This year I was lucky to become a member of the Erasmus + program in Portugal
This year I was lucky to become a member of the Erasmus + program in Vila Real, Portugal. I am very happy about this because I have gained invaluable experience.
Thanks to the Erasmus + program, I was able to expand my knowledge in the field of biotechnology, and discover new things for myself in the bimimetics branch. I was fortunate enough to work with wonderful professor and scientific researchers. In addition, I even time to take part in an online conference on the research topic of this scientific internship.
It should be noted that the Erasmus organizers approached their tasks as professionally as possible. Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, they helped me find an apartment. This is worth mentioning separately. The place where I lived was in the center of the city, it was distinguished by increased convenience and at the same time it was for the real price for the students. I would like to separately note the sincere friendliness and openness that I met here. These people will always help you, don't worry really! I am very grateful to them and I love them so much! Of course you should be prepared for some incidents. Like the interactions with the bank may become a difficulty for you. Good idea having some kind of insurance amount with you for the first time (especially if you are not an EU citizen). However, I want to note that people from Erasmus constantly helped (for example, at the bank, I needed to speak Portuguese instead of English, and they also helped with that, taking over the negotiations).
Unfortunately, covid time imposes many restrictions, and in particular, it has a very strong effect on social life, which is also very important. However, there were something good there that I want to tell. The organizers were able to arrange a trip to the Azores for the Erasmus students. Security measures were provided, and we were able to go on a little trip, which left us many pleasant memories. In addition, the Erasmus People (both students and organizers) became especially close, and with many of them I made strong friendships and of course I dream of meeting again!
July 15, 2021
Unprompted review