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Here I am, back to Slovenia. I am happy to be home again, but I am also sad not to be in "La Oliva" anymore. It became like a home to me. A funny, sometimes strange home, but a home nonetheless. :) I honestly had a great time in Spain! I learned a lot, life-wise! And of course, I could learn Spanish! Como no?
Well, I won't give you the classic "wow, I had an amazing time (although I did!) seeing lots of orcas (well, that's because we did not see lots...) and learning how to recognize individual whales and dolphins" type of blog. Instead, I will dwell on my own memories of my time with the CIRCE & Co. team.
On my first night there, among the "veterans", I won my first (and only one we played, for that matter!) game of Parchis! :) Yay! Hahaha, you guys got your asses kicked by the Slovenian guy! :P If some of you readers don't know what parchis is, and if you really wish to know, send an e-mail to voluntariado@circe-asso.org and they will be happy to explain it to you!
The fieldwork was always interesting. Sometimes we were watching the blank horizon of the sea, at other times we were watching dolphins, occasionally (no, actually a lot!) we would be watching the passing birds or chicas (Hola chicas, que tal?). There was always something to do, especially when a few crazy people (Ruth, Tuca, myself, Ambra and Jose) get together and make the best out of the given day. Oh, and in the end, we did watch orcas as well. I think we could also make a movie from all the video footage we took. It is actually pretty amazing!
I liked learning "the way that the Spanish do it" and that refers to everything, especially partying. :) It was quite funny being our on a Friday night. Only two songs were not Spanish and only two songs were not raeggaton. Everybody knew all the songs, except Ambra and me. :) When a new song came up and everybody in the place went like "Yeeeeeeee!!", only Ambra and I were like "Ermm.......ok." Luckily, Jose was there by my side, telling me the lyrics just before they came up, so that I could sing along with the rest of the people ("Baila"...... BAILA!!........ "Morena"....... MORENA!!....... Caliente...... CALIENTE MUCHO!!). It is so strange back home now, where dinners are actually BEFORE 11pm...
Barbate is a very nice, calm and friendly town. I got offered drugs 3 times during my stay. I started to wonder whether I really look like a drug addict or someone who likes to smoke joint...
Really, I had such a great time in the project. I didn't just feel like part of the team.... I felt like part of the family. Ruth, Ambra, Tuca and Jose (which are the ones who were there throughout my stay in Spain - no offence to other participants who were there with me on a shorter period) became "my flock", my team, my temporary family. I love all of you very much! Thank you for everything! I do miss you all.
As I promised (or threatened?) Ruth already, I am definitely coming back again.
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Well, I won't give you the classic "wow, I had an amazing time (although I did!) seeing lots of orcas (well, that's because we did not see lots...) and learning how to recognize individual whales and dolphins" type of blog. Instead, I will dwell on my own memories of my time with the CIRCE & Co. team.
On my first night there, among the "veterans", I won my first (and only one we played, for that matter!) game of Parchis! :) Yay! Hahaha, you guys got your asses kicked by the Slovenian guy! :P If some of you readers don't know what parchis is, and if you really wish to know, send an e-mail to voluntariado@circe-asso.org and they will be happy to explain it to you!
The fieldwork was always interesting. Sometimes we were watching the blank horizon of the sea, at other times we were watching dolphins, occasionally (no, actually a lot!) we would be watching the passing birds or chicas (Hola chicas, que tal?). There was always something to do, especially when a few crazy people (Ruth, Tuca, myself, Ambra and Jose) get together and make the best out of the given day. Oh, and in the end, we did watch orcas as well. I think we could also make a movie from all the video footage we took. It is actually pretty amazing!
I liked learning "the way that the Spanish do it" and that refers to everything, especially partying. :) It was quite funny being our on a Friday night. Only two songs were not Spanish and only two songs were not raeggaton. Everybody knew all the songs, except Ambra and me. :) When a new song came up and everybody in the place went like "Yeeeeeeee!!", only Ambra and I were like "Ermm.......ok." Luckily, Jose was there by my side, telling me the lyrics just before they came up, so that I could sing along with the rest of the people ("Baila"...... BAILA!!........ "Morena"....... MORENA!!....... Caliente...... CALIENTE MUCHO!!). It is so strange back home now, where dinners are actually BEFORE 11pm...
Barbate is a very nice, calm and friendly town. I got offered drugs 3 times during my stay. I started to wonder whether I really look like a drug addict or someone who likes to smoke joint...
Really, I had such a great time in the project. I didn't just feel like part of the team.... I felt like part of the family. Ruth, Ambra, Tuca and Jose (which are the ones who were there throughout my stay in Spain - no offence to other participants who were there with me on a shorter period) became "my flock", my team, my temporary family. I love all of you very much! Thank you for everything! I do miss you all.
As I promised (or threatened?) Ruth already, I am definitely coming back again.
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