Job shadowing trip to Bulgaria
Two youth workers traveled to explore a Bulgarian social organisation and local activities. The visit was carried out through an Erasmus+ accredited youth mobility project. My colleague, Johanna, and I were lucky enough to be able to visit Plovdiv in Bulgaria and learn about Bulgarian social and youth work. Our journey started early on the morning of Monday the 9 th of June. Our bus left Turku at 2 am and we arrived at Helsinki airport a bit after 4 am. Our flight left at 6.30 am. We had a layover in Frankfurt and landed in Sofia, Bulgaria at 1 pm. The train from Sofia to Plovdiv took about three and a half hours, but we enjoyed watching the Bulgarian scenery. We arrived at the hotel at around 7 pm extremely hot. The temperature was around 28 degrees centigrade and it was very humid as it was about to storm. We made it to the local shop and back before the thunder storm started. That first evening we spent recovering from a long day of travel. On Tuesday morning,...