We had an Otepää trip. It was very nice, we were driven by the bus to the city. Cyprus was late, as usual. =) In Otepää we had different tasks to fulfill. We had to find out some information about Otepää, its inhabitants and events and also we had to share some information about Youth in Action and our Seminar. For example we had to find out names of famous people from there, some events like Cross Country Championship. Most of the information we found out at the information center, where all groups met, but then we were spreading around for tasks like to make a crazy photo or to find the youth club of Otepää. Unfortunately it was closed. So in the end we found ourselves climbing on a tree, watching motorbike sessions, eating typical Estonian ice cream, drinking typical Estonian beer, learning about the history of Estonia. We saw the church of Otepää and a really big swing. We also got in contact with local youngsters, when we were asking them for their email - addresses to send them information about projects with youth. Generally we finished our tasks very fast and we had time to explore the city ourselves.
We got back to Vidrike at 17.30, were compared our results and how we felt with our teamwork. We were introducing our learning buddies. This means, that everybody has one person, with whom he is speaking each day about what the two of them learned and what problems they faced. The first point, a lot of people talked about, was their English. A lot of us want to improve their English and we want to learn about Youth in Action program and how to develop good ideas for projects.We want to get to know to the process of developing a good project from preparation until follow-up and how to make the best out of it. So at this day, we shared with our learning buddies, what we want to learn and the first experiences we made.
After this we were introduced to our feedback groups. Every group has one facilitator who leads the feed back about each day concerning daily program, group etc.
After this we were introduced to our feedback groups. Every group has one facilitator who leads the feed back about each day concerning daily program, group etc.
In the evening we got to know more about each others countries. Everyone had brought some sweets, drinks and other stuff whit them, so we could get to know more about Europe and more about each others countries.
We had some funny and interesting videos about Romania and Slovakia, saw an traditional costume from Romania, an interesting presentation about Portugal, we learned a traditional dance from Cyprus and in the end of the evening we watched together the Eurovision Song Contest.
In the evening and the early morning we had an amazing view at the lake, which is in front of our accomodation.
We are all really amazed by the first day, our accomodation, the food and especially about the amount of mosquitos. =)
We had some funny and interesting videos about Romania and Slovakia, saw an traditional costume from Romania, an interesting presentation about Portugal, we learned a traditional dance from Cyprus and in the end of the evening we watched together the Eurovision Song Contest.
In the evening and the early morning we had an amazing view at the lake, which is in front of our accomodation.
We are all really amazed by the first day, our accomodation, the food and especially about the amount of mosquitos. =)
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