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Hi, my name is Mathis and I’m delighted to have arrived in Petrinja.
I’m 25 and I come from Marseille in France. I studied political sciences in Lyon and one year in Seville.
I’ve always had a taste for discovering new cultures and countries. I love traveling, and joining IKS was a great opportunity for me to discover Croatia, Petrinja and the surrounding area. For me, the best way to discover a country is to live there with the people who live there.
Moreover, being able to get involved here gives me the chance to get involved with the younger generation, people with disabilities and the Petrinja community as a whole.
As you can imagine, I love travelling and meeting new people. But that’s not all. Coming from Marseille, I had no choice but to be crazy about football (cultural thing). I love hiking and discovering incredible landscapes. I hope to see a lot of it here in Croatia, although I don’t doubt it.
I’m of Breton and Algerian origin, so it’s a pleasure to welcome more of the mix in me with a bit of Croatia.
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Bok, ja sam Mathis i drago mi je što sam stigao u Petrinju. Imam 25 godina i dolazim iz Marseillea u Francuskoj.
Studirao sam političke znanosti u Lyonu i u Sevilli.
Uvijek sam volio otkrivati nove kulture i zemlje. Volim putovanja, a dolazak u udrugu IKS bila mi je odlična prilika da otkrijem Hrvatsku, Petrinju i okolicu. Za mene je najbolji način da otkrijete zemlju živjeti tamo s ljudima koji tamo žive.
Štoviše, to što se ovdje mogu uključiti daje mi priliku da se uključim među mlade generacije, osobe s invaliditetom i petrinjsku zajednicu u cjelini.
Kao što možete zamisliti, volim putovati i upoznavati nove ljude. Ali to nije sve. Dolazeći iz Marseillea, nisam imao izbora nego biti lud za nogometom (kulturna stvar).
Volim planinariti i otkrivati nevjerojatne krajolike. Nadam se da ću puno toga vidjeti ovdje u Hrvatskoj, iako u to ne sumnjam.
Ja sam bretonskog i alžirskog podrijetla, tako da mi je zadovoljstvo dodati malo i hrvatskog duha da obogatim sebe.
Sadržaj ovog članka isključiva je odgovornost Udruge IKS.
The contents of this article is the sole responsibility of Association IKS.
The project LULU is funded by the French National Agency throughout the European Solidarity Corps program.
Projekt LULU financiran je sredstvima Francuske nacionalne agencije kroz program Europskih snaga solidarnosti.