Okay, so it is Kate again doing my final
blog post. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak my time in Venlo was short, I was only there for about 6
weeks. However, within those 6 weeks, I have made some great memories and some
great friends. Though I am no longer over there, I keep in contact with some
great people!
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| Lunch on a cycle to Germany! |
I have made friends with people from Mexico, Germany, Italy,
France, Denmark and Latvia to name but a few. As you can imagine, each culture is
quite different. From being away I feel like I was given a greater
understanding of cultural differences, but also how alike some cultures are to
the Irish.
From all of the Erasmus students and exchange students, the Mexicans
were the biggest group. Because of this,
they were really able to show their culture and some of
the best dancers I’ve ever seen! Dancing is like walking for them. They love to move
and are constantly wanting you to dance with them. Unfortunately, I would not
be the best dancer but with their help I improved a little!
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| Mexican friends wearing my hat which I forgot to bring home! |
From the very start, a nice friendly group
emerged, and everyone got on very well. We constantly were going out for dinner
together and lunch at the weekends, and then during the week we would gather
together in someone’s apartment and cook together. Often times, there could be
up to 20 people eating dinner together. I really enjoyed doing this because
each person would bring an item to contribute to the meal. Pancakes become a
regular occurrence for us. We would eat, listen to music and just talk on the
nights that we did not want to party. I also had joined a soccer team while I
was over there, we trained Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I really liked going
to training, even though I can barely kick a ball, but I was meeting local
people not only exchange students. The team was a mix of girls and boys, but
there were only 4 girls on the team, so we never got a real change to play! The
boys were too competitive, but it had a great social aspect to it either way!
Playing cards became a weekly thing as
well. I had never played much cards, but it was another great way to get to
know people without the awkward conversations. I really loved being in Venlo, I
was so so upset returning home so quickly. 6 weeks was just not long enough!
Thanks so much for reading my blog post through out the year. If anyone from WIT likes the idea of working in Boulangerie Jade or has any questions about Venlo, I would be more than happy to talk to you.
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