This is my blog! Melike

Saying goodbye is never easy

Two years ago if someone had told me that one day I would live in Czech Republic, I definitely wouldn’t have believed them. Well, at least not the “rest of my life” part...

The dead end street of VISA

With cooler temperatures rolling in, saying goodbye to summer and hello to fall was a hard thing to do! Now all the leaves are changed into multi-colored works of art and falling away with cold winds… Fall has never been my favorite season, but here...

Birthday party :)

Ahoj! Time really frigging flies. In my head I’m still 24 years old then all of a sudden yesterday I wake up and I’m 29! Thankfully we celebrated it like my 6th birthday with a tasty Medovnik cake (which is my favorite food in CR so far), fancy...

The EVS Bus Tour!

European Voluntary Service (EVS) celebrates its 20th anniversary of giving young people the opportunity to volunteer abroad. This is a great time to highlight the successes of EVS projects and participants with events taking place across Europe. Many countries are holding events to celebrate the...

Travel inspirations

I totally understand why Turkish people love Berlin, especially the ones from Istanbul… I have a crazy idea! First, let me tell you… Water divided Istanbul into two sections of continents, Asia and Europe. Billions of people are traveling from one continent to other every day....

On-Arrival Training & Turkish Night

EVS volunteers receive different trainings during their project: on-arrival training, midterm training and final evaluation. The main objective of the on-arrival training is to introduce the volunteers to the host country, preparing them for the service period and the EVS experience. From 1st to 6th of...

How the time passed

I went for a little trip to Berlin last week. The city has amazing strories; the wartime history and the museums with their artifacts dating back thousands of years. Then there is the impressive modern vibrant, multicultural culture of art, music that influences from around...

Being on the road

Have you ever visited Narodni Galerie? We did! The National Gallery celebrated its 220th anniversary (This makes it one of the oldest public art collections in the world) by admission free days from the 5th to the 7th of February. Its seven venues welcomed 30,000 visitors...

Don’t worry grandma!

Whenever I call my grandmother on the phone, she cries and asks “Where have you been?” or “Why don’t you call me?” She always misses and worries about me. She is sensitive and can’t help it! Now there is a new one: “Why did you...

Dobrý den, z Turecka

Herkese merhaba! It means "Hello everyone" in Turkish. You'd better get used to Turkish. Cause sometimes when I talk with the friends in here, I just speak in Turkish. SORRY. But they can't understand me at all, except Polina. :) I have been in Czech Republic...