Blog from Robert Lindsay about the Belgium Youth Exchange 3rd-10th August 2014 When arriving in Belgium I didn’t know what to expect when meeting the group because I thought that it would be difficult to communicate because I knew no Dutch or Finnish whatsoever. I’m happy that wasn’t the case, I actually was able to communicate well with most of the group, although it was difficult for some of the Finnish group as their English was not as good as the others. After the first day I had already made a lot of friends, this made my stay here more easier and more fun. I found it really refreshing learning about the different cultures of both the countries, Brussels was also a beautiful city. For the first half of the week I had mostly bonded with the group from Belgium, but after the team-building exercises that only the Scottish and Finnish group took part in, I immediately hit it off with the Finnish group. All in all, the week has been a complete success for me. I came here to volunteer which I done, I helped out a lot with everything. I came here to learn from the other 2 groups and I certainly did and I came here to develop myself personally, I personally think I have learned things about myself ie I learned that I am a leader and not a follower
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:18:14 +0000