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Impressions of Berlin

When You Fall For a City

It was the last day of October 2010, when we first met. I flew in to attend some workshops. I stayed for three weeks and fell in love. The city is old and has low buildings with broken windows. Many of them seem as if they were abandoned. There is nothing fancy about it. The people are nothing special and it’s windy most of the time. The first impression does not convince you. But then, when you are walking down one of the streets, you suddenly realize that they are stone flagged and it hits you and you see. There is graffiti on almost every building and is coloring the city. On these small cozy streets there are small cozy bars and places with good music and funny names like MAMA or SCHWARZER. When you enter one of the buildings that seem as if they were about to fall apart you find out that they are actually cared of pretty well and you realize that nothing is what it seems.

I returned again the same year in the last days of December to spend New Years. The city is cheap, the rents are reasonable and the food is not even nearly as expensive as in Ljubljana. People are simple, kind, smart and young. They all speak English. The public transportation is cheap, easy, fast and diverse. There is not a lot of traffic and the criminal rate is very low. It makes you feel safe and excepted. It makes you feel at home.

I came back last year again for New Years. Every time I come I am amazed by it and I like it even more. Everything in this city is connected to art in some way. It is like coming to an old artist with big, warm, cozy arms to run into and with a lot of wisdom to learn from. I always get inspired here, and here is where I feel free. So one day when I was sitting on one of the benches and I was looking at Spree that was running around an island of museums, wrapping and protecting it, and the wind was blowing through my hair as if it was inviting me to dance with it, I finally decided. The city keeps me coming back. It is like having an affair and every time I come, I fall in love a little bit more. I have to keep coming back. It makes me feel alive and satisfied. And I will be coming back until one day I stay, for good.

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I love it.

Hello my dear friends.

The year came around and it is time for new starts. I wish you all the best!

November and December were really good. I had some free days and wanted to get to know the culture, food, landscape,… well everything there is to know about Portugal. I took the advantage of the travel and made it a school project so I took a great amount of pictures for the class.

Otherwise, the exams are getting closer and I have to finish all my projects, so I am working really hard, to do the best I can. In February I am returning home with a great Erasmus experience. You should definitely try it!

and here is my site for pictures http://agirlinportugal.wordpress.com/

Have a good one  : )

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Living in Portugal

I know, I know, I didn’t write for quite a while… Better late then never they say. But you must understand that I’m in Portugal now, everything here has a delay… You almost get used to it, though sometimes I still get really annoyed by it and at those moments I kind of want to go back home. I know, it might sound weird and stupid, but last few weeks I had a bit of a crysis and I really wanted to go home, because I got so annoyed by Portuguese people…

Well the last week in the year 2012 (Feliz Ano Novo by the way…) we traveled around the Portugal a bit. We visited Lisbon, Sintra, Cabo Da Roca, Nazare, Peniche, Alcobaça, Fatima, Porto etc. You can read more about it in my blog where I usually also post some photos.

After traveling around and visiting the ocean side again, I decided to stay for the second semester for sure. I kind of wanted to go home, but I realized that when I’m looking at the ocean waves I’m the happiest person alive.

About school here… I like some things about it, I like that there is a lot of equipment, but I really don’t like that Erasmus students mostly don’t get enough attention or we are left out because we don’t understand the language… Sometimes it’s like you’re being ignored. Though I must say, some professors at least try and they give you some extra time for talk and explanations, so at the end, you still know what you’re supposed to do.

So if you want to know more about my experience as an Erasmus student you’re more than welcome to read my blog.

Greetings from happy me at the ocean side! =)

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Zakaj izmenjava?

Zdravo! Verjetno ste že navajeni, da večina blogov opisuje kako se kdo kje ima, oziroma kja počne. Torej zakaj bi sedaj brali kaj drugega? Že, že, ne da bi delal revolucijo, a moj blog bo malce drugače naravnan- v njem boste lahko prebrali, “nasvete”, oziroma lasten pogled na bivanje v tuji državi. V mojem primeru je to Portugalska, Caldas da rainha, ESAD. Več o tem preberite v blogu od Anje in Gaje.
Poznam veliko ljudi, ki bi rade volje odšlo v svet- iz čistega firbca ali z željo po boljšem življenju, lahko kaj povsem tretjega. A vedno se nas drži nek strah, kaj pa če, kako, kaj bo tam, ipd. Zato bom v svojem blogu opisal pogled na tujo državo, vsakič bom obdelal posamezno temo- pokrili bomo povsem običajna področja- od bivanja, hrane, transporta, pa vse do opaznejših razlik v primerjavi z našo deželo. Mogoče pa v kom vzbudi duh in željo po potovanju, ali pa le vlije dodatno samozavest, pripravi na določene situacije.
Torej za začetek, pričnimo pri začetku, kakopak! Torej zakaj izmenjava? Zakaj bi spakiral kovček in odšel v svet, nekam drugam? Doma imamo urejeno življenje, od družinskih članov, partnerja, lastnine, službe.. Zakaj bi to pustil v neke vrste negotovosti in odšel v prav tako negotovo situacijo?
Študij! Portugalska, ne tako daleč od Slovenije, a še vedno dovolj daleč, da se opazi razlika v samem šolskem sistemu in študijski snovi. Pustimo ob strani to, da so ljudje “obalnomorskega duha” in so zamujanja bolj pogosta praksa kot pri nas. Tukaj znajo spoštovati tradicionalne metode animacije, fotografije, ipd. Torej kot študent lahko v tujini dobite povsem nov pogled na vašo dosedanjo študijsko smer. Če ste doma o animaciji razmišljali predvsem skozi sodobne tehnologije in kako stvar narediti čim bolj moderno, vas bodo na Portugalskem poizkusili prepričati v lepoto tradicionalne animacije. Seveda lahko hitro zamahnemo z roko, češ da moje mnenje nihče ne spremeni tako lahko. Vseeno, ko se srečate s profesorji, kateri predavajo z velikim veseljem in izkušnjami na svojem področju, se kaj hitro zgodi, da pogledate na snovi s kakšne povsem nove perspektive, o kateri prej niste niti razmišljali. Prav raznolikost je tista, ki nas ustvari zanimive in življenje čudovito izkušnjo. In te razlike so tiste, ki nas krepijo in našemu znanju dajejo širino in barvitost. Študij v tujini je glede podanega znanja lahko nekaj povsem novega, saj se srečamo z ljudmi, ki živijo in delajo v drugem okolju.
Količina predavanj? Če sem doma pogosto ugotovil, da imamo dejansko premalo predavanj, lahko to spremenite na izmenjavi. Tukaj v našem primeru na ESADU, predavanja potekajo po približno pet ur za predmet. Odvisno od predmeta, tedensko ali dvakrat na teden. Lahko pričnete zjutraj ob 8.30 in končate ob 19.00 z le pol ure vmesne pavze. Možnosti imamo tudi izbrati nočna predavanja, ki potekajo nekje od 19.00 pa vse do polnoči, tako da bo ugojeno tudi tistim, ki imamo premaknjen bioritiem in lažje delujemo v čaru noči. Če pa ne želite prevelike obremenitve, pa si lahko predmete razporedite tudi bolj po svoji želji, saj je za večino več skupin in lahko izberemo, kdaj bi hodili. Tako z malo organizacije pridete do prostih dni po želji. Največ je odvisno seveda od tega, koliko točk želite/morate zbrati.
Izzivi! Ste kdaj pomislilil, da bi kaj radi študirali, pa pri nas ni te možnosti, ali pa ste imeli le zelo močno željo, a ni bilo nikogar, ki bi vas to učil, oziroma so bili raznorazni tečaj predragi? Kot Erasmus študent lahko tudi to rešite. V mojem primeru je študijski program ESAD-a neverjetno barvit. Od animacije, filma, fotografije, slikarstva, pa vse do keramike, oblikovanja kovine. Torej v dogovoru s profesorji in svojim učnim načrtom, lahko tukaj študirate recimo film, obenem pa hodite na keramiko. Oziroma vkolikor ne želite dobiti ocene, so kljub vsemu profesorji odprti in zelo navdušeni nad vašim sodelovanjem, tako da želja po novem pade na plodna tla. Preizkusite se lahko v marsičem in tako odkrijete nov hobi, spoznate nekaj povsem novega oziroma v končni fazi se lahko priučite novega znanja za povsem smaostojni poklic. Možnosti je nešteto, odvisno je le od vas samih, kako boste izbrali in začrtali svojo pot v življenju!
Seveda je treba omeniti tudi negativne strani- večja ovira zna biti jezik. Če se odločite oditi v državo, kjer ni matični govor angleški, se zna zgoditi, da bodo ljudje govorili angleško v manjši meri, kot si to predstavljamo. Večinoma se da zmenit za sprotno razlago in povzetke v angleščini (še posebaj, če je več tuje govorečih študentov) a velja to preveriti pred odhodom. Težava je namreč v tem, da ni časa, da bi profesorji razlagali snov hkrati v dveh jezikih, tako da smo obsojeni ali na individualne pogovore, ali da poizkusimo izbrati čim bolj praktične predmete in poiskati nekoga, ki nam bo čim več prevedel. Škoda je, da ne moremo razumeti celotnih predavanj, saj vemo, da je povzetek le kratka in bistvena snov- vseeno ne razumemo vmesnih vprašanj študentov in njihovega sproščenega pogovora, šal, ipd. Omeniti je treba še to, da večje šole za erasmus študente organizirajo tudi jezikovne tečaje. Pri nas je sicer udeležba plačljiva (50€ za posamezno stopnjo), a traja en semester in je še vedno ceneje kot katerikoli tečaj doma. Kot vedno je veliko odvisno predsem od nas samih in naše organizacije ter tega, kaj želimo na izmenjavi doseči.

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