di Roberta Capasso
It’s hard to explain my feelings now.
I think it is a mix of happiness and melancholy.
I just want to think about every laugh, every tear and every look among us.
It is not easy to explain the feelings that an Erasmus experience gives you.
The wall of prejudice which may divide us has been broken, I have no prejudices about our different skin tone, I don’t care about our different ideas about politics or human rights.
I don’t care about our different temperaments, we are united in diversity.
I want to fill my life with adventures, not things, I want to have stories to tell not stuff to show.
In my future, when my children will ask me about my past, I’ll talk about you.
I’ll talk about my spanish sister Leina, who has been living at my house for days: an explosion of kindness. We have slept in the same bed, we have eaten at the same table, we have shared the same experiences. we have loved each other.
I’ll talk about his friends: Ishaai, Hector, Mikel and Nayra, I can’t forget you.
I’ll talk about you, Baha, “mio amore”, my turkish/italian friend: one of the nicest people I’ve ever known.
I’ll talk about Ebru, Ayse, Saliha and Tugrul, my turkish friends. I’ll talk about your simplicity and authenticity. I can’t forget the way you talk through your eyes.
I’ll talk about my greek friends: Despoina, Giorgia, Stella, Marios and Marios: I love you all, you are so sweet and funny.
And last, but not least, my portuguese friends: Catarina, Daniela, Marco, Pedro and David; we will miss your joy and you niceness.
Our experience hasn’t been a trip, or a vacation, it has been a second life.
Living an exchange is letting your heart be divided into several small pieces and let them be taken to every corner of the world, and hope that one day they all meet again.
But I think that we have to remember that among us there is empathy: empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
In fact even if we are far, I can feel your feelings.
I know that it’s hard to understand, but It is not a goodbye, It will never be a goodbye, it’s a promise.
I really love you all.