LIFE+ | VOLUNTEERING@ICDET

Weekly diary #49 by Sule

After our Monday morning meeting, Burcu, Hale and I created our EmployeE+ Media materials plan. Then, after a busy week for all of us, we wanted to rest a little this Monday as a team and we had a movie night together by hanging out at home.

There was a development this week and everyone started Bulgarian lessons in the evening. Esra and I created a Teamizing & Cafe Plan and listed the socializing areas we can go to as a team. Also, I closed the google form we prepared for our project and wrote a research article for it.

Now it's time for the best part. Burcu, Hale and Eren went on a trip to see different cultures abroad. They travelled to 3 new countries. These are Slovakia, Hungary and Austria.

While they were exploring abroad, Esra, Kubilay and I learned that 8 December is the Students' Day in Sofia and we decided to visit Sofia today. Frankly, we did not come across any special celebrations while we were visiting, but we walked around the streets decorated for New Year's Eve, visited the stands and took lots of photos.

VOLUNTEER@ICDET | Weekly diary #48

In our third week in Sofia, we started by participating in the bowling event with our new friends from the ESN group, it was a fun activity for us as well as an activity where we could communicate more with foreign people by practising English. Afterwards, we organized a farewell night for our friend Murat and spent time cooking together. Afterwards, we prepared forms for our project and held meetings where we talked and brainstormed. Since it is a period when we are more adapted to Sofia, we do our shopping at the market and cook at home. It has been a week where we improved ourselves by making budget management, cleaning schedules for house layout, etc. We closed the week with an evening where we ate the Turkish dishes we missed in the Turkish restaurant named Turkuaz, which we just discovered.

VOLUNTEER@ICDET | Weekly Diary #47

1st week – The First Impression: One Week of Volunteers@ICDET in Hindsight

“Two things remain irretrievable: time and a first impression.” ~ Cynthia Ozick It’s nearly been two weeks since we landed in Sofia and as time passes we realize that these are the times that we will never get back again. Our first impression of Sofia has been unique so far, and as each day passes we fall in love with the city more...

At first, we were astonished by the city and the buildings,the history and all. We made memories,later on to use it in our project. We got to know the city,transportation,foods,markets,people etc..

We were welcomed to Sofia by this kind

Gentleman. We also met a lot of Erasmus students

who are in similar positions as us and we also got to know each other a lot better as a group.

#workworkwork

Aside from office hours, we gathered at the apartment to work at home office, even at night. These were the times when we thought deeply about the ideas and combined them as one idea to make it one big Project and that is; OUR STORY.