Not to do list before leaving for an Erasmus stay

Are you about to leave for your first Erasmus, but preparations for the departure are stressing you out? Well, here are my advices for you.

Don’t put off your deadlines!

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Burocracy first! It is probably the worst part of the Erasmus, but it is necessary. Have your already completed your Application? And your Learning Agreement? Have you paid all the university’s fees? Have you found a proper accommodation?

Never procrastinate these things, although they’re incredibly boring. Your first weeks abroad won’t be always rainbows and butterflies but once you have done, you won’t have to worry until your Exmatriculation.

Don’t exaggerate with your luggage!

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Girls, I am talking to you. You’re going abroad for a semester: Do not carry all your wardrobe with you. First of all, carrying heavy luggage during your first days (especially if you’re staying in a hostel/ hotel before moving into your apartment) won’t be easy. Trust me.

Secondly, do you really need everything? Answer, sincerely.

To all the Italians who are reading this blog: you won’t starve abroad. Rewe is provided with products from all over the world. Yes, they’ll be a little be more expensive but you won’t miss your Pesto Buitoni or you Mulino Bianco’s biscuits... and German food is not that bad (our mammas set high standards, I know). Just bring your coffee and your moka from home: you’ll need them.

Don’t be afraid!

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You are going abroad not only to improve your language skills or as part of your professional career but to live a life-changing experience. There’ll be high and lows but you’ll never be alone. No matter how far your family will be, your Erasmus family won’t make you feel alone.

Don’t plan everything in advance!

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Life is a journey and it’s hardly impossible to exactly know what it’s gonna happen next. So, relax and live your experience. Completely. Fearlessly. Fiercely. Intensely.

I have seen people looking for one night stand, starting a long-term relationship, or party animals spending all their time in the library.

The best part of plans is changing them.

Life is for good times.

Make them last.

Life has its bad times.

Put them in your past.

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