Two young ladies, Sara Domenichelli student at Bologna University in
Italy and Sarah Sophie Woegerbauer from Austria, student at the University of Linz,
decided to travel to Rethymno and join UoC School of Primary Education, within
the Erasmus+ programme  and during the
spring semester of 2020/21.

Associate Professor Ms Marianna Kalaiτzidaki forwarded environmental sensitization and education as part of the
“Urban Environmental Education” course. Lectures were offered entirely in
English, so that the two students could actively participate. 

Through a project they were assigned, they had
the opportunity to have a close look at the way local people felt and behaved
towards natural environment, stressing the need for deeper understanding and
respect.

Having completed their study programme, the two students are leaving UoC
and the city of Rethymno having made close friends, not only among other
international students but also among local people. Friendships made while in
Crete have been described as their “safety net”. They felt both welcome and
protected, regardless of the difficulties caused by the pandemic and the long lockdown
that followed.

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