6 months in Bolzano Blog
So, half a year has already passed but there is still half a year to go and I couldn‘t be more excited for what will come.
Ciao, my name is Maya, I am from Germany and currently volunteering in Bolzano (South Tyrol).
My experience started in September 2021.
The realisation that half of the time is over came to me during quarantine. 7 days of relaxing and processing after beautiful weeks of non stop travelling, partying, snowboarding, seeing my family and working in the meantime.
It can be definitely said that I am living one of the most intense and influencing experiences of my live. Starting to write this I thought about the ´letter to my future self’ that we were writing at out first Inco reunion in November and it is crazy to think about how much has happened and changed since then. Imagine how shocked I will be when I will open the letter in 6 months. I am aware that I am experiencing much more personal growth than I could have ever imagined. Mostly I owe this to the people around me, especially to my volunteer friends. I made some of the closest friendships of my life here.
Being a volunteer in a big association as mine (VKE) can be very chaotic and confusing. On the other hand it is a big chance 1. because I am able to join a lot of different projects and 2. because I could choose the place I want to be working at, out of some projects. My work contains mainly entertaining children. In the first months I struggeled with finding my role as a volunteer meaningful also considering my absolute lack of the italian language. (In fact I was also expecting to learn the language faster - my vocabulary is still on a very basic level).
Now that time has passed I enjoy my work a lot and I keep feeling more comfortable every day.
So, half a year has already passed but there is still half a year to go and I couldn‘t be more excited for what will come.
Maya
