After finishing the on arrival training in Bucharest, I got the chance to continue to get Romania a little bit more and, this time, I headed to sighisoara with a group of volunteers I met during the training, whose project is taking place in this city.
Sighisoara is a small city, which I’m usually not really a fan of, but one of the most beautiful I’ve been so far. It’s know for being the hometown of the “Dracula”, something you cannot miss while being there, bearing in mind all the souvenirs with his face on it.
This small “city break” was also my opportunity to get in touch with a different evs project than mine and, besides getting to know the city, I got to know the youth center and a little more about their work there.
Once again, the experience with the trains coming back to timisoara was something interesting. This time, I had to exchange trains in the middle of the night and, unlike Portugal, the trains are not saying the name of the station they are stopping next, which gave me a little heart attack every time the train was stopping somewhere. Lucky me, the company’s worker remembered exactly where I had to leave and appeared in my seat to tell me it was time to change.
After coming back to Timisoara, Revolution Festival was taking place. It’s (probably) the biggest festival in the city, with 3 of music, art and different activities. I went to the first two days of the festival and, in the third day, we had the inauguration of the space we built/redecorated behind the youth house. So, after a few weekends of work, this space was finally ready and open to everyone.
The event was really nice, with a lot of people attending and a lot of music throughout the night. It was a great feeling for everyone that worked for it, to see how it looked in the end and how much everyone was enjoying it. It was this general feeling of pride and happiness.
The week ended with a barbecue to celebrate our work and the new space we’re having in the youth house! 🙂
