My Malta experience started with packing, fitting your whole wardrobe into one suitcase is completely impossible. After repacking about five times I finally was ready to head off on my journey. Arriving at the airport it was clear that Niamh also had the same packing problem even though she had two cases and hand luggage she was still over by 16 kilograms! Saying my goodbyes to my family at the airport was difficult but I knew this would be a great experience and I would gain so much from it therefore I kept my chin up and carried through to the departure lounge. The flight was delayed by 45 minutes however apart from that it was successful.
When we arrived we had a mix up with our taxis as we ordered one and it didn’t arrive, therefore having to book another one which ended up cheaper so maybe it was a good thing our taxi didn’t come for us. We arrived safely at the university residence, my first opinion was negative as the rooms weren’t what I expected as it was such a culture shock however one of the girls living in my house explained after living in the house for a while you soon get used to it and I doesn’t seem that bad anymore. We met a lot of girls from the south of Ireland and over the first couple of days they helped to settle us in by showing us where the super market was and what buses to get, they were a great help. Did I mention we have a pool right on our door step!
Niamh and I made our first trip into Sliema along with the girl I share a room with. This was quite the adventure as we got lost so many times, first of all we were standing at the wrong side of the road to get the bus, and then when we finally realised and got the bus at the other side of the street we asked the bus driver to let us know when we were at sliema however he forgot and we ended up in Bugibba therefore having to stay on the bus until it turned back to sliema, even though we got lost it was a great way to see different parts of Malta.
On the Thursday of our first week I had my first day of university, I couldn’t wait to see the place and meet other Erasmus students that were doing our course. We weren’t in for that long as it was just a welcome meeting to give us our timetables and other information about the course, but it was still good getting to walk about to get used to the university surroundings. The classes that I will be taking are teaching implement games hockey and softball, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, human anatomy and basic concepts of biomechanics and issues in psychology PE, sport and leisure.
On Friday the 10th it was Malta’s festival of St Paul’s shipwreck which is Malta’s most important historical event. To celebrate this event there was a carnival in the city of Valetta it was amazing to see and join in with their culture.
When we arrived we had a mix up with our taxis as we ordered one and it didn’t arrive, therefore having to book another one which ended up cheaper so maybe it was a good thing our taxi didn’t come for us. We arrived safely at the university residence, my first opinion was negative as the rooms weren’t what I expected as it was such a culture shock however one of the girls living in my house explained after living in the house for a while you soon get used to it and I doesn’t seem that bad anymore. We met a lot of girls from the south of Ireland and over the first couple of days they helped to settle us in by showing us where the super market was and what buses to get, they were a great help. Did I mention we have a pool right on our door step!
Niamh and I made our first trip into Sliema along with the girl I share a room with. This was quite the adventure as we got lost so many times, first of all we were standing at the wrong side of the road to get the bus, and then when we finally realised and got the bus at the other side of the street we asked the bus driver to let us know when we were at sliema however he forgot and we ended up in Bugibba therefore having to stay on the bus until it turned back to sliema, even though we got lost it was a great way to see different parts of Malta.
On the Thursday of our first week I had my first day of university, I couldn’t wait to see the place and meet other Erasmus students that were doing our course. We weren’t in for that long as it was just a welcome meeting to give us our timetables and other information about the course, but it was still good getting to walk about to get used to the university surroundings. The classes that I will be taking are teaching implement games hockey and softball, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, human anatomy and basic concepts of biomechanics and issues in psychology PE, sport and leisure.
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