Monday 19 June 2017

IMPRESSIONS AFTER THE 10TH MEETING IN SPAIN





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Hola Amigos!

We’ve been  a few days for the last project meeting in Spain, but it feels like much longer since we’ve experienced so much!




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Seville is the delightful city home of José Luis, Izabela, Magdalena and Guiomar. It’s so magnificent that every day we were discovering something new. Strolls down the bustling streets among picturesque facades of old colonial buildings were our joy. Spanish architecture is a combination of old and new but it doesn’t clash. It’s in fact intricate how they can make this mixture work. The same co-existance can be felt in the very heart of Cordoba, this time the combination of Catholic and Muslim art combine into a marvel. No one can go past it unamazed.







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Spaniards are really really really fun people. So open, so disarming, so warm. Great sense of humour, generous, and GENUINE. Their friendliness doesn't feel 'put on', and they're funny in a very dry, deadpan way most of the time. We love it! We have way too many little memorable incidents where locals have made us laugh, helped us, been generous to us, and made us feel very special. Too many to list!









Our stay there was the last meeting of our project and even more touching was the last dinner with our project partners.
We would like to thank the Spanish hosts for everything and all our project partners for this wonderful week in Seville. We will miss that atmosphere, that fun and that sun… Words don’t come easy when we have to say goodbye, so we say:

SEE YOU!


The Polish team

Sunday 4 June 2017

POLISH IMPRESSIONS AFTER THE MEETING IN TURKEY

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Turkey bewitched us!

Colours, shades, sounds, varieties, food…
The project meeting in such an atmosphere and under the rays of the spring sun was effective and successful. We managed to disseminate our “Portfolio Kit for Teachers”, which will find, we hope, its place among other didactic and methodological tools of each teacher working in this project.



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Our delight wouldn’t be so great if not for TURKISH FRIENDS who hosted us and whom we would like to thank:


Resul – thank you for the great hospitality at your school, thank you for letting us meet your wonderful team of people,
Tamer – thank you for your hospitality, organisation, engagement in the project, your heart and music, and a 'happy birthday' song,


Alev – thank you for warmth, smile and wonderful welcome and organisation of the event,
Temay – thank you for unique and magical sounds and patience during the dance lesson at the metre on 5 and 7 😉,


Baris – thank you for your support, friendship, fidget spinners, jokes and understanding without words 😉

Sinem – thank you for your sense of humour, warmth and support,


Resul, Taner and Nur – thank you for being there for us, for taking care of our students, we know you did a great job and, though you are silent heroes of the meeting, we felt your friendship all the time,



DEAR HOSTING PARENTS  – thank you for such great memories, for being wonderful parents for our students, for love, care, warmth, wonderful meals and guidance.



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Last but not least, we would like to thank the whole Turkish team for the magnificent welcome, magic workshops on ebru painting, ravishing fashion show and choir performance, awesome company by the table, terrific trips around Izmir and Ephesus with a fantastic guide and the whole time spent with us together…
… yes, we will definitely miss Turkey!

The Polish team


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