Typical Work Days by Roope


Senegalian food (costs 8e) i got from a food pop up downtown during a friday market where people put up stands and sell things (basically like "tori"), the walk way gets filled with people and stands and they are there only maybe till noon. The person i bought it from could speak good english and happened to ask me where im from and after telling him he said he had actually been to Finland multiple times to host his Senegal food pop ups, he even knew the word "tapahtuma" and pronounced city names very well for a foreigner and that was really cool.


I work in an atelier called L'atelier de la matiére. Their Instagram
Its a fashion workshop and a community located in Val Soleil, Le Havre. It was formerly a community center mainly for children to visit, the city wanted to build some big building on it but my employer and the team decided to take it under their wing.
I work usually from 10-18 (sometimes spending half of the day at the school Lycee Jules Le Cesne), many different kinds of people come through to get sewing lessons, design the posters and websites, have lunch, all types of things. Im upcycling and customizing clothes that will be showcased in a fashion show that will be apart of a festival held in June at the L'atelier. Theres a nice garden and a grassy yard where they will have have a "catwalk", music performances by artists and more. Me and the other three students interning there dont ever get left unheard and our employer communicates very well, personally i also like the simplicity of the work!



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