• ERASMUS IN ITALY - INTERNSHIP,  SLOVAK IN ITALY

    The Ups and Downs of 2017

    Despite my 2016 is remembered for the two BIG things – graduating from uni and beginning of the internship in Bologna, Italy, 2017 was a bit juicier. My major (naïve) expectation from 2017 included landing my dream job in Italy without any particular effort. As you can guess, the opposite is truth and my muscle of sticazzism was strengthened more than ever. It was a year of sweat, tears and becoming an adulting rookie miles away from the comfort of a student’s life. 2017, thank you for all the lessons I learned and dreams that came true! THE DOWNS Let’s start with the cockups of the year. My throat still tightens when…

  • ERASMUS IN ITALY - INTERNSHIP,  SLOVAK IN ITALY

    10 reasons why Italian public transport makes you a better person

    All of the following pieces of knowledge were acquired thanks to my first working year in Italy and everyday tiring and time-consuming back-and-forth travelling. Since I spent my entire childhood and youth by commuting to school and first part-time jobs from the Eastern Slovak countryside, I was pretty much used to trains and buses on a daily basis and didn’t really expect anything surprising about the public transport. As usual, Italy convinced me of the opposite. After the first (and the second) experience with TPER buses I reaaaally tried my best to eliminate any possibility of public transport mingling with my life here. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a car, nor…