O testemunho final do Albert (JFL - S. Vicente)

Hello Everyone



 

This year in Lisbon has been a very special year for me. It is the first time in my life that I have lived outside my own country for a year and that brings me a lot of things. It is also the first time that I have worked with children for such a long period of time, I have only worked in the summer season so far.

My experience of volunteering was a bit more difficult at the beginning because of the language barrier. The vast majority of volunteers work in English, but in my case, everything was in Portuguese... so I had no other choice than learning Portuguese, and I am grateful for that. 

From the first day, despite not speaking my language (although Portuguese is very close to Spanish), my colleagues, especially my tutor Paula, made an effort to make themselves understood and helped me a lot to improve my Portuguese. 

My activities have been changing throughout the volunteering, I started as a monitor to support my co-workers, we have done Spanish, logic, sports and gardening activities; I have also helped in the food bank and I have collaborated with other organizations to do activities in the school, But not everything has been about school. The city of Lisbon is an incredible city, I already knew it before and I really wanted to spend some time of my life here. It is a city with many contrasts, on the one hand, you have the historical part with the buildings, the streets, the viewpoints, the squares, the museums, the parks and the markets.

on the other hand, you have the international life of Lisbon: the concerts, the parties and all the events that are taking place. Lisbon is a lively city, every day you can find something to do. In the city center you can find people from all over the world; in the surroundings there are more Portuguese and natives of the former colonies.

Outside Lisbon, you find a lot of beaches and nature: Sintra, Caparica, Setúbal, Cascais,  I have been so lucky to get to know the region very well. The whole area is great for nature walks and surfing. Having a car has allowed me to visit many places: Ericeira, Peniche, Santarem, Coimbra, Costa Nova, Aveiro, Porto, Guimaraes, Braga, Faro, Tavira, ... Although I still have many things to know about Portugal, for example, the national park of Geres, everyone has told me about it

And last but not least, from this year here, I take a lot of people with me. People who have helped me without asking for anything in return. People who have offered me great opportunities. People who have given me good conversations. People who have made my experience here a wonderful one.

 Thank you very much.

O testemunho da Lara No. 3 (Crescer a cores)

A year can change many things. I arrived in Lisbon in November last year, unaware of everything that would have happened, afraid but strongly motivated and i'm leaving it richer, stronger, more confident than myself and with a wealth of incredible memories. A year full of emotions and sensations: happiness, euphoria, motivation, amazement but also anger, sadness, fatigue. Because getting out of the comfort zone is not easy at all. One day you are at home and the other one you find yourself in a country where you do not speak the local language and do not even understand it, where every person you meet is a new person who will perhaps become part of your life or maybe not, but meanwhile you discover it by knowing it. A country where you will probably share a house with strangers and have to start a project working in a new context. This is scary, the uncertain is very scary. I remember that before arriving in Lisbon i was so scared that i made a list of reasons not to go anymore. Fortunately i decided to live that fear, feel it all and take that step to go further. All the fantastic experiences i had this year, all the emotions, all the smiles... Icould not have lived them and i would not feel as i do now: happy and satisfied. Happy for all the wonders i have seen, for the places i fell in love with, happy for the wonderful work experience with my children and with a team of strong, wonderful women who inspired me and treated me like a daughter, i will never stop thanking them. Happy because i felt at home in a city where i was not born, happy for the people i met on this journey, without them this experience would not have been the same. Some have remained in my life, others have not, but in one way or another everyone has left something. With some of them i shared a lot, i shared a completely unscheduled lockdown. We underwent this situation together and we came out strong, we supported each other and we did everything possible to make a trauma an experience to remember also positively, because i will remember in this way... a moment in which i created very strong bonds, real relationships that do not stop at the first obstacle, which have gone beyond the surface and will be able to overcome the distances.

So many emotions in a year, with the wonderful Lisbon background which is also the author of these emotions... It is difficult to explain what you can experience at night admiring the view from the Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, and why you will miss the azulejos and sidewalks of the city center, or because you absolutely have to say goodbye to the Tejo before leaving...Já estou com saudades mas não é adeus minha Lisboa.

O testemunho da Viviana No. 3 (AAMA Associação Actividade Motora Adaptada)

 

Lisboa melhorou assim muito a minha vida que o primeiro sentimento que sento quando penso nela é logo uma imensa gratidão. Fazer uma lista dos dons que ela me deu demoraria demasiado tempo. Se não tivesse preguiça poderia falar de todas as amizades verdadeiras que me acompanharam durante esta viagem, pessoas maravilhosas que viraram uma família..ou se a saudade não me matasse poderia descrever as paisagens mágicas que eu vi.. ou se tivesse a vontade poderia falar dos bate-papos sobre a vida perto do rio que eu fiz.
Se sentisse a abertura certa poderia também listar todo o que eu aprendi sobre de mim que nem sabia.

 

O segredo desta experiência foi que Lisboa me deixou pensar ..me deixou parar o tempo para pensar...Então agora imaginando um miradouro cheio de água, sol e cores penso no que está acabando e no que está começando..e na mudança...

 

Mudança

 

Quando chega a mudança?
Como ela se afigura?
Como ela se veste?

Quando chega a mudança?
Eu saberia reconhece-la?
Repararia que a mudança chegou?

E' porque tenho medo,
que a mudança chegou?

Quando chega a mudança?
Eu saberia enfrenta-la?
Porque
, com honestidade,
Eu não sei se estou pronta o não,
é porque a mudança chegou?

Quando chega a mudança?
E' quando pensando
no que nos fazemos até agora,
tudo não parece bastante?

Talvez é aí ..que a mudança chegou?

Porque também não me sento capaz..

Será que ela chegou?

Na frente de mil perguntas
tenho porém curiosidade

Acho que vai dar tudo certo
Que a mudança chegou!

O testemunho da Viviana No. 2 ( AAMA Associação Actividade Motora Adaptada)

Decidi de contar a minha experiência lisboeta em versos. “Chutar palavras” nao é o meu forte, mas Lisboa me inspirou, desde o primeiro instante,  a ir além da imagem que tenho de mim mesma. Até agora foi o maior aprendizagem que esta cidade e esta experiência me deixaram: qualquer pessoa quero ser, posso sê-la. Então este é o meu fado 

dedicado a Lisboa 😊

O meu fado 

Da minha janela

Cada vez ao pôr-do-sol

Eu me apaixono

As cores...laranja, violeta, vermelha e amarela

E cada vez

Eu me apaixono

Fecho os olhos,

Inspiro,

E o peito se enche dos sons da cidade

Os cantos dos pássaros aí,

As músicas que vêm de longe lá,

O vento que mexe as árvores, 

O verão está chegando,

E cada vez

Eu me apaixono

A luz do dia

que aquece a minha pele

e deixa as minhas faces rosadas

Me deixa também uma imensa vontade de viver

E cada vez

Eu me apaixono

Metáfora de vida

com as tuas subidas e descidas,

com o Tejo sempre pronto

a confortar

e os miradouros

onde tudo para trás é possível deixar

Tu és amiga fiel e irmã adorada...Lisboa

E cada vez

Eu me apaixono.

O testemunho da Viviana: Tu és todos os limites que atravessarás!

Caso alguém me perguntasse se estou a gostar destes meus primeiros meses aqui em Lisboa, eu responderia que sim! Eu os estou a adorar. Apesar de todas as dificuldades que estou a encontrar no dia a dia.

As primeiras semanas foram muito desanimadoras por várias razões: o inglês em casa, a saudade da família, a sensação de inadequação ao trabalho.

No início em casa eu não conseguia perceber os meus camaradas devido ao inglês. Desde sempre, eu e o inglês, temos uma “relação amorosa complicada”. Tudo isto trouxe-me pensar que nunca ia conseguir mostrar a minha pessoa aos meus novos parceiros desta viagem. Esta ideia deixava-me desconfortada, porque afetava a minha convicção pessoal que, para termos uma boa e rica experiencia, é sempre preciso ter bons camaradas com quem podem falar e partilhar emoções e lembranças. Não conseguir comunicar como realmente eu faria deixa-me sempre um bocadinho insatisfeita.

Imensa foi a saudade para a minha família que de repente afetou-me as primeiras semanas. Depois de um ano no Brasil achava que ia ser mais fácil viver este tipo de distância emocional…também estou a aprender que nunca será simples e que será sempre preciso uma boa motivação por afastar-me dela. Acredito que este ano aqui em Lisboa seja uma boa razão.

Outro desafio foi entender e aceitar os meus limites no desempenho do meu voluntariado. Nesta altura gostaria muito de possuir todas as noções e as capacidades para desenvolver as minhas tarefas com mais confiança e conhecimento, mas ainda não sou aquela pessoa.

Para mim que gosto de fazer tudo super bem, no início tudo isto foi muito limitador… amo a imperfeição, mas para mim ela é também uma interna e eterna luta quotidiana.

Um dos meus escritores brasileiros favoritos diz que: quem deseja ver o arco-íris, precisa aprender a gostar da chuva… então é assim que estou a tentar de enfrentar as dificuldades, a amá-las.

O testimunho do João - EVS in Bulgaria "Deep Roots"

Estou a participar num projeto de voluntariado em Kazanlak na Bulgária. Eu, uma mala e a ideia de que algo precisa de ser mudado no planeta bastou para me afastar mais de 3500 km de casa durante dois meses.

Juntamente com onze voluntários de nove nacionalidades diferentes, pretende-se que organizemos um festival “Eco”, cujo objetivo é abordar os vários problemas que este país enfrenta no que diz respeito à proteção do ambiente. O festival terá um impacto a nível local e queremos informar o máximo de pessoas possível sobre as consequências das suas ações no dia a dia no planeta Terra. Além disso, fazemos também recolhas de lixo semanais, apresentações em escolas e pequenos vídeos informativos.

Kazanlak fica numa área conhecida como vale das rosas, bem no coração da Bulgária. É uma zona rodeada de bonitas colinas cobertas de árvores e com incríveis tempestades de relâmpagos que cortam o céu ao meio seguidos por trovões que fazem tremer a cidade. A natureza aparece aqui no seu estado mais puro e sinto-me privilegiado por poder contemplá-la. No entanto, há demasiado lixo espalhado pelas florestas, caminhos e lagos, os carros são antigos tornando o ar pesado e poluído e os locais não mostram grande interesse em mudar essa situação.

Nós estamos aqui para tentar inverter a situação e gerar cada vez mais interessados na proteção do planeta. Nem sempre é fácil trabalhar e viver com onze pessoas, mas o desafio faz parte do projeto e se eu quisesse que fosse fácil, tinha ficado em casa. Por outro lado, divertimo-nos muito juntos e acho que isso reflete-se no que temos feito.

Para terminar, quero dizer a todos os que planeiam sair da sua zona de conforto, quer seja para ajudar alguém ou para trabalhar no estrangeiro que espero que o façam. É uma experiência que não vão esquecer!

O testemunho do Nicolò

5 months of Lisbon dominated by 2 states of being, late and busy, especially in the last 2 months, September was particularly challenging for 2 things:

the Feira da Luz and the On-Arrival Training

The first is a traditional festival in the Freguesia of Carnide lasting one month in which there are folkloristic performance, activities related to the Portuguese culture and concerts with both traditional and modern artists, it was the first experience in which I worked in close contact with the staff of Junta de Freguesia de Carnide, I dealt with the reception of the artists, loading and unloading instrumentation and sometimes even taking some pictures. I was very excited to participate, especially because it would have been an excellent opportunity to meet new artists and discover new music, it was very fun but also very tiring, especially on days when there were many activities to keep under control ( Sundays in particular). 

Every weekend for the entire duration of September there I spent working at the Feira except for the week from the 16th to the 22nd, where I was in Gêres for the On-Arrival training with other EVS volunteers currently in Portugal.

 This experience was really refreshing, until then I had not traveled a lot in Portugal yet, so it was an opportunity to get out of Lisbon and be in touch with the nature (The Pousada da Juventude where the training took place was in the middle of Gêres natural park), especially at that time, between the feira and work in the library, I was really tired. 

Also knowing the other volunteers was very interesting and inspiring, a lot of interesting people from many different countries (from India to Thailand to Liechtenstein) with whom we have formed a close-knit group very quickly, the days have been stimulating and varied, I really appreciated the non formal approach and the arguments treaties (perception of other cultures, stereotypes, team building, problem solving) that often led to discussions and debates. In particular, an activity that we have done in the last days and that I appreciated a lot was the one on the workshops: Some volunteers had to propose and organize a 30 minute workshop based on their knowledge and what they could bring to the group, the others could then choose what take part. The workshops were very varied (from traditional dances to cooking to therapy methods on boredom) and they gave me a lot of creative ideas.

The remaining part of September was spent between the last visits to the beach before winter and the final part of Feira da Luz.

October has been less stressful but still full of stuff to do, i returned full time in the library and as I mentioned in the last post, I started giving computer lessons that took place 3 times a week throughout month, at the beginning the subscriptions were not many but within a week I had 5 students! It was not easy, some people did not even know what a computer was, I tried different approaches to teaching trying to find the most suitable and I admit that I was amazed by the improvements achieved by everyone in just 2 weeks. Unfortunately, many people discovered about this training too late and so they could not take part but since the answer was so positive, i'm thinking of re-proposing something similar in the new year. In addition to the EVS I tried to carry out as many personal projects as possible, I continued to compose since I arrived in Lisbon and I managed to release 2 EP of original music and I'm now working on other music to be released for the end of this year I continued to attend the jam sessions in the city, trying to be part of the scene as much as I could, always meeting new musicians, with some of these we decided to form a  I've never been a "traveler" but after the on-arrival I stayed in touch with the other volunteers and I took the opportunity to move a little from Lisbon to see other parts of Portugal and also host people who wanted to come to visit Lisbon.

In particular, one of the projects that most struck was the one in which Costance participated, a French girl, located in the north of Portugal in a small village called Uva in the district of Bragança.

The situation was similar to that in the On Arrival period, I really needed to get out of the city and go to a place more in contact with nature and spend a weekend there was very relaxing and interesting I'm roughly half of my experience here in Portugal, for the future I have other projects that I hope will be able to complete (more in the video area) that I would like to combine with music

We'll see

O testemunho do Damien

Hello, bonjour, bom dia…Lisboa. It's August 28 and I have just arrived in Lisbon, the city of seven hills. For the next 9 months Casa Anjos will be my house that I will share with 8 other volunteers. Welcome to Portugal. Lucky me  before starting this EVS adventure I will have a week to explore the city. Great opportunity to walk around to get familiar with the city, get lost (still happening now sometimes) and visit this colorful city of Sintra. 

Crescer na Maior - my hosting organization - develops several projects to intervene with the most  vulnerable populations. One of this project is "E Uma Vida" that promotes integration of the refugees into the community. What does it mean? For a period of time of 18 months - duration of the program - we will work closely with beneficiaries to support their integration : housing, social, finance, education, etc.  

How I feel? Really curious about this new unknown environment.

After 2 months trying to find my role, working with all members of the team, meeting beneficiaries of the program and going with them to appointments/institutions depending the purpose I can say one thing… Be ready to adapt to the situation and to surf on the wave. Communication is one big challenge and to be honest I was a little bit lost at the beginning… Not only with English or Portuguese, but also with Tigrinya (Eritrea), Kurdish (Irak/Syria), Arabic, etc… So far I have 3 new teachers, ready to teach me some few words in their own language.

Beside the regular follow up we do also house visits to meet people at home to see if everything is ok and to talk about the daily life. In that occasion I met an old couple very friendly and welcoming. Each time we visit them they offer us tea and cookies… They are spontaneous persons but I have to admit they really put a lot of sugar with tea (too much for me!).  More seriously I have to say that it inspires me to see that even if they have to leave their all world (family, house, job, country) they are always keep smiling. 

I can't imagine it's been allready 2 months I arrived. Times flies. Having the opportunity to watch a dolphins show, driving a van full of furniture in the city center, meeting a baby named "Cristiano" in reference to CR7, tasting kurdish bread, traveling a bit around the country… are probably my firsts unexpected situations. Looking forward to see what is next. 

O testemunho do Simone

Hello everyone! My name is Simone, I am 25 years old and I come from a small village in the north-west of Italy. Last year I graduated in Primary Education and I became a primary school teacher, soon after I started working in a school near my hometown, in short my life was going according to the plans I had set for myself years before. The problem is that I started to feel that this life was not for me, at least for now. I felt the necessity to change my habits, to grow, to extend my mind. I discovered EVS talking about this with a friend and I thought it was the right experience for me.

I remember very well the moment I discovered I was chosen for my EVS: it was about midnight and I had just returned home from an evening with friends, before going to bed I decided to open the mail and with my surprise the Spin e-mail was there, ready to be read. I remember that the only thing I wanted to do after receiving the result was screaming and jumping of joy but it was night and I tried to keep the enthusiasm in order not to wake the whole neighborhood. So I went to bed, I wrote to my best friends to tell them the good news and then I tried to sleep but I was so excited that I think I fell asleep at five in the morning!

 I arrived in Lisbon on the first of September, despite the initial enthusiasm I started almost immediately to feel strange. I felt lost, I didn’t know how to hold on, I walked around the city and the only thing I thought was that I wanted to see my home, my friends and my family. Fortunately, this feeling didn’t last long, as the days passed, the same places that I had been watching with fear began to be familiar, and what I started to love in this city is that every day I got to know something unexpected and interesting.

Another thing that certainly helped me to overcome my initial fears was the knowledge of the other volunteers and those who will live with me for the next twelve months. In my apartment we are 9 with only one bathroom, or rather a bathroom and a half, it may seem crazy like that, but for some strange reason we manage the situation very well. Sometimes this can be chaotic, but honestly I would never change my life here for something more comfortable, because after all what makes this experience special are the people that share this with you and in "Casa Anjos" I found really nice  people and with them I’m sharing thoughts, dreams, travel and above all food!

Even my job, the Boutique da Cultura association, is really a beautiful environment: all the people who are part of it have been very nice with me since the beginning and at the same time we never miss the opportunity to joke together and work with a smile. I'm really happy to work here, art, especially the performative one, is one of my great passions and working with it all day  it’s a kind of a dream for me.

After two months of EVS I can say that what I'm experiencing here is better than any idea I had before leaving, what I hope at the end of this year is not to have regrets, i really hope to be able to travel as much as possible and to discover all the beauty that this country has to offer me. Last but not least, I wish myself to find what I have been looking for some time, however, first I have to understand what it is! =)

O testemunho do José

Há quase um ano que cheguei a Lisboa, por tanto o meu SVE está a acabar… ainda que isso não significa que volte para a Espanha…

O Serviço de Voluntariado Europeu foi um desafio que mudou a minha vida. Ter a oportunidade de trabalhar numa associação cultural, com projetos de diferente natureza, me permitiu desenvolver novas habilidades e ideias. O componente humano foi muito importante no desenvolvimento do voluntariado, graças ao inestimável trabalho de orientação que fizeram o meu tutor e o presidente da associação. Mas no dia-a-dia, o trabalho, junto a voluntários de diversas idades e procedências, foi uma aprendizagem e uma vivência extraordinária. A destacar: o Sebastien, voluntário europeu da França que chegou na mesma altura que eu; a Márcia, a Celeste, e o Tiago. 

Desenvolver um novo projeto desde zero contribuiu para que a experiência fosse completa e abrisse novas vias de futuro. Os próximos 9 meses continuarei a trabalhar no mesmo projecto, a Livraria Solidária de Carnide, como estagiário do IEFP.

O acolhimento que teve a Livraria entre os outros voluntários europeus da SPIN foi muito positivo. Desde Maio nós temos reunido na Livraria para partilhar histórias no clube de leitura que a Camilla, voluntária italiana da SPIN, me ajudou à promover. 

Mas o programa Erasmus+ envolve toda a tua vida. O SVE permite conhecer pessoas novas, das quais com alguns farás como uma pequena família ou sereis amigos depois do voluntariado, quer em Portugal quer nos seus paises de origem. Também há muita diversão e festas... mas principalmente durante o SVE poderás viajar e conhecer outra cultura. Durante os ultimos meses visitei Porto, Évora, Sintra, Peniche e a ilha de Berlengas, entre outros lugares. Eu tenho visto que Portugal tem um patrimônio muito rico e que alguns lugares destacam pela sua singularidade.

O dia 2 de Julho foi o meu 29 aniversário, e as pessoas que mais estimo organizaram uma festa surpresa muito engraçada na Casa Anjos. Num quarto, adornado com balões e grinaldas, os meus amigos aguardavam, cautelosamente, a minha chegada com dois bolos, presentes e muito vinho. Será difícil esquecer aquela noite... 

Em conclusão, o SVE significa compartilhar e conviver na diversidade, além de viver cada momento com muita intensidade... De modo que podem acontecer muitas coisas, e a maioria boas. 

José Carlos. 

O testemunho do Nicolò

"Well ... how did I get here?" the Talking Heads sang in Once in a Lifetime, and it's basically how I felt lately, my life has changed so quickly that I did not even have time to think.

Hi, I’m Nico, 27 years old, from a really small town in northern Italy, I consider myself mainly a musician even though I have had many different jobs in my life cause unfortunately music does not pay bills. 

After a 1-year volunteering program in Mozambique i returned to Italy and immediately realized that something was wrong, something was missing and the time only confirmed the need to change and live again that feeling of confusion that accompanies living unknown situations. Lisbon immediately seemed a good choice, I already knew Portuguese and after having lived 26 years in the countryside in Italy plus 1 year in a small village in Africa my desire was to experience life in a European city so within a couple of weeks I chose an EVS project, took part in the interview and after a while I was traveling to Lisbon.

This happened 2 months and a half ago (as usual I’m late) and since the first days i immediately fell in love with this city, a really multi-cultural environment, music, art, lot of concerts and events… I practically found everything I was looking for when I applied for the EVS

The theme and the direction of the project in which I participate with Spin is very similar to the one in which I participated in Mozambique, in that case I was in a school, here in a library in Bairro Padre Cruz, a working-class neighbourhood really far from the centre of Lisbon, the main part consist in a lot of cultural activities with children and maintenance of shared computers.

I spent the first month, as expected, trying to find my role in the library, understand the city and struggling with the Lisbon accent but as time pass everything started to stabilize a bit, in July the summer activities with the children began so every Tuesday I have to organize a music-related activity like dance games or how to built rudimental musical instruments, in the meantime, with the staff, we started to plan a free basic digital literacy course for the people living in the bairro which will most likely take place in October, this will give me the opportunity to stay in contact with the community even more!

So, after these two months, I feel very lucky to have an opportunity like this. Hope for the best in the future with new and exciting projects!

O testemunho da Nerea

And it’s been two months since I arrived to Lisbon… This adventure began back in May and I, Nerea, am the protagonist. I come from Valencia (Spain), a beautiful land bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, full of light, gunpowder and sound. I’m 24 years old and I’m a young biologist, a nature and bird lover. 

 Rio Douro ao seu passo por Miranda do Douro, durante o trabalho de campo com SPEA

In May I found a EVS vacancy in Lisbon to collaborate with the Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, an environmental NGO dedicated to the protection and conservation of wildlife birds. Very excited to work in an association that defends these natural values, I put all my efforts to get that vacancy. With just two weeks in advance they chose me and I accepted without thinking. On June 1, I was on a plane whose destination was LISBOA.

New goals, both professional and personal, made their way when I arrived to Lisbon for the first time. Although also fears and insecurities. The first days were a little harder: I felt out of place, I missed my city, my home, my family… With the passing of days all this was disappearing and I was finding a thousand and one new things and reasons to enjoy this great experience. 

  Pratos típicos de Portugal: sardinhas assadas e bacalhau à brás

I didn’t know much about Lisbon or Portugal; I had only been in Portugal on one occasion. And it could be said that it was love at first sight. The city has an incredible charm. During these two months I have had time to know many places and enjoy the city. And not only the city, the history behind each monument, the art on the street, the fado, the traditional food, and so many things that captive you. Being in SPEA has also allowed me to know other regions of this beautiful country. During these months I visited the northern area of Portugal and I have been doing field work in Miranda do Douro and surroundings. I have also visited Seville, one of the most beautiful cities in Spain, and Malaga and reconnect with friends that I had not seen for a long time. A childhood friend also came to visit me for a few days and, in a couple of days, my family will come to enjoy the holidays with me for a week in this awesome city. 

  Foto na escultura do artista Bordalo II de Cais de Sodré / Visita da minha amiga da infância 

The city isn’t the only good things about this experience. I have met very “fixe” people, as the Portuguese say. Flatmates or workmates, other EVS or other Spaniards, who temporarily or not live in Lisbon. A special mention to my workmate and EVS friend Alicia, companion of battles and adventures during these two intense months.

                           Foto com outras EVS, Alicia e Esra, uma noite por Bairro Alto / No Miradouro das Portas do Sol, aproveitando o                                                                                                 tour que um amigo espanhol fez antes de sair da cidade

So, after these two months, I feel very lucky to be able to live and experience like this. I really want to squeeze the months until I leave Lisbon, continue learning Portuguese, meet people, soak up everything I do in SPEA and continue discovering the culture and magic of Portugal. 

                 No Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, conhecendo a cidade / Praça de Espanha, um dos pontos mais emblemáticos da                                                   cidade de Seville