FINALY!!!

at the end of the we have web site!!!

Thank you VOLKAN AKBALIK :)

He designed a web site for C.A.D.D.R.U as a volunteer ..

CONTACT US !!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyoLXyxMp-0L6ofdxNXbnQ

https://plus.google.com/u/0/113683705073575261859/posts

evscaddru@gmail.com

Our 1615 km (Eliise & Carles)

As it’s warm now and we still don’t have that much work, we all took a week off to enjoy the summer and travel a bit. Me and Carles decided to go to Belgrade and also visit Arad and Timisoara on the way.

After seven cars, nine hours, one car accident and countless small-talks with the drivers in our poor Romanian we finally arrived in Arad.  The little town is famous because of the many volunteers living there. We stayed in a dormitory with other EVS people for four days. We saw their the busy everyday life, the best party places, took part in the city game for new volunteers, had a picnic in a forest nearby, a guitar concert on the roof of the dormitiry, celebrated Carles’ birthday and much more.  Arad is a nice little place full of great people, but those four days made us appreciate our life in Bucharest more and more, starting from our apartment and finishing with the project.

During the days in Arad we also had a day-trip to Timisoara. We had heard a lot about the city and it’s beauty, our expectations were very high. But when we got there we found an empty city, it looked very nice, indeed, but the next time we’re going to visit Timisoara with a local to tell us more about it, and a few more days to feel the atmosphere wouldn’t be bad, aswell.

This time we didn’t have much time because our next destination was Belgrade, Serbia. Right after crossing the border of Serbia we noticed, that hitch-hiking there is much more difficult than in Romania. Anyway, we didn’t mind, because the first town had a chocolate factory and the whole place smelled like chocolate! Village by village we moved on until the ninth (!) car took us to our destination. Although we could only be there for two days the city impressed us so much, that we’d definately like to go back someday. On the one hand it’s very similar to Bucharest: it has many buildings from the communist times, it’s a bit rusty and out of date at times, but on the other hand it’s somehow much friendlier and cosier than our home town in Romania. Also, you can see the difficult history of the city: bombed buildings and ruins combined with modern parts and parks form an interesting combination. This time we had great local guides and they played a huge part in making us fall in love with the city. Hopefully the two days in Belgrade won’t be the last ones!

Our trip home was difficult: only 3 cars but 20 hours. We met a film crew from Serbia, family going to the sea with their caravan and drug dealers. Very different people, very different stories but the most important was, that we got home, finally. 

Finally out of the city!

Piata Victoriei, Timisoara

Timisoara

A house after the NATO bombing in Belgrade, 1999

Traveling Around Romania!

It  was my first travel by hitch hiking .So it was so  good and I had alot of fun and exprience
Firstly I went to Brasov and I liked Brasov so much, it is an amazing city. And it was my first time  to sleep in a hostel and I did it in Brasov. After Brasov I went to Sibiu.The place  I had hitchhike in Sibiu there were  a lot of people doing the same . But I was very like cuz  I hitch hike a bus  very easy. But the  thing is I want to go to Cluj but the was going
to Arad . So I wen to Arad.

And  I met the other EVS volunteers we had such good time . After that I went to Sigisoara but I went there by train cuz  it was cheap around 7 lei  so it was better than hitch hike. I met two beautiful girls in train. And I had a good travel in Sigisoara for 2 days and I back to Arad. I went to Mexican party in Arad . After I started go to  back to Bucharest by hitch hiking  as well.

And it was really nice cuz I took car in 10 min. From Arad to Sibiu after that took a car from Sibiu to  Bucharest  in 10 min. as well the drivers are very nice. So it  was a pleasure to travel in Romania and I will do it again!!! :)

5 AMAZING DAYS IN BULGARIA

We start our travel on friday 9th august from Bucharest and we arrived in Costanta the same day by hitchiking, we continue to Vama Veche by bus.

 We stayed one night in the tent near the sea side. It is very good place for enjoy, listening rock music and eating very good hamsie!!

On saturday morning we left Vama Veche to go in Varna with bus,It lasted around 3 hours and we found a cheap Hostel  near the sea where we met a lot of people and we passed the night with them.

We stayed only one night in Varna but it was amazing, relaxing on the beach, swimming in the Black sea.

On Sunday we continue our travel.: "Destination Sofia". We took the bus in the morning from Varna and arrived in Sofia in the night, we spend the night in Guesthouse hostel. We stayed three days in Sofia and visiting the city, going out the night and meeting people.

Our travel finished on wednesday, at the end we returned in Bucharest. It was an amazing trip, with exciting and magical  moment.

Trip to SOFIA :)

  it is amazing :) I was praying in the mosque :)

The protests very different from our protests  because it was just with whistle :D :)

Once there were 70 mosques in Sofia, but today the Banya Bashi Mosque is the only one still functioning. It was designed in 1576, by the greatest of all Ottoman architects, Mimar Sinan, who also built the Sultan Selim Mosque in Edirne and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

This delightful mosque is a typical monument of Ottoman architecture which adds colour to the Sofia city centre. Banya Bashi means ‘a lot of baths’ and the name comes from the neighbouring Tsentralnata Banya (Central Baths). “Banya” is the bulgarian word for bath.

The exterior isn’t that special, but the interior is absolutely spectacular. The midrab and the eastern wall are covered in aquamarine tiles, tiles with calligraphy, citing texts from the Koran and as the portrayal of human figures is banned in Islamic art there is a large tile with an image of the Kaaba, the mosque in Mecca to which all Muslims must make the hajj or pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.

What is notable for the mosque is the domed ceiling, which was restored to its original design, after the fall of Communism. It is also decorated with exquisite calligraphy. The dome has a diameter of 15 metres, and the building is the only remaining example in Bulgaria of a domed roof on a cubic base. There are also the ruins of a hammam next door.

The muezzin calls the worshippers to prayer 5 times a day every day with a loudspeaker on the minaret (a decision has recently been taken to reduce the volume as it disturbs those who live in the vicinity!). Around 700 worshippers can fit into the mosque, the whole area around which is particulary lively on Fridays when the service inside the mosque is broadcast on the loudspeaker for those who cannot fit inside.

Banya Bashi mosque is not officially open as a tourist attraction and there is no entrance fee. Visitors are welcome outside prayer times, including women, if modestly dressed. Remember to take your shoes off when you enter. You can take photos inside the mosque, although its always best to ask as there may be someone praying at the time of your visit.

Notes from the Youngest One

Hey!I’m Ekrem from Diyarbakır.I’m the youngest one in the group.It was a dream to be an EVS volunteer for me but now i am here EVS voluntter of Caddru.I got Excited because its my first time in abroad far from family.First time to wash clotes and dishes and also cooking.But im happy because im meeting new friends and new cultures.My first aim is and this project as an adult and i will do it.
And On Arrival Training.Its was a very useful event for me the activities and games was very good.I had much more information about EVS in that training now im waiting for the Mid Term.
Thanks my sending organization for sending me Caddru its a great association and they had a lot of useful project.And Bucharest..I’m in love with!Its a big city and very historical i call my love.
I’m very happy here!

First impressions of Bucharest

Hello!

My name is Carles, I’m from Valencia, Spain, and I’m 21 years old. I studied medical laboratory and I’m in Bucharest doing the EVS for the next 11 months!

Why I choose Bucharest? I didn’t choose it… the destiny did it! I was looking to do my EVS in a medium/big city, I applied for a lot of projects in Istanbul, Budapest… and one single project from Romania/Bucharest. And here I’m!

How is Bucharest? It is a city half done...  everywhere is full of easily solvable damage, but here seem not to care. Thousands and thousands of cables hanging everywhere, is its hallmark.

Moreover, Bucharest has a wide cultural and leisure activities, at least in summer is common to find festivals every week, outdoors, with free access. And there are many museums to a very affordable price, even more if you are a student. And of course, a lot of parks where to spend time with your friends!

Also, isn’t easy to live with 4 flatmates, each one very different, but I think this year will be amazing! We will meet a lot of people, travel, grow up and have unforgettable experiences.

In conclusion, I am starting to understand the city and its people, and although far from the city of my dreams, I'm happy to be here and to be living this adventure with my new friends / family!

See you soon,

Carles S.

Arcul de trium

Herastrau park

Ateneul Roman

One Month in Bucharest

The Shining Youth (from the left): Carles, Eliise Luigi

Buna! I'm Eliise from Estonia, I just graduated from the university where I studied finno-ugristic. Before going to master's programme I decided to take a year off and here I am now!

We have been living in Bucharest for one month now. It has been full of new experiences and suprises, especially because I didn’t know much about Romania or its capital before. I knew some basic facts, a little bit about the history and some Eurovision Song Contest songs. Acctually this is the main reason why I came here – to get to know a region I didn’t know much about, where I probably never would have travelled for a holiday and where not many of the people I know have been to.

I didn’t have many expectations about my year before coming here and because of graduating from the university and writing my final thesis I didn’t even have time to read about the country much. So, I came here as a blank white page, or – as it seemed to me – as a stupid ignorant foreign who had no idea about the place she was going to live and work for the next year.

Although I didn’t have any prejudices before coming (acctually I did, of course, but knew they probably weren’t true), my family and friends kept telling me what a weird choice  I had made: It’s full of gipsies, you know, they’re going to steal everything from you, or Don’t be outside alone when it’s dark, the stray dogs are going to eat you. or my favourite: Oh, you’re going to travel back in time for like 20 years, are you sure you have internet connection at home?

I have to admit, it wasn’t all totally wrong what they said:  also the locals can’t get over about the gipsies on the streets when they talk about their country, there are really many stray dogs and our internet connection at home as never been very stable. Nevertheless, I’m positively suprised about the city! It’s full of contrasts and that’s what I like. You can never get bored of it. The moment you think it’s just a place full of blocks of flats and ruins from the communist times you discover an area full of dream-house-like buildings or the Little Paris part. Also, when you feel that every driver in the city wants to run you over and every person you see is mad that you’re on their way, you should go to some of the many-many beautiful parks, sit on the grass and enjoy conversations with locals who are truly interested in you and your county, not to mention your Romanian language skills, of course. Everyone wants to hear how you say mulțumesc or covrigi with your weird accent.

Acctually the Romanian culture is just one of the many to get used to and to learn from this year. We are working and living in a multicultural enviroment: there’s a Spanish, an Italian and two Turkish boys. It’s very, very interesting to get to know people from different countries, but at the same time it’s also difficult, because we’re so different. Besides having to get used to living with four boys there’s also different sense of time (five minutes can easily mean half an hour), work ethics (you can start working now or wait until the deadline is almost there), food (pasta-pasta-pasta or potatoes-potatoes-potatoes) and so on. It’s sometimes hard, but that’s one point of doing an EVS: broadening your view on the world and becoming more tolerant about different cultures.

All in all, I’ve had an amazing first month full of fantastic people and experiences and I can’t wait what the future has in store for us!

Eliise

Dream Town :)

Yoga on the Street

City game in Predeal

It was an amazing a place. I got excited before I arrived there.This is the place that you can’t tell so you have to live and feel it if you want to get to know it. I liked the hotel but there was a memory that we just ate potato and chicken.We met new EVS volunteers.So we had good time with them. At first the trainings were boring but later we had fun with the games.The volunteers had party everynight but no party was better then Romanian night and intercultural night.The city game was wonderful in Predeal.We took the most interesting fotos because we we the first people that made yoga on the street and take photo of this.The trainings was great which we had outside.We recommend everyone to visit to Predeal.Thanks Romanian National Agency! :)

Yusuf

My First Month :)

I'm here for ten month and everything happened so fast in the  my first mounth. I'm assimilating some aspect of this culture and language. For that, Arrival training was very useful, to know more about culture and history aspects of Romania.

Most people here asked me, why I choose Romania and what you will do in Romania??? Past month has been  of interviews on public and television. Personally I liked it because I think I managed to express myself in a language that is not mine. It also shows that the people here are interested in knowing more about us.
New challenges are very close. for me is very important. I take very seriously because I want to present my country, my culture, history, etc.. And people will understand a little more about me, because history and culture are linked me to my personality.

So this month comes loaded with work, I love to keep busy, so I'm very happy with all these challenges. I just hope I do not disappoint anyone with my work.
Thanks for this great july!

Yusuf