Erasmus+ Journal (Issue 2) 2013/14
Hajnalka Virag, Hugary: Living abroad
Author: Hajnalka Virag
Living abroad
I am writting about my challenges, an experiences, why important to me living in abroad, and i would like to help you to can make a good decision, and spend in abroad some month you can read negative and positive things too. So let't read. Have fun for reading!
What does it really mean to learn abroad?
At first it means a lot of fun, parties, making new friends, meeting new people, new nationalities, new cultures, new cusines. Also you can collect a lot of new knowledges from all over the world
Hallowen party
Even if you are staying just in one new country you can meet lots of students from all over the world and if your mind is opened to learn from foreign people, you will be richer with new knowledges and experiences when you will return home.
Furthermore you can improve your language skills and you have the opportunity to use them. In my opinion, in this century that is the most important thing: to use 1 or 2 or more foreign languages. Many companies all over the world look for candidates that had a chance to study abroad because of the skills and trails they have developed- so it will affect your future.
What else does it mean to study abroad?
It means lots of programs too, sightseeings, visiting places that interested you, hikkings, triping and eatings—you need to taste your new country cusine!
Beside the positive things, it means self-sufficiency, responsibility for yourself, lots of studying, independence, problems that just you can solve alone. This negative things will become positive things. Maybe you feel bad yourself, in a difficult situation when you are abroad, but when you return home it will be useful, because you already have an experience.
Here is one simply example: You will have already known how to find accomodation abroad, or how to organise your programs to have enough time to learn, to meet your friends or to go on a trip or to do something else. Or how to deal with your money.
What does it mean for me?
It means the all for me that I wrote above.
I could compare the hungarian people with other nationalities. Why am I writing this?
Because I am leaving in biggest dorm in Graz and there are lots of nationalities from all over the world.
For example my roommate is Egyiptian. I had never spoken with Arabic people before I arrived here, but now I am living with her in a same room.
I have lots of opportunities to ask her about Arabic culture, people habits, cities and sights.
In the dorm I can meet French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish, Indian, American… and so on.
I really like this situation.- and I think it will be very important for me if I work in tourism.
In Graz with a lot of nationality
If you have the oppporunity to spend a couple of months abroad just come on do that. I am sure you won't regret it.
In the last part I would like to thank to my buddys and my teachers from Pedagogische Hochschule Steiermark, who support me in whole semmester, they make my Erasmus life more exciting, with lot of programs. And i also thank my techer from Nyugat-Magyarorszagi Egyetem who give me a chance to apply in this program. It was my best few mounth of my whole life.