Be like a princess

Castle is their new house Finally, since November we have all of our European volunteers living and working in Santander. Please, let me introduce Edina (Hungary), Karina (Latvia), Una (Serbia), Nazli (Turkey), Ewa (Poland), Ovul (Turkey), Laura (Denmark) and me. When a volunteer starts doing his/her EVS programme, he/she goes for the Arrival Training, where can…

When magic is all around

It’s time for Andrzejki! 30th of November our volunteers celebrated Andrzejki. In Poland, Andrzejki is a special night full of magic, spells and prophecies, when everything is possible. During Andrzejki Laura from Denmark, Nazli from Turkey and me could find out what is gonna happen in their lives!   EVS is a combination of learning…

Galicia welcomes us

-¿Qienes estaís? -Somos europeo voluntarias y… todo. -¡Vale! When you start your EVS programme, you’ll go for an arrival training. What’s that? The arrival training is such great amazing super extra six days which you’ll spend with other great amazing super extra volunteers who came to the same country as you. I was a really lucky person…

Peñacastillo welcomes

Are you ready for hiking? If you love mountains, hiking and breathtaking landscapes, Cantabria will suit you perfectly. Here you can find mountains and the ocean at the same place and at the same time. Does it sound like a dream? One Sunday evening me and Tomek, the other Polish volunteer working in Once, decided…

The never-ending EVS story

It’s hard to say good-bye… When we, EVS volunteers, arrive for our programmes, nobody is thinking about the end. We spend abroad long time – half a year, 8 months, 10 months and even a whole year. And when it’s time to finish the adventure, leave this life that we’ve had and people who we…

Barcelona, I miss you!

Exploring Catalonia Staying in Spain and not to visit Barcelona? Impossible. That’s why one day I sat in front of my laptop looking for flight tickets and when suddenly I found the best price option, not thinking too much I clicked ‘buy’. In that way, I bought a plane ticket from Barcelona to Santander. Yes….