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Hey friends, I would like to share my recent experience with you.

Last April, under the inspiration of my friends Kristi and Burak, I decided to live my first Erasmus youth exchange project in Costinesti, Romania.

We spent the first night in the capital, Bucharest, and then we moved to Costinesti, a town on the Black Sea coast close to Constanta, in a gorgeous hotel as accommodation.

The project was about job challenges and we were people from Italy, Poland, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. I'm telling my experience not just as a participant but also as a group leader for Italy.

Our days were happily busy with workshops, creative activities, funny moments, and games to get to know each other (first of all our names) and during the night each team prepared its own cultural night to entertain and show some aspects of the country.

During those days I rediscovered my creative and performative skills and that they are not just part of my human treasure but that I can look for a job which is oriented to them. We wrote our CVs and motivation letters, we discussed about the situation of the labour market in our countries and also edit a short movie on the theme of the project awarded on a special Oscar night with gala and nomination.

Together with the facilitators, the group leaders had to follow the administrative part of the project and share any opinions or requests from the other members in order to make our stay smoother and guarantee a good atmosphere within the activities.

I enjoyed this project a lot and met amazing people. We encouraged and motivated each other to go straight to our path and reach our goals.

I highly recommend: join these projects because they are unique and big opportunities for young people in many aspects and the European Union is investing a lot of resources in them.

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by Edoardo [IT]