EVS in Santiago de Compostela

That’s how I start most of the conversations here in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galician region in Spain. Since I am here, there is something that surprises me the most. It’s not that Spanish people have dinner at 11 pm or the fact that it is raining under any circumstances and even not that crowds of pilgrims scurry back and forth under my window. But the knowing that time is going extremely fast. Now it’s my second month on voluntary service in Don Bosco Center and the time to tell you finally about myself and my relations with EVS. Maybe when you hear a phrase «EVS volunteer» you imagine a very funny college graduate who is enjoying his gap year and has no idea what to study next. Let’s break the stereotypes a little bit. I am 25 now, finished university long time ago and had three-year working experience in my home region. So why I am here? The point is that I have never looked for stability in my life. I believe that a positive stress always keeps you alive. S...

Hello everybody, we would like to introduce ourselves in a brief post before starting to update the blog more regularly. Until now we are 3 volunteers from 3 different country, Olga from Russia, Mine from Turkey and Filip from Luxembourg. Olga and Filip work both in ETL Don Bosco. Mine works in  ARC Os Tilos. In the following weeks we will be joined by three more volunteers. We hope that you are excited to learn something about us and our experiences in the next months. ( From left to right : Filip, Mine and Olga)