Posts Tagged ‘erasmus

In 2008 I studied and lived in Turkey for about 8 months. I was a participant of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), an exchange program that gives students the oppurtunity to study in a foreign country. I chose to do this in Eskisehir (Eski = Old, Sehir = city), Turkey.
In Eskisehir I studied at the [...]

It was one of the oldest tricks in the book and it had to happen some time, I suppose. I’ve seen it happen many times before allready in Lisbon and in other cities in the world, but I never fell for it up untill now:  my iPhone got stolen last saterday right in front of [...]

So, I’ve finally arrived in Lisbon almost a week ago now. After a strange flight that involved two firetrucks fixing the right wing of the plane at Faro airport while we were escorted into the terminal, the same plane touched ground in Lisbon a few hours later with a small delay of about an hour. [...]

My starting point for Turkey was Istanbul. And how else could that be when all roads lead to Istanbul? 4 years ago was the first time I had the oppurtunity to visit this metropol. This Crossroad to the ancient world. And 3 years later I had the chance to go back. To stay and live, [...]

During my study in Eskisehir, Turkey I made several short films. One of them was the 10 minute TV Program ‘Erasmus in Eskisehir’. It was part of the ‘Producing & Directing’ graduation course at the Cinema & Television faculty of the Anadolu University. Watch it here below.

The basic idea was to show people, mainly students, [...]


  • Jaap Ruurd Feitsma: nee, die heeft niks gecomment...ik stuur nog even een mail hierover naar je ;) [...]
  • henk: Heel mooi gedaan JR. By the way: heeft je studiebegeleider al eens een coment gestuurd? Tot volge [...]
  • Jaap Ruurd Feitsma: yeps, guess so!:) at your mothers house, right!? hope we'll be able to finish it by then ;) cu in ho [...]
  • Emma: I did not read everything yet, but I like the idea of going there. I guess Ill get to see the movie [...]
  • Arne Mulder: Amazing stories dude, enjoy your last week over there and return home safe. :) [...]

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