Lisbon is overrun with European exchange students. They live in every corner of my building. They knock on my door to ask for wine-openers. They crowd outside the house discussing where they should go for hours. Then they naturally form alcohol search teams, very loud clumps of teens on the hunt for locations they can imbibe and shout at each other in their common language of poor English.
Turns out their behaviour might not be entirely germaine. Now, I worked in a study abroad program and we mostly took students to museums and tried to convince them to show up to class on time. Here, every exchange student in the city (Erasmus, a European exchange program, or not) gets a "welcome kit" with information about the city. One of the first events from this group:
"Erasmuslisboa wants to welcome you in your Erasmus experience!
Turns out their behaviour might not be entirely germaine. Now, I worked in a study abroad program and we mostly took students to museums and tried to convince them to show up to class on time. Here, every exchange student in the city (Erasmus, a European exchange program, or not) gets a "welcome kit" with information about the city. One of the first events from this group:
"Erasmuslisboa wants to welcome you in your Erasmus experience!
We'll started our Tuesdays parties at Bar do Rio with the famouse [sic] Kiss Me Party…
In our last Kiss Me parties there were many friendships and relationships that started in this event!
Spread the love in this party by kissing someone and we offer you 1 FREE Sangria(till 2)! A member from Erasmuslisboa will be 'checking' your kisses!"
Fact: worst job in the world is definitely teen exchange student 'Kiss Checker'.
Fact: worst job in the world is definitely teen exchange student 'Kiss Checker'.
2 comments:
Oi, oi, oi!
Hilariously enough, I got to school the next day and some guy was complaining about how he was out the night before "til way late". I took one look and said "you went to the kiss me party didn't you."
Nailed it. Funny, he said the ratio of men to women was like 5:1. Ha. And to think I passed up that opportunity.
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