{"id":3878,"date":"2022-12-13T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:02:45","slug":"the-international-chronicles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=3878","title":{"rendered":"The International Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY EBI KRISTO<\/strong> (MAN\/II)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Name:<\/strong> Sara Raposo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department:<\/strong> Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country of Origin:<\/strong> Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you like best about Turkey?<\/strong>
The people! This sounds clich\u00e9, but I was not expecting Turkish people to be so welcoming, warm and genuine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?<\/strong>
I\u2019ve only had the chance to visit Ankara, so it is really hard to mention anything that I\u2019ve found very familiar to my country. But I know that if you visit Portugal, you will find us to be a very helpful and welcoming country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will you miss most about Bilkent\/Turkey?<\/strong>
I have found most the amazing people, and they have made the Erasmus experience much more enjoyable. I will miss all the kind friends, Bilkent staff, professors and ESN members that have helped me and brought comfort and joy to my heart. Thank you all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite place on campus, and why?<\/strong>
My room\u2019s kitchen. I\u2019ve always loved to cook, but now it has become very special because when I cook I usually call my family. They keep me company while I eat, so it is like I am with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite Turkish food and\/or favorite part of Turkish culture?<\/strong>
I just love baklava! I am having as much as I can because in Portugal the baklava is not even close to the ones I have had here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you expect to see yourself 10 years from now?<\/strong>
This experience has made me appreciate and value a lot of things that I took for granted. In 10 years, I hope I am happy with what I have achieved and motivated to continue to give my best to each opportunity. Mostly, I want to have mental and physical health to enjoy, with my loved ones, all the good and not so good moments that will come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the hardest challenge you\u2019ve handled in Turkey?<\/strong>
Being far from my family. They are my biggest support, and I am really missing them. I have never talked to them as much as I do now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What places have you visited in Turkey, and which one is your favorite?<\/strong>
I am not the best person to answer this question because I\u2019ve only had the chance to visit Ankara and Beypazar\u0131. I have, however, made a list of places I want to visit when I come back to Turkey with my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s an interesting question or comment you hear frequently at Bilkent\/in Turkey?<\/strong>
Why did you choose to come here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Describe yourself in three words.<\/strong>
Hardworking, communicative and too stressed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Sara Raposo Department: Economics Country of Origin: Portugal What do you like best about Turkey?The people! This sounds clich\u00e9, but I was not expecting Turkish people to be so welcoming, warm and genuine. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?I\u2019ve only had the chance to visit Ankara, so it[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[93,83,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3881,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}