Returning home after living abroad – reverse culture shock?
The state of alarm ended on the 22nd of June in Spain. This was the day when people were allowed to travel again after 3 months and we left Puertollano. Was I sad? Yes, of course! This small village with all these amazing people grew close to my heart,...
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Living the Spanish dream – stuck in coronavirus quarantine
Who would have thought? Living my dream – already one and a half months in quarantine in Spain. Many people have asked me if I had rather spent the quarantine in Estonia. The truth is that what is happening in Estonia is nothing compared to the quarantine here in...
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Protected: Some thoughts
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A year from now…
Almost dark at 2 pm when I look out the window and see the afternoon drizzle gently splashing onto the red rooftops which are nearly shrouded in mist. How depressing! It feels as if the world was preparing to come to an end every single day. I stand up...
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What’s it like to be a volunteer?
Very soon I will be halfway with the project and 5 months are left to complete. Our project will end in the end of June and after that we are thinking about travelling a little more and then… I have absolutely no idea! Fortunately, I still have almost half...
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I freaked out and cried in my lesson
I think that now I can finally say that there is some routine again in my life and not everything is as good as it looks on my Instagram account. We started giving classes in October. This is when they gave each one of us a schedule and books....
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First impressions of Spain
I have been living in my new home exactly for a week now. The apartment was definitely a nice surprise for me. I have seen volunteers living in very bad conditions – old, smelly apartments. So I was mentally prepared for this and expected the worst. Fortunately, it was...
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What has been going on in the meanwhile? It’s not all about sunshine and rainbows…
As you might have noticed, I have been busy selling and giving away all of my stuff. I want to take with me as little as possible, and I hate things anyway, so this is a good way to get rid of all the pointless things, I mean the...
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How did it all start aka I am going to move to SPAIN! 🇪🇸
Anyone who knows me, probably knows about my passion for travelling and Spanish. I think I have been going on and on about living in Spain for (…EVER) many years. Of course, I have travelled there a couple of times and this is when I fell in love with...
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