Category: ESC in Latvia

February in Latvia

February began on top of a nice, sunny hill, from where everything began rolling down. Here’s the quick TLDR: Olena’s birthday, Jekabs and Elina testing positive for Covid leading to 2 weeks of daily self-testing for me, cutting out an unhealthy friendship, receiving some bad news, the Russian-Ukrainian war...

January in Latvia: Janvāris – Jēkaba mēnesis

After the intense December 2021, when Latvia welcomed me with open arms (you can read it here), January gave me the opportunity to look around and settle in my new reality. This month was focused on chilling, taking care of myself, more personal growth, sprinkled across all of which...

December in Latvia

Come with me on my new adventure – a year volunteering in Latvia! It all began mid-October ‘21 when I decided to apply through the European Solidarity Corps platform to a few year-long projects. I was looking for something to learn, that involved the arts and youth, possibly something...

Moving abroad checklist

Sooo… I’m moving to Latvia for a year! I’ll be going on my second ESC project – you can read about my first one here. My flight is on the 30th of November, and I’m writing this on the 16th because the realization I’m flying off in exactly 2...

14 lessons from my time abroad

Hello! I haven’t written in a while as I can’t seem to form the habit of writing regularly as of now 🤔 Today I want to share what lessons I’ve learned in the last 3 years that I spent living in the Netherlands. I moved back to Bulgaria, for...

A look back at my volunteer project with ESC in Romania

Are you a passionate young European, who wants to gain international experience? Do you want to work or volunteer on impactful projects across Europe? Are you longing to travel and meet awesome people from across the continent? If you said yes to any of the above, then we have...

9 things to do on your European gap year

Are you thinking of taking a year off/a gap year but wondering what can you do in that time? Are you European or from the Schengen area? Great! Let me tell you more about work, volunteering, travel, and internships across Europe (some of which are EU-funded).  Depending on where...