From student to trainee, it’s all Erasmus to me

My Erasmus story starts back in 2017 when I decided to take the first step to realize a dream. I heard about Erasmus while in high school and I immediately knew that is was the experience for me. That is how, on a cold and foggy day in January, I left Romania and landed in the heart of the EU to do my spring semester at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. In the beginning of my study mobility, it felt like diving in the complete unknown. I can perfectly remember the first days when I was trying not to get lost around the city and speaking French became my daily mission. I remember the first people I met, and who immediately became my Erasmus family. We all came from so far away, yet we were so close.

In 5 months, I got to discover so many cultures and live in another country, while gaining experience in a different educational system. As a student of foreign languages, I knew I had to do a linguistic immersion, but my mobility was much more than this – Erasmus was the best studying and multilingual experience I could have ever asked for. By the end of my time spent there, Belgium became my second home, and after I left, I was already eager for a new challenge.

That is how, two years later as a Master’s degree student, I decided to step into a new adventure by doing an Erasmus Traineeship abroad. I spent a semester as a project officer in Milan and this was an excellent way to kick-start my professional career.

Today, I can definitely say that an Erasmus mobility is a lifetime experience. It shaped my path going forward, opened my horizons, and I feel extremely lucky to have had this chance.

Updated on Fredag, 02/10/2020