Articles tagged with "evs"

This is not a text about my EVS in Germany, but a text about how it feels when a foreign country becomes to you familiar and your own country becomes foreign.

Something that inspired me

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Mark Twain

So, I moved from the culture of Art in Russia St.Petersburg to a very small village in Germany. It is almost in the middle of nowhere. It seemed to be nice, but actually not so easy. Because when you live in the forest without so many peope surrounded you, many interesting thought become to appear... and Mentalität... Now I really feel the difference in our Cultures. From inside.

The best thing about living abroad is…that you are not living in your own country. Weather though is always a close second. No one ever really wants to hear about the struggles that come with packing your bags and moving away to a totally different country and culture. Two words: culture shock.

This is the story of my working experience in a school in small town in Germany named Bad Wurzach. I tried to describe how it has changed me and how I felt here.