Wednesday 30 May 2018
An Erasmus+ Adventure by Erencan Ozkan from Salihli Bilsem
My Erasmus+ Adventure
My Erasmus+ adventure has begun with the excitement that I couldn’t describe on the first day I learned that I was a part of this project. Everything was so far but time passed so fast.On the first step of our project which is Turkey, we had an unique experince with my family. My Romanian friend stayed for a week with us. We made some traditional food together, drank tea in the cold winter nights, sang Turkish folk music with my mother, went to elder people of my family’s houses and listened to nice stories.We saw our similarities and differences, then we made them experience books to our memory library.
After the Turkey part of the project, I started to wait Czech Republic part that I was in.I knew that we were going to go in April and stay with a host family. While I was thinking about them I couldn’t understand how time passed and suddenly I found myself in Prague flight. Our train travel to Prerov took 3 hours and that 3 hours were the most beutiful and enjoyful travel I have ever had. While we were in the train we became closer friends with the Alaşehir group.When we get to Prerov my host friend took me with his father and his father drove home through the yellow canola fields. His mother was waiting for me at home and after she opened the door she hugged me. It was a surprise for me. At that time I felt I was with a lovely family. During the project week we attended to some workshops and presentations about how to live more healthy, we had trips to another beautiful cities. After our program sometimes we spend time with our friends and shared so much things together. Their families invited us to dinner and we listened traditional Czech music we ate our delicios meal and took pictures between beautiful apple trees. And at nights I spend time with my host family, had nice conversation. I made Turkish coffee and became a fortune teller. The fortune was saying “ You have a second family now, enjoy the time you spend with them.”
To sum up, we learned what should we do to be more healthy with our workshops, we saw different places, tasted different foods, heard different languages and we made unique friendships with nice people. I want to thank to my teachers, family, host family and everyone who has made us to live these beautiful moments.
Erencan ÖZKAN
Czech Experience by Sude Karpat
Trip
to Czech Republic
On 22nd December It was announced that I
will go to Czech Republic in April. As soon as I heard the news, I felt so
excited about this trip. First, I contacted with Teresa who stayed at our home during the first
mobility of our Erasmus project in Türkiye. I was impatient to tell the news to
Teresa. Then, I informed my parents about it.
I was going to wait for 4 months to go to Czech
Republic and time was not passing fast. Finally, the big day came. I was preparing my stuff and my hands
were shaking because of excitement. That day, my friends Gizem,Yasin, Çağan,
Süha, Erencan also prepared their bags.
On 22nd
April night, our trip started at 4am and it ended in Czech Republic at 8pm.
Actually, I do not like traveling but I was so happy when I thought that this
project will bring me new experiences. Even though it was my first time to get
on a plane and I had to stand for 3 hours in the train, I was still energetic.
When we arrived in Prerov, I was not feeling the heaviness of my bags. As soon
as I saw our friends who were waiting for us, I hugged all of them. In Prerov,
I was not feeling like a strange at all.
On 23rd
April, we distributed the informative cards which give brief information about
Atatürk and pictures of Atatürk to our friends. Our teachers also distributed
some traditional tastes such as Turkish delight and mesir macunu that represent
Turkish culture. Then, we had our lunch in a nice restaurant and people gave us
gifts in the places we visited. When our
morning and lunch schedules were done, we learned that our host families had
different plans for us. We went to 2 different cafes with our host families.
Suddenly, it started raining. Although we got wet under the rain, we did not
become sick. I thought that even getting wet under the rain was healing for me
since I was so happy in Prerov.
We had great
plans for 24th April as well. First, we went to Meopta and after
lunch, we visited Olomouc. We saw historical places in Olomouc and they were
fascinating. It was so blessed and naïve of people to respect each other in
church. After the trip, we went to play bowling with our host families. While
playing bowling, I thought if you are happy, it is not important whether you
won or lost.
On 25th
April, we visited schools and listened to some courses. Also, we played
different games together. Then, we took a bus to Svaty Hostyn. Here, we visited
basilica of Virgin Mary and had lunch. When we returned to Prerov, we went
Daniela’s home because she wanted to cook meat for us. That night, we left
Daniela’s home early and went to our host families’ home to rest.
On 26th
April, we went to see Comenius Museum and our teachers gave us free time before
dinner. That day, it was going to be last dinner together in Prerov. In this
free time, our host families took us to stores where we can buy souvenirs and
we did a city tour all together. Actually, I did not want to participate in
dinner because I did not want to end this trip so I cried a little bit during
our last dinner. We watched the last sunset in Prerov with Gizem. When I
arrived in Teresa’s home, I patted her dogs and cat even though I am a bit
afraid of her cat. I slept early that day because I was afraid I will cry more.
On 27th
April, I left Teresa’s home with my bags and I took a bus to go to Prague. I
felt that I belonged to Prague. After we did sightseeing in historical places,
we started to buy souvenirs again. We did shopping in bazaar of Prague and we
ate tredelnik. In the place where we agreed to meet to go to hotel, it was the
last time I saw our team all together. Then, as you guess, we cried again and
last night, we did not get much sleep.
It was 28th
April and we turned back to Turkey. I had many experiences in Czech Republic
but I could not mention all of them. Until now, Prerov was the most nature
friendly environment I have ever seen. I did not see any garbage on the
streets. Also, despite famousness of drinks, I did not run across drunk people.
I was surprised by the schools which place emphasis on hands-on learning and
cleaning issues as well. I felt as if I stayed at my Turkish friend’s home and
I did not feel lonely at all. I will always remember my project team and my
host family who prepares Turkish breakfasts for me in the mornings . I really
miss my friends who are from Salihli but I am glad that I can meet them again.
Elders say ‘People know each other better while they are traveling.’ I
understood the meaning of this sentence thanks to my friends from Salihli. We
already knew each other as people who live in Alaşehir but I spent just 1 week
with people from Salihli. I want to thank my friends from Salihli since they comforted
me and communicated with me well during this trip. I am glad that I went to
Czech Republic with this team.
Also, I want to
say thank you to our teachers and our families who trusted us and allowed us to
participate in this trip.
Thank you for this great experience.
SUDE KARPAT
Saturday 19 May 2018
OUR SECOND MEETING IN CZECH REPUBLIC
We had an unforgettable meeting in Prerov between 22-28 April in 2018. It was the second mobility after the first in Türkiye. All the participants were cheerful , glad and excited to see themselves again. Guest students were hosted by Czech Students. All the teachers stayed at the same hotel and had a chance to have more conversations.
Our host school, Stredni Skola Gastronomie a Sluzeb, prepared an intensive programme including many sports activities (which are related to our project).
For example, all the participants played the most favourite Czech games in the gym.They competed with each other.
In addition, All the partners had a competition about cooking the most healthy meals.
We had a cultural trip to Olomouc, which is very near to Prerov and one of the biggest and the most historical towns in Czechia.
In general, All the students and teachers were fascinated by the scenery,the fresh air,the delicious traditional meals, the greenness,the sound of peace and the birds in Prerov.
We had a really great time all together in Prerov in April.
Many thanks to Dagmar Vykoukalova and all the staff of Stredni Skola Gastronomie a Sluzeb
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