I don’t
want to throw around any fancy pancy words which hold no meaning to anyone but
bureaucrats so let me tell you this…
All 3 teams
(Portugal, Spain, Lithuania) found their way to their coordinator’s country,
the Czech Republic (also known as "the country of Dumplings which want to kill
you" and "the country of many a liquid treasure" – but that’s a different story).
And since the day they arrived they started to learn a lot about the Czech
culture and all the things which they should take into account once they bring
the children in.
Of course,
the meeting included intensive brainstorming sessions in the mornings – we had
to decide some important dates and competences for each team after all! I’m
glad to say no one died in the process, there were no injuries nor did anyone
faint.
After the
not so popular lunch breaks in school canteen (dumplings, anyone?) we decided to
show our partners some of the locations which will play key roles in the last
meeting which will again take place in the Czech Republic. I believe I heard
some jaws drop at the sight of Český Krumlov, the many lakes in our district,
and our mild autumn temperatures which are unheard-of for those who came to our
country right from the beach.
As many have learnt, the best way to see all the
Czech water is from a tower, which somehow resulted in a new hobby for someone (don’t want to point at anyone and unravel their identity
*cough* José *cough*). So maybe, we will hear about a famous tower climber from
Portugal one day. So don’t forget where it all started! ;-)
The days
grew shorter and shorter (or longer and longer - damn you, relativity!- at least for some of us who are used to having at
least 7 hours of sleep as opposed to those from the South who seem to have no
need of sleep at all) and our meeting had to come to an end.
Surely,
we’d
like to keep our partners here for longer because they all were awesome
and supportive but we have to pass our imaginary baton to the next team
who will meet
the first real challenge – can you entertain a bunch of pre-teens and
teens in
February and make them explore our topic, Portugal? The ball is in your
court now... (See what I did there? Tennis and running! There are
other sports apart from football!) ;-)
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