Being a part these past few months of an esc project was probably the worst time that I have ever spend in any country ever. My name is Marietta, and currently I am working on a project for FITT, I am a political scientist and I am doing my masters in Diplomatic and International Relations, I am from one of the most beautiful cities in Greece, Volos. I always have really high expectations and most of the time I end up getting disappointed and this is what happened with the past two months here in Timisoara.
The first couple of days here where amazing we were going out to parties, to really nice coffee places the project was starting to seem like it was going to be amazing. Almost all of the volunteers arrived and we were little by little started to form a team. Then Corona started and with that we were made to stay in our home 2 weeks before the rest of Romania, which means more or less we have been closed inside our home for more than two months.
This situation created a difficulty in actually working for the project. Everything turned to the virtual world which I do not appreciate and the only thing I could do was plan and micromanage every little detail of the activities that I want to do in my youth center when this situation will finish.
Leaving the difficulties aside though and the horrible mental state that this virus has created I have to recognize that part of the organization that hosts me here in Timisoara tried to help out and create for the team a program that will have us at least a little bit involved.
Now the past week we started again to plan more actively for our youth centers and for the first time in months the reason for which we are here is seemed to be actualized. I am really excited to go and fix the garden from my youth center and I was informed that in the next few days I will have a floor which I have been waiting for since last summer.
So everything has been moving forward little by little and after every storm should always be a rainbow, hopefully there is going to be a rainbow in our situation. This is only the first of many posts. Stay tuned and always safe.