Yesterday I came back from Soria. These 3 days I have spent in this little city have been pretty interesting.
I went from Valencia with Miguel, an Agricultural Engineering student from the Politechnic University of Valencia, who is going to Cambodia for 9 months. After a short flight to Madrid, we took a bus running away from the heat and 2 hours later we arrived to Soria.
Madrid 39ºC
There we met the general manager and some other volunteers, and went for lunch all together. After lunch, we registered in our hotel and rested for a couple of hours. Then, at night, we went to drink some beers and eat tapas and pintxos with the rest of the volunteers and interns. It was really fun and we started to get to know each other a bit more.
From left to right: Eva (Manila, Philippines), me (Surigao del Sur, Philippines), Angela (Dominican Rep.), Alba (Tanzania), Miguel (Cambodia), Henar (Peru), Sara and Carmen (headquarters).
The second day, we met the projects general manager and she gave us an introductory course on international cooperation. Before lunch, a local TV interviwed me for 5 minutes about the project... I usually don't like anybody filmming me, but this time the reporter was pretty cool and I ended up talking and talking without noticing... :) Then, in the evening, everybody got the details of their respective cooperation projects. Everybody left before the sunset, but I decided to stay one more day to learn about the use of an specific software I am going to need, and also to enjoy the city a little bit more.
Learning
The manager was really kind and she let me stay in an apartment property of the NGO. The views were really nice from there. I shared the flat with a french girl who was doing an internship at the headquarters and the NGO representative to Tanzania, who took the bus to Madrid with me on the next day (she is leaving for Tanzania on tuesday, good luck Pilar!).
Views from the apartment
More views from the apartment
On friday, before taking the bus back to Madrid, I went for a walk around Soria and took some pictures.
Santo Domingo Church - main entrance
Walking along the river
River Duero
The City Hall
Alameda Park
Good luck to all of you in your respective destinations. Take care guys, see you next year!
Hey Pedro! :)
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Eerik
Ey!!!! this blog is gonna be great!!!! i will post to tell you how are things in Tanzania... i'm all the time thinking about it! and next year we should meet again to tell each adventure in our countries... good luck to you pedro!!!!! we're in touch!
ReplyDeleteこんにちは Pedroさん :-)
ReplyDeleteit's nice to find your blog. It's already subscribed in my reader. I hope youl have many interesting adventures in Philippines. がんばってね. // Linas from Koenji
Eerik, it's nice to have you around mate. I'll try to update the blog regularly ;)
ReplyDeleteTanzana, I'm really looking forward to hearing about your adventures in Tanzania! Take care and keep your 5 senses aware while you are there... we'll keep in touch and we'll definitely go for a beer when we are back :p
Linas-san!! it's been a long long time ne? how are things going in Lithuania? I'm happy to see that you found my blog. Hope to read more comments from you in the future. genki de!
fuck!!! i was looking my flickr when i saw this crazy name for a blog... so i thought... what the hell... but of course its u... hahaha.... nice adventure maaan!!!
ReplyDeletemy favourite photographer!! i linked your flickr and your portfolio with my blog to show the world who's gonna be the next pullitzer ;)
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