GERMANY

Konstanze Marschner in ESAD.CR, Portugal:
…BRIGHT INTEGRATION, MANY HELPFUL PEOPLE.

[On the left: Konstanze in ESAD.CR. On the right: Photography work.]

Year of the “Mobility Experience”: 2011.
Hometown: HILDESHEIM, Germany.
Course in your origin school: Modern Culture and Studies and Aesthetic Experience – Main subjects: Fine Art and Literature.
Host institution: ESAD.CR/IPL, Portugal.
Course or field of study in ESAD.CR: Fine Arts.

Why did you choose this school?
Coincidence, but fortunate.

How did you become involve with Portuguese teachers and students?
Bright integration, many helpful people.

This school is “ideal” for…
Very well located.

Where did you stay?
Privat flat.

What did you think of the city?
One of the beauties, small and pretty.

Did you like the food?
Yes, I liked very much “Bacalhau”.

Did you visit other cities in Portugal?
Sim.

What do you think are the major cultural differences between Portugal and Germany?
The people are more friendly and easygoing.

Did you make any Portuguese friends?
Sim.

Do you have plans to return to Portugal?
Sim.

What do you think that this experience brought to you in the personal and professional level?
Personal: reduce prejudices, self-confidence. Professional: make, not talk.

A recommendation for future “In Coming Students”:
Don´t be so fussy – instead walk in Caldas.

Other information you like to share:
Obrigadinha por tudo..

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Sita Verna, from Germany:
I learned a lot, too because it was the first and only time I could really make “Arts”.
There isn’t a lot in my University.
It was a great time and we are all very sad to go back home.

[On the left: “Foz do Arelho” Beach. On the right: “Lagoa de Óbidos”.]

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