Erasmus Reunion: Prague will always be our city












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            * Erasmus Reunion
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            We gathered. It was one of those random evenings where nothing special happened, a random 

            to take for granted and now you would give everything to live one of them again. Someone, 
            who, came up with an idea: “Guys, we could spend the next New Year’s Eve together!” And we
            reply: “Of course, all together, for the good old times.”

            I have to admit that when I left Prague with my Erasmus completed in June 2013, it was lik
            chapter. In my experience, probably the most awesome and important chapter of my life so f
            I took my flight back home to Spain I could not help but dwell on the thought that all tho

            months were over. I knew it was time to move on and to get back to a life where everything
            apart from the protagonist. So as time passed, I (and we all) carried on with our separate

            The idea of the reunion was always there, hanging around. Just this time it was for real, 
            it, for the “good old times”, for those who could afford it, for us… and where else would 
            Prague? We agreed to meet here for New Year’s Eve.

            Talking about our reunion days and the new memories we made seems impossible to me, so I w
            leave a message for those who experienced and are yet to experience Erasmus in this amazin
            Charles University.

            Most of us could not make it. Of course, life goes on, and it is impossible to schedule pe
            around the world and their different programs. Nonetheless, we were there. People from Spa
            Poland, Kazakhstan, Germany, Lithuania or Slovenia, we could do it, we were back in our be

            sleeping in Hostivař (the hall of residence most of us had lived in last year), walking ar
            Square and sharing a beer in our favourite pubs.
            The magic of Erasmus is exactly that. Over six months later (or even more in some cases), 

            the same between all of us, even though the feeling about the city and those who could not
            somehow hurtful. You will never have time to carry through all the plans you had been orga
            months and I think that is the best way. As life itself, the Prague you once felt as yours

            is still as amazing as you remember it.
            I will not lie to myself. It felt strange. As I have said, everything was over in June. Th
            people, the random evenings and all that made Erasmus as special as it was, it is over, an

            will never come back to you. But, to be honest, the reunion has been exactly what it had t
            experience some of us had the lucky chance to live.
            Leaving again does not hurt as much as it did the first time. Actually, if I could give ad

            try your best to make it happen, no matter the effort. It is definitely worth it. It will 
            same, but it was as perfect as it could, because there is something for sure: Prague will 
            city.
                                                                                                      
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