My trip to Italy

by Sakhi Ataye

My name is Sakhi and I am 31 years old. I graduated in Journalism last year at the University of Herat - where in 2010 I attended a workshop held by the Cattolica University and Fondiaria Sai Foundation.

In November 2011 - together with 4 female colleagues from my faculty and my ex Professor Mr. Faisal Karimi - I came to Italy for a month to continue my training and have an insight of western journalism.
I was very lucky to have this opportunity for my future career as a journalist. I have never been to Italy before.
I also learned lots of new things and information which I had previously never heard about.
My first experience was to visit RAI TV then I visited Corriere della Sera which is one of the most important Italian newspapers. In the meantime I attended some lessons at the Cattolica University of Milan. I noticed there were many Italian students during classes and what impressed me most was the size of the University and the amount of equipment available for the students.

During my stay in Rome I visited some historical monuments such as the Coliseum and went to Tarquinia where I finally saw the sea. I was amazed because before I had only seen these places in pictures or on TV. These were wonderful experiences but it was in Milan where I finally realised my dream: to be a spectator at a football match in the San Siro Stadium.
This was my childhood dream. In fact, when I entered the stadium I couldn’t believe I was actually there.

I learned some Italian words too, like “Ciao”, “Buon giorno”, “Buona sera”, “Prego” and during the day I liked to repeat them all to my “colleagues”.
It was such a wonderful trip to Italy!
So far, this has definitively been one of the best experiences of my life - one which I will never forget.

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