Hello everybody!
My name is Evita as you can imagine I am the new volunteer in Gemeente Heusden- Zolder. I am 25 years old and come from Latvia (Northern Europe). I arrived in Brussels 1 week ago and since that moment I realized that lot of thing will happen in my life.
The first day was strange for me, I was getting use to live in a new city and country. Besides that was my first flight so in the same time I was excited and scared. But when I met my host family I understood that everything will be all right.
Also I had a trip by bicycle with my host family. Then I was surprised how many people in Belgium use the bicycles. They were everywhere. Only bicycles, bicycles and bicycles...
I saw a beautiful Meylandt castle (art academy) and fountains. I hope that I will have there painting lessons.:)
The next day I and my host family went to art and cultural event.(Please don't ask me the name of this event. I don't remember). But there you can saw national dances. and a lot of art objects ( paintings, woodcuts, handcrafts etc.) This day was amazing because I knew a small part of Belgian culture.
During my first day in Gemeente Heusden -Zolder I met everybody, but I had an important problem with my memory because I need to remember so many names. Also I had meetings with important peoples who explained me how works department. Here in the department everybody is nice, very friendly and helpful. All week I had meetings with people and doing the urgent things. Big thanks to my mentor Veronique who helped me so much this week. Also, after work I was discovering the city, new places, people…
Next week I will start my dutch language lessons a new part of my EVS starts too. You will have news from me as soon as possible. But this is my first blog and my English skills is not so good. So don't expect from me long articles.
