{"id":4080,"date":"2023-06-18T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2023-06-18T21:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T19:20:27","slug":"welcome-back-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2023\/06\/18\/welcome-back-porto\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201c<em>Gdy znalaz\u0142am si\u0119 w Porto nigdy si\u0119 nie spodziewa\u0142am jak bardzo to miasto i jego mieszka\u0144cy mnie zmienia<\/em>.\u201d. It\u2019s almost one year ago since I wrote these words on the end of my other work experience in Porto. After spending 11 months on an Erasmus Exchange in Porto, I knew that this was my place on earth and that I will return. I just didn\u2019t know that it will happen so quickly.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Toen ik terugkwam in Belgi\u00eb kampte ik met de \u2018post-Erasmus depression\u2019. Alles was opeens anders, ik voelde totaal niet meer thuis in het land waar ik opgroeide en alles had. Snel had ik de beslissing genomen dat ik terug moet naar mijn vertrouwde Porto. Ik bekeek het aanbod van de stages en ik had onmiddellijk door dat ik totaal niet weet wat ik na mijn studies wil doen, of ik zelfs in de toeristische sector wil werken. Nadat ik te weten ben gekomen dat ik mijn stage kan doen bij <em>Erasmus Student Network Porto<\/em> was mijn keuze snel gemaakt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erasmus Student Network or in short ESN is a non-profit student association and is one of the biggest ones in Europe. Since 1989 many volunteers have helped massive number of international students to feel at home in the country of their exchange. ESN Porto is one of the 13 sections in Portugal. They organize activities for the students such as parties, trips, and events. Their motto is \u2018<em>students helping students\u2019,<\/em> and this is exactly what ESN is, a bunch of students that want to give their help to other students enjoy their time in their city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todos os dias s\u00e3o diferentes, \u00e0s 14h vou para o escrit\u00f3rio onde come\u00e7o o dia. Primeiro conto o dinheiro que est\u00e1 em caixa e por volta das 14h30 abrimos o escrit\u00f3rio e come\u00e7am a chegar os alunos. Tanto no in\u00edcio como no final do semestre muitos alunos querem fazer um cart\u00e3o de Erasmus, e sou eu que tenho de fazer estes cart\u00f5es. O essencial \u00e9 verificar se todas as informa\u00e7\u00f5es est\u00e3o corretas e depois escrev\u00ea-las no cart\u00e3o. Alguns alunos ligam com perguntas enquanto outros v\u00e3o ao escrit\u00f3rio ou mandam e-mails. A tarefa mais importante do meu trabalho \u00e9 ajudar os alunos e fazer com que estes se sintam em casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nu is mijn avontuur bij ESN Porto ge\u00ebindigd, maar ik kan met zekerheid zeggen dat hier een nieuwe Lidia is geboren. Deze stage leerde mij een nieuwe blik te hebben op het leven en de toekomst. Ik zag dat ik niet moet rennen door het leven maar moet genieten van die kleine dingen die je alleen kan opmerken wanneer je niet rent voor de bus (die toch paar minuten te laat zal zijn). Na mijn Erasmus uitwisseling zei ik tegen mijn moeder: \u201c<em>Porto sta\u0142o si\u0119 moim drugim domem, do kt\u00f3rego na pewno cz\u0119sto b\u0119d\u0119 wraca\u0107<\/em>.\u201d, maar nu kan ik met zekerheid zeggen dat Porto echt mijn nieuw thuis is en ik af en toe terug zal komen naar mijn oude thuis, in Gent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4141\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-850x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-850x1024.jpg 850w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-768x925.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-1275x1536.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-1700x2048.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_5891-1-1200x1445.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4143\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_6070-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4140\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7305-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4142\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_7529-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESN Porto of voluit Erasmus Student Network is een organisatie die zich bezighoudt met de Erasmus studenten in de stad. Vandaag vertel ik jullie iets meer over wat ze exact doen in de prachtige stad Porto. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":808,"featured_media":4147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[51,173,174,142,23,172,171,31,25],"class_list":["post-4080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage","tag-ehb","tag-erasmus-student-network","tag-erasmus-uitwisseling","tag-esn","tag-internship","tag-porto","tag-portugal","tag-stage","tag-toerisme"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2023\/06\/IMG_8330-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavQFa-13O","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4148,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions\/4148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}