Mi Aventura SVE en Granada: Cheima Touil

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sábado, 10 de marzo de 2018

Women's day

International Women's Day is celebrated around the world every year on 8 March. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has served to progress the movement for women’s rights and to advance the status and empowerment of women worldwide, it is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regards to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.

So today I'm going to talk about women's day in Granada, to be honest, it's the first time that I participate in such manifestation. About thousands of people were there of course not only women but also men. This manifestation was well prepared, they started from 8:30h in the morning preparing the banners etc...So at 18h we all met in Gran Via. by the way all the women doesn't work on 8 March in Granada, i didn't expect to find that huge people.

The objective of Women’s Day is to express love and gratitude towards women’s’ contribution to our lives and society. It honors the power and struggles of women who have broken all barriers and reached the pinnacle of success in every sphere of life. Today, women across the globe actively participate in politics, education, social work, corporate, sports, IT, research & development, innovation and diverse fields, and have left their footprints.

Several resolutions to protect women’s rights have also been passed globally, which has opened up broader avenues for the growth and development of women in our society. Women’s Day also celebrates the role of women as a daughter, a wife, a mother, a sister and a homemaker. The day honours the voices that go unheard, the rights that are dominated and the tears that go unnoticed. Even today, there are millions of women around the world who are either speechless or are struggling hard to secure their rights. The discrimination and inequality is still every prominent, especially in developing and backward countries.

Despite all pessimism, International Women’s Day is a special day dedicated only to women and their role in our lives. Culture and ethnicity has given a new dimension to this day where the tradition of gifting presents to women is popular in some countries. Personalised gifts and greeting cards dedicated to Women’s Day have become exceptionally popular today. Many people think it is the ideal way to express their love and gratitude for women in life. Though, the true essence of the day lies in identifying the rights and power of women and giving them a stature that they deserve.

sábado, 13 de enero de 2018

Navidad en Granada

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Hello everyone, in this blog I’m going to tell you about Christmas in Granada. Well, from where i come from we don’t celebrate it. I’m from Tunisia, Christmas is not in our culture so it was my first one. I was waiting for Navidad and i was so excited, the first thing that impressed me was the lights we all know that Granada is a beautiful place but in Christmas it was more fascinated and breathtaking.

So when we went to the center there was a lot of people (mucha gente) i never saw that quantity of people in the city center. They were shopping, buying gifts (regalo) and eating chocolate con churro. In the 24^th of December, people who work in cuidad de los ninos invited us to have dinner with them and it was an awesome one we had fun and they were very nice and friendly with us. The dinner was chicken, shrimp, potatoes, salad ... and it was very delicious (muy rico).

After that we were enjoying our days of Christmas until New Year came. Our friends came to our place to celebrate together, so when they came we showed them the house because it was really big and to make them feel comfortable. During the day we had a tour in the city center also we went to several places like Alhambra, Albaicin...but unfortunately we couldn’t have tapas because most of the bars was closed. Before coming back home we bought delicious potatoes in the oven. When we arrived at home we directly start to eat because we were starving and after our house mat told us that we are going to have a dinner with people who in cuidad de los ninos like the previous dinner, we were not hungry but we went because the food is very very delicious lol.

We get dressed to be ready for the party and we went out to the city hale. There were hundreds of people dancing and drinking in the street, there was a big concert when midnight came the dark sky became like heaven with fireworks it was awesome after that we went to our friend house we had some drinks also so much fun at 5 in the morning we went to a club called VOGUE it was a nice club and cheap 15 € the entrance plus 3 drinks so for me it was a good deal because in New Year clubs became more expensive.

We danced a lot and at 10 in the morning we went home our friends wanted to stay with them for the after but we couldn’t stay because we were so exhausted so went directly to bed to sleep. We woke up at 4, we ate breakfast and we spend the whole day at home. Honestly it was my favorite New Year, also i loved Christmas with the lights in the street. We didn’t have a tree for Christmas but for sure next year we will buy one.

domingo, 7 de enero de 2018

On Arrival Training

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Canfranc bus station

Hello, in this blog i'm going to share with you my experience in the On Arrival Training, so let me start from the first.

When they told me about the date of the On Arrival Training to be honest i was not excited, i'm always afraid to meet new people. It was in Canfranc too far from Granada, so i woke up with negative vibes.

Our point meeting is in Zaragosa, so we call taxi to pick us to the bus station but the women in the radio taxi didn't want to send us one, time past very quick so we were obliged to call our coordinator Carmen to help us. She came and picked us to Malaga train station we couldn't make it without her. we ate the breakfast there and after we took the train. It was very fast after 4 hours we arrived to Zaragosa, we arrived early so we went to a coffee and after we went back to the train station to meet with the other volunteers.

After a while we were all there so w took the bus to Canfranc. When we arrived there i was freezing because i 'm never used to this cold. Before coming i thought that i will have my own room, but i was totally wrong we were 24 volunteers two big rooms for girls and a small room for boys, by the way they were only 4 boys. After that we were all gathered together, we had a game for getting to know each other. Then we ate dinner.

The day after everyone was talking about the first awful night because the heaters stopped working in the middle of the night and they only gave us one blanket. We ate breakfast and then we started our training.

The day after they took us out to discover the rest of Canfranc.It was very small but breath taking because of the natural view it was awesome.Also we went to Jaca it was near to Canfranc.

The bus station in Canfranc is so beautiful, it has a lot of history so we had a big tour there with a man who lives in Canfranc he was our guide, we had so much fun.

After days no one wanted to leave by the way me too, it was my best experience that i ever had.I learnt how to share, how to learn, how to communicate, also we made new friends and we invited them to Granada.

Zaragosa

martes, 21 de noviembre de 2017

Hola Granada

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Hello, this is my first blog i’m going to speak about my first experience in EVS with Las Ninas Del Tul. Let me introduce myself before. Well my name is Cheima, I’m from Tunisia, I’m 24 years old and I’m a student. I came here to Granada with a friend of mine (Meriem) for 9 months. It was my first time that I travel and being in a plane, so I was scared but it was really nice. So we went to the airport of Tunisia and we were running because we were late, we almost missed the flight but we made it. After two hours we arrived to the airport of Madrid which was really big after that we went to the bus station and we waited inside the airport cause outside it was a bit cold

We had so much fun in the airport we ate food and had some drinks. After hours the bus came and went to Granada, we couldn’t see the road because it was night so I slept in the bus. At 7 am we arrived, Carmen came to take us to our place, she was very friendly, I felt comfortable. It’s been so long that I didn’t speak English I was scared that I couldn’t communicate with people here but actually I was good. In our way she was telling us about the places and everything. Then she took us to the hotel in front to our place and took the breakfast together I took coffee (un caffe con leche) and Meriem too.

After the breakfast we went to our new home in Cuidad los ninos, I was very exited cause it’s really big huge house, we met Mohamed he lives in the house he is a nice guy. Then we cleaned our room and we arranged our clothes. We were really hungry so we had lunch in hotel with Carmen, Nadia, and the ex volunteers Didi (Bulgaria) and luca (Hangaria) we had so much fun and we exchanged our phone numbers. After finishing the lunch we went with Nadia to tourism office to collect some maps and buy some groceries. It’s our first day here so we were exited and curious to discover the city so we had a big tour in city center we were fascinated by the cathedral. Also people here in Granada are nice and friendly. We loved every part, every corner in the center. After this big tour we were tired so we stopped and took coffee, by the way I loved the coffee here because it’s really delicious.

At night we went with Carmen, Didi and Luca the ex volunteers to discover Granada by night and it was charming and beautiful. We went to different bars and the biggest surprise for me here is tapas I just love it. And then we ate Kabeb which is really delicious. Finally we went to our home to have some sleep because we were exhausted, we had a long trip and we didn’t sleep the night before.

martes, 12 de enero de 2016

Acogiendo EVS en Granada.

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" Los viajes son en la juventud una parte de educación y, en la vejez, una parte de experiencia."

Sir Francis Bacon

Bienvenidos al punto de encuentro para compartir experiencias SVE de voluntarios cuyo hogar será Granada durante una temporada.

Basándome en mi experiencia anterior, y lo caótico que puede ser "comenzar un nuevo proyecto" en las redes sociales, decidí tomar algo de tiempo para crear un lugar donde expresar lo que cada uno de vosotros vais experimentando durante vuestra estancia en Granada, con el fin de motivar a futuros voluntarios y difundir cada uno de vuestros proyectos.

Os animo a que toméis esta oportunidad como una forma sencilla de salvaguardar vuestras experiencias y que sea una plataforma de visibilidad del programa Erasmus + y más específicamente, del SVE.

Os saluda: Nadia.

"Viajar es como flirtear con la vida. Es como decir, -Me quedaría y te querría, pero me tengo que ir: esta es mi estación"

Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

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