Viribus Unitis
http://viribusunitis.org/
6th -9th November 2012
Written by the students of
VIII PALO Kraków, Poland
IB2 class student: Maciek
Bielski :
Preparations for our meeting
in Yalova within the Comenius project started in mid-October, just after we
made our team consisting of
me and my three classmates: Gabriela, Karolina and Weronika. We have started
from gathering useful data
that would help us with preparing the presentation on the project’s main theme
– water. Each of us was
allotted the questions that we were supposed to answer the presentation. We
were
also asked to prepare a
questionnaire that we published on the Internet in order to get as many answers
as
we could. In the mean time we
managed to make a plan of our preceding visit in Istanbul and organize things
such as hostel etc. Then,
after collecting all needed data, we made the presentation that we were about
to
show in Turkey.
Istanbul welcomed us with
warm weather and great atmosphere. Three days we spent there were great part
of our whole trip, as we
could not only see but also experience life there. We were sightseeing the
oldest
part of the city with all the
monuments and mosques, which will certainly be remembered for a long time.
Then we went to Yalova for
the project itself. Our host-families greeted us with great hospitality, it is
perceived as really
enlightening experience. We managed to make new friends and we are looking out
for
other meetings.
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IB2 class student - Weronika
Kiebzak:
Our trip to Turkey was
undoubtedly an interesting experience. We started our preparations long before
the
actual depart by gathering
information on conditions of water in Cracow and preparing a presentation. We
carried out a penetrating
research that deepened our knowledge on this subject. In Turkey, we were able
to
watch the presentations of
other countries. During our stay in Yalova we found various ways to
communicate with our host
families and other participants of the Comenius. Luckily, we were able to make
new friendships. We were also
astonished by the great hospitability of Turkish people. We were treated as
members of our host families
and our correspondents saw us off with tears.
During our stay we spent 3
days in Istanbul and a few days in Yalova. We were able to observe cultural
differences between Polish
and Turkish people and even between citizens of those two cities. Moreover, we
were very pleased with the
atmosphere of Istanbul, which was rather surprising, as we had heard that this
is
a dangerous city. Still, it
must be admitted that Istanbul has a specific atmosphere that can’t be compared
to
any other European city. Is
it surprising how many differences there are between Istanbul and Yalova
although they are so close.
All in all, our trip to
Turkey was very inspiring. We have many new experiences, we managed to work
collaboratively with others on
WATER, we developed our organizational skills and increased our awareness
of the cultural diversity
across the world.
IB2 class student - Karolina
Sioda:
On 10th November me and three
other students from my class had a chance to go to Turkey for a six day
trip. Three days of our
journey we spent in Istanbul living just by the Blue Mosque. We saw a lot of
amazing
places and monuments and
mosques including Hagia Sophia and Marmara Sea coast. After three days of
fruitful sightseeing mostly
around Sultanahmet district, we went with students from Partner countries to a
small city called Yalova. It
is on the opposite side of Marmara sea and it is a small village. We went there
for
the Comenius project, which
aim is to unite people from all Europe, exchange each participant country's
culture and to discuss a
important ecological issue. In our project, during the first meeting we were
talking
about water and it's
resources. Each group talked about their water reservoirs, drinking water and
sewage
systems. We also had a chance
to see water treatment plant and Yalova's water source.
The whole trip was a great
experience and opportunity to try Turkish cuisine (kebab is much better in
Poland, but Turkish tea is
just amazing!), know their religion and customs better. Also knowing people
from
Slovenia, Latvia or Finland
and other partner schools was really nice and we had a great time there. We are
all looking forward for next
meeting hopefully in Slovenia!
Organized by PACK school project coordinator AK-K
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