Leaving Athens

After three months in Athens as a volunteer with Hellenic Youth Participation, my time is now up. Having spent my last weekend in Thessaloniki to get an experience of the second largest city of Greece, I am now doing my last week. It is a weird feeling. Since uprooting after three months requires some preparation,…

Arrival of new volunteers

It is a funny feeling when new volunteers arrive. It is people you will likely spend a lot of time with both professionally and privately, so it is important that you get along. Additionally, new volunteers generate memories of the feelings experienced when you yourself initially arrived. Recalling the overwhelming feeling of arriving in Syntagma,…

Being a Volunteer

Being a volunteer has both advantages and disadvantages. It gives you the opportunity of getting experience in different fields, which you would otherwise not have had the opportunity of trying out. It allows you to meet a lot of passionate people from around the world. It is also an opportunity to obtain some valuable experience,…

A Greek love affair

I wouldn’t consider myself inexperienced or naive. I have lived in a lot of cities all around the world. However, Athens is hardly like anything I have every experienced before. After having lived here for a little more than a month our relationship is quickly developing. Growing closer and closer, we are starting to get…