Category: Activities

My time here is coming to an end. So let’s recap my five months in Blagoevgrad. Arriving in August, the other volunteers and I were not only confronted with high temperatures but also with a culture shock. It was not my first time in Bulgaria. Therefore, I knew what I …

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go… – not really, no snow, but at least there are Christmas decoration everywhere. That’s why I decided to bring everyone together for a ChatClub with a Christmas theme to get us in the mood for the holidays. An important …

Similar to the German saying: “Aller Anfang ist schwer” (Every beginning is difficult) started our volunteering service in Bulgaria. On the 1st of August 2021 I met up with the other German volunteer in Dortmund and we took the flight to Sofia. Because of a delay of about 5 to …

None of us have ever been so close to Turkey so we decided to take the chance and travel to Istanbul for a week. From the 15th of Nov to the 22nd of November, we spend our time discovering the city, trying to avoid collusion with other people and eating …

On the 26th of October, we were invited to the local university to make a presentation about Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and its opportunities! We prepared a PowerPoint to explain what we do in our project and how we found it.We spoke about the formalities of Erasmus+ and the European …

On the 21st of September, we presented our concept for the Project “REscEU”. After we were thinking, discussing and planning for almost two weeks we finally came up with a concept, with which everyone was satisfied. The Project “REscEU”, also called “Escape Room – what would life be without the …

When I boarded my flight from Germany to Sofia almost five months ago, I was nervous, excited, but above all terrified. What was I thinking when I signed up to move to a completely unfamiliar country where I didn’t know the language, the culture and, to be honest, that I …

On Thursday, the 14th of November, I organized my personal project – a “Meet the volunteers!” Chatclub. The purpose of this event was to encourage some new faces to join the usual Chatclub-crew, since it can be difficult for new participants to connect with the regulars during “normal” Chatclubs. I’ve …

On Halloween, Eunipartners and the Red Cross Bulgaria hosted a collective “night reading event” event at Stage Bar. For this occasion, me and Valentin each prepared a scary story to tell. And, of course, a Halloween costume! The day before Halloween our boss Ilina brought lots of costumes to the …