EVS Schloss Glarisegg 2013 in retrospective

Alee

Little Picasso :p

salad decoration

apple&banana pancakes

The German shore

The Swiss shore of Konstanz lake

Summer after-noon by the lake

Zucchini & Romanesco

La la laa

Lil Moa & his yummy earrings

tiny-little veggie garden

Welcome to the community!

common kitchen

shower 😀

more private shower place

catching rain water

morning circle

summer vibes

Yummy bday pie made with (love and) Romanian salty cheese 😀

compost toilet

Anina @ work! 😀

a different way of living

little merchant : )

one of our wonderful mentors

Anina, Ale & Anne

Anne’s workshop

Poster of our garden :):)

with my beautiful Stefanie

Spooky in action! 😀

Aaaaand..IT’S A WRAP!! 🙂

2013, Thank you for bringing me so much green and novelty!

Tic-tac, tic-tac..7 months have passed and our EVS Program ended.

In May I arrived in Schloss Glarisegg (Steckborn, Switzerland) and I started calling it “home”. At that point I had little clue about how this experience will be. All I knew was that I was one of the two participants in a European voluntary service in Swizterland and I was suppose to live in a small-small village (50 members) and to work outdoors (my dream!), in a nice garden (the other volunteer was Alessandro from Italy – my partner in crime :). Everything that followed  was an everyday nice surprise: the adventure of being part of a Community and discovering a new world, Permaculture, a totally different way of living and thinking, a new language, festivals/events in the heart of the mountains, hot summer days spent by/on the lake, learning how to grow my own food and to love nature even more with all its richness, taking my first steps into meditation, yoga sessions, adding new delicious vegetarian recipes to my personal folder, learning to communicate more and better, meeting a beautiful bunch of fascinating and inspiring people, learning that giving up my personal space for a honest bear hug can be scary at the beginning but it’s such an effective way to get a positive, loving mood in a glance..

Looking back, 2013 was  definitely a unique, wonderful year for me that had a strong impact on myself and my idea of what to do next, what/who makes me happy.

2013, Thank you for bringing me so much novelty! Looking forward to see what 2014 will bring! Happy New Year!!!

Abschiedsparty (Farewell Party)

On 24th of November we organized a Abschiedsparty (Farewell Party).

Our project was rushing to the end so we were happy to have the chance to have a nice evening with our garden team and the other community members where we could talk about our background, about  our project after living for 7 months in Schloss Glarisegg eco-village and the impact of this experience on us. It was a very cozy night with stories, nice music and surprises! Thank you all for the beautiful memories!! 🙂

Winter ist da!

First snow in Glarisegg and last working day in the garden : ) 😦

Zürich und Luzern

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10 Years Celebration of Glarisegg Community

http://sg.schloss-glarisegg.ch/en/news.html

Green of Zurich

My first stop in Zurich.  Thank you, Anina&Carlotta for the good time spent in the green oasis! Loved it!

[11] Please, step into my office!:>

Gallery

[05] My new bikie!

Even before arriving to Glarisegg I was very curious to meet my new bikie! In Amsterdam my bike was my great, faithful friend for 4 years so now it’s hard to imagine life without a bike. Amsterdam (and The Netherlands) is known for it’s flat land so I never really needed a bike with gears there. Switzerland is a lot different so I’ll have to get used to using gears now.  Also, unlike in Amsterdam,  perfect breaks are vital here. My new bikie has it all! even a baby-sit! no baby though! 😀 I decided to keep it and use it for carrying my grocery shopping. And while biking one day I heard the wish for “have a good biking/good trip/good journey” in German: “Gute Fahrt!” (from “fahren” = to bike/to drive). Interesting word.

Bikies for all ages and sizes

[04] Sunny Steckborn

The closest town to our Community is Steckborn – 15 mins biking distance. Switzerland is really bike friendly and this gives me the same joy of living and freedom as Amsterdam. I love biking!