Jedno novo iskustvo / One New Experience

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Dragi čitaoci, evo mene sa novim postom!

Ovim tekstom ću zaokružiti 2019. godinu koja je za mene bila po mnogo čemu značajna i upečatljiva. Elem, da se vratimo temi današnjeg teksta. U svom poslednjem travel postu sam vam predstavila italijanski grad Peskaru, gde sam provela skoro čitavo leto. Međutim, veliki broj vas nije upućen u to da tamo nisam bila samo turistički. Naime, pored uživanja na moru, leto je pre svega bilo radno.

Razlog zašto sam išla u Italiju bio je posao. Radila sam kao bebisiter u jednoj divnoj i gostoprimljivoj italijanskoj porodicu sa dvoje male dece, dečakom od godinu i po dana i devojčicom malo starijom. Ne znam koliko ste upućeni u ovakve vrste kulturnih razmena i koliko vam se dopada ova ideja. U Beogradu ima dosta agencija preko kojih studenti mogu da se prijave da rade kao bebisiteri u nekoj od željenh evropskih zemalja, među kojima se nalazi i Italija. Međutim, ja sam ovaj posao našla samostalno, nisam želela da idem preko agencije, jer kao što znate agencije obično uzimaju svoj procenat. 

Jedna drugarica je pre mene radila kao bebisiterka u Italiji, pa sam preko nje sam dobila kontakt ove porodice, sa kojom sam potom imala intervju i na kraju otišla tamo da radim. Za one koji se ipak ne bi usudili da idu sami bez agencije kao posrednika, treba da znaju da se u tom slučaju mogu povezati sa agencijom Centar za afirmaciju i razvoj, oni se bave kulturnim razmenama. Sa druge strane postoji i Au Pair Program preko kog možete naći odgovarajuću porodicu u zemlji koju želite da posetite i gde imate priliku da provedete između 3 i 12 meseci. Na fejsbuku možete pronaći veliki broj Au Pair grupa u koje se možete učlaniti i povezati sa porodicama koje traže bebisitere.

Ovo je bilo moje prvo iskustvo kao bebisiter. Kako sam radila uglavnom sa dečakom, imala sam obavezu da ga odvedem i dovedem iz vrtića, potom kad smo kod kuće da se igram sa njim, da ga nahranim, presvučem i uspavam. Radila sam obično 6 sati dnevno, s tim da su mi vikendi bili slobodni. Uz obezbeđen smeštaj i hranu, dobijala sam i nedeljni džeparac. Inače visina džeparca koji dobijate varira od grada u kom živite, odnosno od 70 do 100 evra na nedeljnom nivou. Roditelji su bili dosta fleksibilni što se rasporeda rada tiče, tako da sam mogla vrlo lako da se sa njima dogovorim oko mogućih izmena. Ako strahujete od toga kako ćete se snaći u ovom poslu ukoliko nemate prethodno iskustvo, ne brinite, ja nikada ranije nisam imala priliku da čuvam malu decu, tako da sam sve u hodu naučila. Bebisiting je pre svega jedna životna škola, jer će se svaka od nas devojaka jednog dana naći u ulozi majke. 

Pošto studiram italijanski jezik, vežbanje konverzacije u matičnoj zemlji je bio jedan od glavnih razloga zašto sam želela da radim ovaj posao. Vreme provedeno tamo mi je dosta pomoglo da se što više oslobodim da pričam sa ljudima, učim nove reči i fraze, a samim tim obogaćujem svoj vokabular. Ova kulturna razmena je bila i divna prilika da naučim mnogo o njihovoj kulturi, hrani i uopšte o svakodnevnom životu u jednoj italijanskoj porodici. Na kakve god izlete da su roditelji vodili decu, ja sam bila slobodna da im se pridružim. Dosta su me upoznali sa tradicionalnim italijanskim jelima i običajima. 

Zaista jedno divno iskustvo! Preporučila bih svima vama da se okušate u ovome i provedete već naredno leto u jednoj od zemalja koju volite. Obogatićete svoje studentske dane još jednim divnim iskustvom, naučiti dosta novih stvari o kulturi koja je drugačija od vaše, a ujedno i sjajna prilika da naučite ili poboljšate svoj strani jezik. 

Program kulturne razmene nas uči da prihvatamo međusobne razlike, a učenje novih jezika je tu da nas približi drugim ljudima i ukloni moguće barijere. Doživite nova iskustva, neka vam 2020. bude upotpunjena jednim ovakvim doživljajem. Stalno se usavršavajte i na svom primeru edukujte ljude oko sebe i razbijajte predrasude o strancima!

Stremite uvek višim ciljevima i bogatite lični život novim iskustvima!
Srecni vam predstojeći praznici! :)

xoxo Andrijana

Dear readers, here I am with a new post! 
I will conclude the 2019. with this text. This was so important and significant. So, let's get back to the subject of today's text. In my last travel post, I introduced you to the Italian town of Pescara, where I spent almost the entire summer holiday. However, most of you guys have not been briefed that I was not only a tourist there. In addition to enjoying the sea, summer was all about work.

The reason I went to Italy was work. I worked as a babysitter in a wonderful and hospitable Italian family with two little children. I don't know how knowledgeable you are about this kind of cultural exchange and how much you like this idea. In Belgrade, there are plenty of agencies through which students can apply to work as babysitters in one of the desired European countries, including Italy. However, I found this job on my own, I didn't want to go through the agency, because as you know, the agencies usually take their percentages.

A friend of mine used to work as a babysitter in Italy, so I got her in touch with this family, which I then had an interview with and ended up going there. For those of you who would not dare to go alone without an agency as an intermediary, they should know that in that case they have a Au Pair Program via which you can find a suitable family in the country you want to visit and where you have a chance to spend between 3 and 12 months. On Facebook, you can find a large number of  Au Pair groups you can join in and connect to families looking for babysitters.

This was my first experience as a babysitter. My duties were to spend time with him, took him to and from nursery school, fed him, clothed him and finally took him out to the playground to play. I worked usually six hours a day, and my weekends were free. With the accommodations and the food, I got my weekly allowance. Otherwise the height of allowance you receive vary from the city in which you live, or from 70 to 100 euros per week. The parents were pretty flexible about the work schedules, so I could easily talk to them about possible changes. If you're afraid of how you'll manage in this job if you don't have a previous experience, don't worry, I've never had a chance to babysit the little kids before, so I've learned everything on the fly. Babysitting is the life school first, because each of us girls are going to find each other in the role of mother one day.

I study Italian language, practicing a conversation in the native country was one of the main reasons I wanted to do this job. The time spent there has helped me to free myself from talking to people, learning new words and phrases, and therefore enriching my vocabulary. This cultural exchange was also a wonderful opportunity to learn a lot about their culture, food and even the everyday life in an Italian family. Whatever they're going to take off that parents took the kids, I was free to join them. They've known me a lot about traditional Italian Jesuits and customs.

A really wonderful experience! I would recommend to all of you to try this and spend the next summer in one of the countries you love. You will enrich your student days with another wonderful experience, learn a lot of new things about a culture that's different from yours, and also this is a great opportunity to learn or improve your foreign language.

The cultural exchange programme teaches us to accept mutual differences, and learning new languages is there to bring us closer to other people and remove possible barriers. Make this 2020. more interesting and complete it with this great experiences. Work on yourself and educate people around you and break the prejudice of strangers!
Strive for always higher goals and enrich personal life with new experiences!
Happy upcoming holidays! :)

xoxo Andrijana