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Create the life you want to live
When I graduated from high school in 2016, my future plans included starting to study, like everyone else, at a university in The Netherlands. Never had I imagined that this would, in fact, turn into a three-year-long process that would take an unimaginable amount of twists and turns. Right away, I faced challenges that made me stay in Germany and pushed me to start studying a Bachelor of Sociology online. At first, I really only thought about this year as a “buffer year”, where I would take a couple of classes just to keep my academic skills and to get ready for when I would “really start studying”. Of course, it wasn’t that simple. In 2017, I faced more challenges that made me, for the second time, have to delay my entry to university by a year. It may seem trivial, but seeing your friends and classmates from high school all attend university and live the student lifestyle can seriously…
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Where should I stay?
Are you about to embark on a volunteering experience? Do you have the option of living with a host family or finding yourself a room or apartment to share? Making this decision may be challenging, especially if you do not have any experience in that field. Keep on reading to find out how to make your choice, and what the pros and cons of each are. First, your accommodation, as I wrote about it in this post, is very important. In fact, it may determine whether you love or hate your experience! Depending on where you are going, you may have more or fewer choices ahead of you. Staying with a host family When I first arrived in Rabat (Morocco), there was something very comforting about knowing that someone was on the other side of the gate waiting for me to arrive, and someone that would bring me to my accommodation. Also, it was great to arrive at…
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Morocco: Post volunteering
Following two weeks of volunteering, my father, who had just joined me in Rabat, and I, were on our way to Marrakech to visit this part of Morocco. This is a day-to-day diary of the events that occurred during these exciting last few days… Read more about the previous weeks here. Sunday, 29th October 2017– Day Sixteen Today my father and I are leaving for Marrakech where we will spend a few days. We arrive in a nice hotel room, and it is quite a shock to be back in a typical Western environment. I miss my host family. We walk around and enjoy our evening, however, I miss the familiar feeling of Rabat. Monday, 30th October 2017– Day Seventeen My father and I spend the day visiting the Medina– the main marketplace which turns out to be extremely overwhelming in comparison to the Medina in Rabat! We walk around a lot, eat some Moroccan sweets and end the night…
