be really easy, not easy at all but easy. You
could find the right people for you, the right situations and, last but not the
least, the right state of mind for living the EVS at the best of your
possibilities.
Alessio
Gorgoni
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