Welcome Maribor!!!

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BUT! before welcome we need get up really earlier than everyday...

5:45 leaving was for most of us like in the middle of the night...

But we managed this and have grate interesting day at all :)

with interesting lectures about volunteering and European Capital of Culture project (ICOC)

than sightseeing...

walk near the Drawa river...

...and searching street art in Maribor for exemple:

xD

 scary outdoor exhibition...

hmm... like in clasic germany garden?!? ;P

And after sightseeing we've got tasty local lunch and a lot of work with questionnaires about Maribor as a European Capital of Culture 2012

 

 In the end of our all thay long trip we made nice "Fotopączko" :D

And one polish sentence in the end:

"Jeśli Ci się dobrze wiedzie

jadasz pączki przy obiedzie"

try to say it and good luck! :D

The last beautiful day of July ...

The day started (surprisingly !) at 10 a.m so we had one additional hour for sleeping :) We had a chance to participate in the lectures related with volunteering work in one of a polish school. The project took place in Siepraw ( a small village in Lesser Poland) where kids got involved in a language programme. They learned english in a very innovative way which was a big for them because of skills development.


After lunch, we took a rest a little bit and then at 3 p.m we started preparing our final presentation for Friday :)

The day finished with a refreshing sunbath nearby our restaurant so.... it was so good to jump into the water after hot day and relax!

See you at 5.45 a.m in the front of our hostel,
BR,
Polish team - Karolina, Sabina, Marta & Aleksandra

So much work to do...

After great and all free day (Sunday) when we explore Slovenia and Croatia a little bit and relaxing on the beach swimming in the see etc etc :) the ordinary day comes... but also really nice :)

We've got a lot to do. We started from the lectures with Portugal team leader Goretti Silva. It was very interesting. She was talking about the social capital and social network and the influence of connecting between people on our own business related to tourism.

After that we've got lunch break :D

And than a lot of work again. Workshop was really intensive like everyone can see on the photos under

 We've got new ideas for tomorrow so we can't wait... :)


PS. Diner was delicious :D:D:D awesome risotto with shrimps!!! ;D

Hot day in Piran

Piran is a beautiful city. We spent all Saturday helping in the organization Anbot, we made a boat of leaflets promoting the city, singing a song with Maya the Bee in different languages. The Portuguese showed their talent. Some of us were involved in renovation of shutters in the lighthouse.

After working we had to solve some puzzles and so we got to know the city better. All volunteers received a bag with beautifully scented lavender and of course a boat with postcard. 

On the  market we could buy antiques and other souvenirs.  

 

Walking around the city was difficult because not everywhere was the shadow and the sun shone strongly. But we found a way to cool off ... 

In the evening it was time to relax in the Alaya Club. We had a lot of fun but now it's time for what? 
A GROUP PICTURE :)

See you tomorrow!
Sabina, Marta, Ola & Karolina

The Fonda Fish Farm - excursion nr 1 :)

The day began quite early for us so we had to be ready for the trip around 8.15 a.m. We took a public bus to Lucija where we spent a nice time, walking and admiring beautiful view to Portorose and Croatia. After " walking tour" - our >> Summer School team >> went to Fonda Fish Farm. During the boat trip, we had a great chance to hear the story about family business during while we had a sampling of Fonda seabass & wine.

 The food was veeery delicious so we regretted that we couldn't eat bigger pieces of that excellent fish ! :)  While we had an excurison , the manager of Fonda Fish Farm was talking about fish industry in Slovenia, how exactly does it look like and how to take care of fish and so on ... 

After that we decided to come back to hostel on foot cause otherwise we needed to wait for a bus. The weather was so great and all way long to Portorose, we were only thinking about swimming in the sea and sunbathing :)

At 1 p.m we jumped into the water and relaxed till late afternoon...



P.S: Finally, we got bronze so our friends really believe us that we have been in Slovenia :)




BR,
Polish team - Karolina, Sabina, Marta & Aleksandra  

More Polish people is in here!!! :D

 That day was quite different, because we've got a visitation of people from organisation "Volontariat". They gave us grate and interesting workshops!

We worked so hard till whole morning....

We had time to relax only during the lunch and we try to use it completely...

...and in the afternoon...

...work again :D:D:D but it was really fun to feel again like a teenager on art classes ;P

This is effect of our polish work :) we are real creative because we made 2 jars, not only one like we should be, so:

But after work it is necessary to swim in the sea even it is in the middle of the night ;)

 

so we are as happy as this portorož lamp

In the end we want to teach you some polish sentecne today:

W Strzebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie,

Szarpał bym jak Reksio szynkę

Twoje suty jak szerszenie.

I Strzebrzeszyn z tego słynie :)

Wednesday - Let's start with the Workshops

In the morning (and for some in the middle of the night) we learned a lot about the work of volunteers at sporting events such as Eurobasket.

Then Ed Bentham convinced us that being a volunteer is the best way to spend part of our life. Volunteering allows you to gain valuable experience and knowledge of many cultures. We also learned that all participants have the same motivations choosing Summer School in Portoroz - meeting new people from other countries, visit Slovenia and face with different cultures.


After lunch it was time for the first WS in our space groups :) Each group has to complete another task.

At dinner Mars part of the Polish group had a good laugh. Greetings to Joukje and other members of the Mars :)

Polish team
Marta, Sabina, Ola & Karolina

2nd day of the Slovenian experiance :)

The second day started with very interesting lectures about Olympic Games in London prepared by Steffan from Stenden University and Konstantin who was talking about CS and gave a presentation in a very creative & innovation way :) Aftet that, we had a chance to face with Romanian presentation which the topic was about suistainable tourism. Everyone had a possibility to get to know interesting things about issues mentioned above...after that we went to the restaurant for a lunch during which we were able to talk in our groups - Venus, Jupiter etc.

Than.. everyone was so excited to prepare tha best presentation ever because of the international evening.!!!We went throught all the particinpating countries getting to know important information about coutries and ....

Finally, after 7 p.m we reloceated our "evening" nearby seaside so we could try delicious things from all over the world - Slovenia, Romania, Poland, the Netherlands and Portugal :) It was soooo good to socialize with the others and get to know closer with a glass of wine in a hand !!!!

Hopefully, all of you had a great eveving and you have also the same experience as we !!!

See you,
Polish team -Karolina, Aleksandra, Sabina & Marta