ERASMUS HOUR
On Wednesday October the 9th, during lunch break, the Norwegian students were offered to travel around Europe while staying at the Berte Kanutte cafeteria. The students could taste snacks from different countries, get to know the cultures of Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Czech Republic and Romania and have a small chat about studying abroad.
Great atmosphere was spread around from the colourful Spanish stand. Students from the University of Lleida and University of Malaga were screening videos from their crazy red wine fights in the downtown centre. They also served Tortilla de patatas, which was found as one of the most delicious dishes of the day.
At the Czech stand one could taste something called “bramborak”, fried mashed potatoes cake that is eaten with cabbage. The towns Zlin, Olomouc and Prague were presented by pictures and universities. Czech culture was represented by animator Karel Zeman, componists Smetana or Dvorak and painter Alfons Mucha. The “Popelka” fairytail had to be mentioned as well.
Romania was promoted by Ana and Alina, students of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. Firstly one could get meatballs called “piftele” and apple pie “strudel” and afterwards you could hike at Făgăraș Mountain while listening to popular Romanian songs that are famous for having been summer hits throughout all of the European pop music charts.
Belgian girls dressed in Brussels IHEC University shirts used their laptops to show videos made by their home university. All the visitors enjoyed a 'Pêches au thon', peaches with tuna. It may seem as an unusual snack but after a try everyone found it to be a tasteful combination.
The ones who were interested in studying in Berlin, especially at HTW University could visit Laura and have a talk about courses taught in English. Finger food made from cheese and grape was also served by her.
After meeting all these different cultures, students stopped at the Pangaia stand where they talked to Evan about possibilities of exchange studies.
Text: Tomas Rolecek
Photo: Ana Sipos and Andrea Masarova
