I´m sharing my experience in an Erasmus times.

1. My Erasmus Story
Before to start my story, I wanna to show you a video, about the excellent of this beautiful city.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIpGIakcS0
Why did I select Lisbon to do my Erasmus??? My answer is so difficult to explain in fact to be
honest it was not my first select, it was my second, my preference, it was always Italy, because I
always feel predilection about this. It was my weak point, I don´t know why maybe the mainly
reasons are the cinema, history ( I love the “Imperium Roman”), their architecture, gastronomy,
and of course,….monument, maybe you thought I have to said another comment. Particularly I
applicate to Bologna, let me guess, what can I do there? In addition to the famous “Bologna
Process” who is well know in Spain, I guess in Europe also. It is so easy, I´m a bit sick of the old
building and I was heard about the famous towel and I wanted to studied in its famous university
and discovered its library and I can discovered the secret which they keep.
You reader, should be ask you, this guy has told me about Italy and he felt frustration about he
may no be select in his dream, “oh contraire” my friend, you know that sometimes the destiny
play its cards, -­ I guess it is the quote-­ Fate has been very kind to me go to the city of my love
and dream Lisbon. I lived there during 9 months and it was the best experience ever in my live,
in fact I desire to deepest come back at my house “Lisbon”, after my Erasmus´s experience there
is house. So…Let go there is going my story.
I remember it as if it were yesterday when I arrived to Lisbon. My first day was on 5 September
of 2011, it was a warn day and guess it, I´m Spanish and I didn´t speak Portuguese and English

2. so the communication, was so hard during the beginning, so u can imagine how should be, if in
addition I lived in a residence without Spanish people….Yes you are right. But after a week I could
managed the situation and I can make friends, a lot friends who I consider part of my family, it
isn´t important the nationality the most important are the character, the personality and actually
we didn´t pay attention about that. Well I continue my story my communication, was so bad during
the first days, I talk to the others with monosyllable and I remember that when I was in the
supermarket I asked to the child the name of the vegetable in Portuguese for I can learn each
other, -­ I asked in front of their parents-­. And I still remember their laugh. While I´m writing this
article There come to mind so many memories of my experience.
However, I should also agree that the majorly of people think that the Portuguese language is
so similar to Spanish and it is so easy to learn, the opposite my friend, it is so hard for us, in
addition we sufferer learning a different languages, it is another way. –if you desire, we can take
this conversation taking a coffee, if you desire while I explain more details-­. Because the
Spanish people speak “Portuñol”, it is a mixture between Spanish and Portuguese languages, I
know it is difficult to explain…I remember an anecdote in fact there are a lot…in my first day I
ate in a restaurant and when I finished my lunch, I said my congratulations to the chef the food
is “esquisita” so the chef was so angry with me because I just to say him that he prepared a
degusting food while in Spanish the meaning is the opposite like in English is delicious. So
believe me take care with the “fake friends” another anecdote is in my first day when I had to
introduce myself in Portuguese and when I said year in Portuguese is like you say butt in
Spanish so I couldn´t scape a small smile.
I can say that I´m a lucky person with the relationship with my partners because I have a good
relationship with them, with the teachers also, they taught me such…. for example lost my fear
to make a public presentation talking in front of 20-­25 people, in a different language which it
isn´t my mother tongue. So I’m so grateful for that, they taught me the real value, the most
important things in the life. So if I´m someone, I´m for them.
My stayed them, let me know a wonderful and hide country with an amazing architecture,
viewer and hills also, I mean Lisbon isn´t flat as Seville so during the winter for coming at home
I suffered up the little hill for arriving.
It is curios that Spain and Portugal are neighbour and we don´t know each other, I mean Spain
doesn´t appreciate the magnify beach and landscape. Portugal knows about us.
The time is almost over and it was time to say goodbye to good friends who you share such
experience, I think it the worst, you lost a little bit your perspective about that. During the times
which you have been living, you live in a burble, This is not something alien for who living the
experience…. for finishing it is a experience who you may to live, because it is the best ever in
your live, learning languages, meeting new people, new culture, travelling…..so if you can live
this experience, don´t doubt, JUST DO IT.

3. I don´t know if I could transmit and share my experience, I hope you enjoy.