Being an Erasmus-Buddy is about broadening your mind, having fun and making friends from all over Europe. It's of course not all fun and games as it can also be demanding in respects of time-management and responsibility.
Your working hours aren’t just from 9am to 5pm but you have to work on weekends and at night as well.
But believe me it’s still the best job a student could ever have!
In my 2nd year of studies I spent one semester in the Netherlands. Thinking of the time abroad made me miss the culture I was living in and the contact to people from all over the world. So as to go back to the life of an international student I applied for the job as an Erasmus-Buddy.
In my 3rd year of studies I supported and guided our Erasmus incoming students during their stay in Graz. We had a wonderful welcome weekend in the mountains, visited Salzburg, had nice evenings in the nightlife of Graz, we visited a chocolate factory; we were hiking, had an international food night and went to theme parties.
Organizing activities for the Erasmus-Incomings is only one of many tasks a Buddy has to fulfill. Buddies are the first ones to be asked if there occur any questions concerning school, leisure time activities, cultural activities, means of transport, where to buy a bike, where to go out, how to use the library and so on.
Sounds like a lot of work? Don't worry, the payment is amazing though – you spend an amazing year full of remarkable moments and making priceless memories. You get to know so many people from all over Europe. Not only the Incomings who are studying at your university but also their friends, roommates and their families.
I am still in contact with “my” Incomings and receive invitations to visit them. Some of them came back to Graz already to visit me and my friends. And some of them I visited in their home countries. For me Erasmus friendships are friendships for life!
Being an Erasmus-Buddy is not only helpful to spend nice holidays all over Europe. It offers you a great chance to build up a network of interesting people.
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