Guest article by Réka Schmieder: I come from a tiny Hungarian village near Pécs.I am studying culture and management MA at the University of Pécs. I also did my bachelor's degree here (adult education, specializing in cultural organization). During this time, I heard about the University of Görlitz and the dual-degree program between the university and my faculty. The program aroused my interest, but I started my penultimate semester of the Bachelor's degree in such a way that I didn't want to continue studying. But I had a professor, Dr. Zoltár Huszár, who knew that I was very good at speaking German, as I attended the same German-speaking high school as his son (we were classmates). He then persuaded me to continue my studies and move to Görlitz for a year and do the program there. So on October 1, 2013, I started my Master's degree in culture and management. I was not a "typical" Erasmus student. I followed the same program as my fellow students. I never had too many problems with the subjects, except for three more difficult subjects (municipal management, finance and business law). I really had to learn a lot there, and the foreign words were new to me, and in the first semester I had very friendly Turkish flatmates in the hall of residence. My shared flat was just great. We invited all the foreign students who were studying in Görlitz to our shared flat several times and held international evenings. There were people from Turkey, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on. I was able to get to know many cultures, which opened me up more to foreign cultures and I still want to know more.[caption id="attachment_178" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pyjama party with the Erasmus girls ;)[/caption]Unfortunately, there weren't as many Erasmus students in the second semester, but during this time I was out and about in the city more. I got to know a lot of people from Görlitz, mainly cultural people who determine the cultural life of the city. Thanks to these relationships, I also got in touch with two festival organizers and was able to interview them for my thesis.[caption id="attachment_177" align="alignright" width="382"] City trip[/caption]In that one year, I fell in love with the city. It may be small, but it's also exciting. You can do a lot of things because there are so many programs in Görlitz. In one year, I went to almost all the big events that take place in the city. Among other things, I also went to Zukunftsvisionen, a festival of modern art organized by the students of the university. That one week was my favorite week there. I went there again this year, even though I no longer studied in Görlitz, and the city has a very good location. I've been to Dresden dozens of times, spent Easter 2014 in Prague, visited the cities around Görlitz and Berlin is not far away either, so I'm very happy that I decided to continue my studies and take part in the dual degree program. This year has changed me: I have become more open, more courageous and my language skills have also developed very well.Görlitz is worth it! Supported by: