Finishing my practice in Rimini Ospedale.

Hi again!

So now I will write a little bit about my last practice. So the last practice was geriatria as I said earlier. There was a lot of Italian students in that unit. None of them were on the third year like me, so I got to do a lot more things than they (although I couldn't speak Italian so well).

The staff trusted me a lot. I could do everything alone, they weren't next to me when I was performing some sort of procedures. Although sometimes I asked them to be there, because the patients were asking me questions that I couldn't answer so...I wanted some extra help.

This was the only unit where the staff didn't speak English that well. Still we managed, because my Italian got better and etc etc, but it was still very strange that they didn't speak English because most of the workers there were very young people. But they told me that the English language classes are not very good in Italy and for that reason they can't speak English well.

I became friends with all of the staff members and the students as well, we still keep in touch on Facebook. I got a good evaluation from them, they were very happy with my practicing. All three tutors that I had told me to take Italian language courses in Estonia, get better at it, and then come back to Italy, to work in their unit, because in their opinion I will be a great nurse, who fits into the staff very well, because I get along with people really good. I was very happy to hear them say these things =)

So finally my practices were done and I was free at last! The sad thing was that my practices took so long that most of the Erasmus students started leaving right after I had finished my practices, so we only had like a week together. Still we got to do a lot of thing in that week, we were together every day, every night.

I'm extremely happy that I met those people, they were ALL perfect. There was not even one person who I didn't like. They were so adorable. And now I have the map of Europe on which we marked all the countries and cities that I can visit any time. This is an amazing feeling, having friends from different parts of the world. When I had to say goodbye to them it was very hard for me, because I felt like I have to leave my family. We will meet again, we made a promise to each other. But that will happen next year, when we will have our Rimini Erasmus reunion.

I will add some pictures of these beautiful people, so you can also see my international family =)

I started missing these people the moment they went on the train and I believe I will miss them until the day we meet again. Some people just steal your heart, and I don't mind at all! I am so grateful that I met them, I am so grateful that my Erasmus experience was so amazing...I'm a very lucky person, VERY...

Maarja from Rimini, Italy

A "must-see" place-Firenze.

Florence (Firenze)  is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants. Florence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, Florence is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.

When my Italian friends heard that I haven't visited Firenze they didn't loose any time-they booked the train tickets for the next morning and told me to pack my bags and be in the station in the early morning.

I went there with one Italian boy and a girl from Poland. Since it had been very hot for a very long time, it meant that there won't be any air in Firenze. It was super crowded, tourists everywhere! No air, no room, sweating like an animal...It was the perfect tourist-day! 

The city was a-ma-zing!!! The building, the little details on the sealing, doors, windows...incredible. Every streets was offering something to photograph. The Polish girl had made a list of the things that we have to visit, so the Italian boy just dragged us around the city. We saw all the places we wanted and so much more! We even took the bus to the hills to have a look on Firenze from the top, it was...well I really can't put it into words. Words are not enough here...

Have a look yourself:

Oh Italy, why do you have to be so pretty? 

Maarja from Rimini

Would you like to see San Marino?

Although I spent most of my time in the hospital I still gave my best to visit some new places. How could I go back to Estonia without seeing any other places besides Rimini?

I visited the worlds oldest republic with 2 Greek friends. It was a good idea to visit San Marino, because it took only 40 minutes by bus to get there. Also I really wanted to see another country besides Italy (although technically it was still Italy, everything was the same, only difference was that you could hear more Russian language there than in Rimini).

I loved the old-fashioned houses and streets, but since it was a very small city we finished our journey quite quickly. Also the weather was unbearable.

PS: I had to visit San Marino once more when my Estonian friend came, so the second time (which was in July) we almost died in that heat!!!

Here you can see some of the pictures that we took:

Ci vediamo a dopo!

Maarja from Rimini

Let's visit Venice!

Ciao!

So you haven't heard from me for a looooong time because my laptop broke and I couldn't really use it even for blogging, but the good news is that I started keeping a diary about everything that I did in Italy.

I will show you some pictures of my trip to Venice. The trip took place on the 12th of June. The weather was perfect for a touristic day! It was not so hot like usually, there was a few clouds so we had some moments when we didn't even sweat so much!

The city itself is an absolute dream! It was like a place from a fairy tale, honestly. I went there with 3 of my girl friends, but since the city is so extremely romantic I would recommend to go there with "someone special."

As you can see there was a lot of water =D Hahahaa! Anyways, I'm very happy that I got the chance to visit Venice, because it is a very famous and beautiful place. I will never forget this city with all the little bridges everywhere.

Maarja from Rimini