My Erasmus Diaries - The First Chapter

In the first part of my Erasmus mobility adventure, I would like to tell you about my experiences in Foggia, Italy between February and June 2018.

It was a difficult and troublesome process for me. At first, I wanted another country, but I missed the application process with the misdirection of my university (!!!). It was my last semester at university and I would have waited a year to graduate if I had left any courses. After my first registration at the university, my dream was to participate in the Erasmus mobility program. During this time I was attending a language course and I would like to point out that this course has benefited me.

After the necessary documents were signed and collected, I went to a tourism travel agency to obtain a visa. Now that I have my visa, it's time to start the journey. For the first time, I felt very excited to stay in a different country for so long. The plane that departed in Izmir on 2 February arrived in Rome afternoon. Especially this country was the first country I wanted to go to the most and I was happy to realize my childhood dream.

Then I reached the city of Foggia with a 5-hour bus. It is not a large city as a population and it is one of the cities of South Italy which is located in the Puglia region. I was particularly impressed by the warm attitude of the people and the nature of the region. First, I stayed in a hostel very close to the centre where I made my payment. Because, when I first arrived, I couldn't find a house and I didn't research it before. I would also like to thank the Erasmus office for assisting to me in finding a house during this period. If you go to this city I strongly recommend you stay here ("Al Primo Piano Foggia"). The owner was one of the well-known chefs of that region and I feel lucky to have met him.

I also had the chance to see my faculty in a week. I met the coordinator who was there, and she gave me information about what to do and how the lessons were going. After this meeting, I went to the Office of Foreign Relations for the delivery of documents and registration and there they greeted me happy and warm. Then I went to the house I found. I shared a house with 3 people and they were really good and harmonious people. He was coming from Ukraine and was studying in the Psychology department. He was coming from Taiwan who studying Economics. I want to say that we had a good time with them in 5 months and I had no problems…
In the first part, I wanted to talk about this process and what I was going through. Read more will be in the second chapter…:)