Tartu Health Care College: Meu Portugal

Olá!

I have stayed in Portugal for a month now and already on the second week I thought this decision to come here is one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life.

At first I didn’t know where I was going to live and people close to me were so worried about it, but not me! Because I believed that luck had to be with me. So when I met my tutor at the airport she said that her cousin wants to rent out a room. Muito bem! The accommondation problem was solved. Even when some locals say that I live in the ghetto I still think it’s not worse than any ’’ghetto in Tallinn’’. And of course I can’t complain about the view on 9th floor – because it’s over the river and I can see one of the most modern part of the city (Oriente which looks really nice in the night).

My everyday trip to my internship

I’m doing my internship at Healtcare Center called Agrupamento de Centros de Saude da Grande Lisboa where I feel very welcomed. My instructors are very friendly, humorous and besides me there’s another student Tiago from ESTeSL. Tiago really is my personal translator J. He will visit Estonia in October so maybe I can return the favour to him as a translator. My practice place is at Cascais and every morning I ride more than a hour with the metro and train to get there. For them 1 hour to get to your school/work is almost nothing because some people ride two and even more hours to work, but for me it took some time to get used to it. Anyway I’m not complaining because the train to Cascais goes right beside the coast shore and the view over the river and ocean is more than wonderful.

I really enjoy my stay in Portugal and every day I’m falling more and more in love with Lisbon, because big city life never gets you bored and there is still many places for me to discover. J