Now that I’m back in Poland and I’m thinking back at
the Erasmus trip I’m really glad i went there. Not only I met many new people
and learnt new things and new ways of seeing the world as well as education. I
believe that since studying is the last part of your life before you have to go
to work you should enjoy it. It’s not only exams and hard work it’s also fun.
And people should remember about it. Thanks to my trip to Finland I gained many
new Friends, some of them on the other side of the planet I also experienced
many new things. For example my English went up by a level, especially the
speaking. We talked a lot with foreign students, learnt about their cultures as
well as their world views. It really changes a person.
The swimming pool. |
The University is really well prepared for exchange
students. You have a student cafeteria where you can eat decent meals, and
cheap too, since usually the scholarship money isn’t that much in Finland. Free
swimming pool entrances as well as free to use Gym and other facilities are
really nice.
We rented a room with a projector to watch a movie with other exchange
students. The cinema room was spacious and well equipped.
Even though I don’t like clubs much even I went to a
few with newly met friends. I would also like to mention that a lot of those
fun experiences were thanks to an ex student of our Polish university living in
Finland in that city. His name was Sergiusz and not only he showed us around a
lot, and gave us lots of hints. He also introduced us to many people,
especially Finnish people. If not for him my contacts with other Fins would
have been quite poor.
Summarizing the whole trip, I’m extremely glad I went
to Finland for Erasmus. I wish I could have stayed there for longer, but I’m
seriously thinking about doing my practice in Finland. I believe that living in
a foreign country really allows a person to change, and know himself better.
Even though it was only four month, those four months are very meaningful to
me. I seriously fell in love with Finland, even though it’s a big country with
small population (for its size). It’s extremely nice and strong. I learned a
lot by interacting with foreign people, be it Finnish or other exchange
students.