The last day 29.05

...The night was very long. We took a lot of pictures and shared our contacts because Germans left at 6.30 o'clock in this morning. So, we spent our night for being together. Now, the Germans have left and we are sitting here and just talking. I think we are going to leave the hostel soon because the others have to go to the airport, too. And thats it. It is going to be very sad day and actually, I don't want to leave:( Nobody wants.

Seventh day 28.05

We started our day with interviewing different young people in the streets. Every group had their own questions and the topic was "Water"(how they save water, water problems, life without water.) After we had to make a conclusion. We got very many different answers and it was funny to hear that some people think that they need only 5-15 litres water per day. Actually the average amount of water per day is 70-90 litres. After interviews we went to the Kalev Spa. It was funny and we were happy that we could be together and had a good time. The dinner was at 7 o'clock p.m. After that we gathered in our biggest room and did summaries about the interviews. They were quite similar to each other. Ofcourse we had to take pictures too and the topic of that day was "Saying goodbye." So, you can imagine which kind of photos we had :( The top event of the day came after choosing the best picture. We had a big cake with our group picture(which we had taken some days ago) on it. It was the saddest moment and some of us were crying. It would be hard to say goodbye tomorrow. That night was the longest...

Sixth day 27.05.2010

We started our day with delicious breakfast like always:) Then we looked throw the questions what we are going to ask from people on the seventh day. German teacher is quite harsh and criticised a lot :) After that we were divided into two groups - first group went to the Lennusadam and the other to the water cleaning station Tallinna Vesi. We were there about an hour and then we changed our groups locations. In Lennusadam we looked closer the icebreaker Suur Tõll and a submarine Lembitu. Boys liked this very much:) Also, during the day we had to make pictures on subject "Water and technique". So on every step we could see somebody picturing water and technique;) In the evening again teachers choosed the best pictures and every country had to perform with a sketch:) I even can´t say, which one was the best because they were all so different but with really clever solutions. At the end there were again some games but this time they were more funny games. It was interesting to watch people playing them but it was also interesting to do it by myself:) And again everybody felt that the night is coming to soon and time to go to bed is too early... :) Let´s see what another day brings to us...

Fifth day 26.05.2010

Fifth day was our most productive day. In the morning we started discussing questions to politician - Andres Tarand. These questions we had thought out the day before. So, from every group the teachers choosed two best questions which we can or should ask. After discussion we started to walk into European Union House in Tallinn Rävala 4. At first there was a quiz about everything in European Union from how many members there will be after Lisbon Contract and how many women from Estonia is in European Parliament. The best ones got also some prices for that. And finally came a politician who takes part in European Parliaments work - Andres Tarand. He made a little lecture for us and after that we asked those questions which we had choose out. It was very interesting to listen to him. We left from the house about 3 o`clock p.m. and went to a park next to tower Kiek In De Kök. There we had some parlour games. After having dinner every group showed their best photos of the day. Fifth day subject was "Details" and teachers chosed the winners. All the evening we spent to a game called "Abigail". I liked this game very much because it showed how different are people and that everyone has different outlook on life. It was interesting evening and we wanted to communicate with others more but there were not allowed to be awake more than 11 o`clock p.m. So we were a little bit sad about it...

Fourth day 25.05

In every morning it is more harder and harder to wake up because the evening is the most interesting time of the day:) Today our day started with delicious breakfast. Then we rode with a tram to Kadriorg. We walked there for a long time and just enjoyed the beauty of nature and took pictures:) Every nation did there their group pictures there. Then we went to Russalka and to Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (lauluväljak). There we sang a song which we discovered is the same in every country. So we sang it all together as a canon and Beate - German teacher - was a choirmaster. It was really cool when everybody sang on their own language but with same melody. Finally we rode back and then came almost the most important event of the day - lunch:) Well, at least all the foreigners thought so. And of course, how could I forget that we were all in the morning very happy because the sun was shining;) But, after the lunch we had a guest, who showed us a video about water problems in India which were mainly connected with building new factories in there. These factories are spoiling all clean water and using it too much so that native people almost have miss out on clean water. Then we were divided into groups again and we thought some questins to a Coca-Cola`s company representative who talked to us a bit later. She answered to our questions and broke the myths about how Coca-Cola is breaking into pieces our teeth. When she had left we continued our work in groups and thought some questions to Andres Tarand - a politician we`re going to meet tomorrow. Also we had to make some pictures again in subject: "Group in action". In the evening teachers again showed their skills and choosed the best ones. And of course, the funniest thing of our day:) We learned every nations national songs which were connected with water and believe, it´s not easy at all to sing in different language;) But, we coped with that;) So, we`re already waiting for our fifth day!!!

Third day 24.05

Actually, I do not know where to start. Maybe I should say that for me it is very hard to start the day and wake up. But after breakfast it is usually better and today the breakfast was very good. The communication between different countries are getting more and more better. During the day Spanish learned quite lot Estonian and vice versa. We know the elementary things and some funny things, too. Like how to say in Spanish:"I like your eyes." It is:"Me gustan tus ojos."

Jaanus Järva, an estonian phothographer, visited us after breakfast and talked about how to take a good picture, which is the good light to use and so on. In my opinion it was very nice presentation and I got some good tips to follow. After that we had to go outside and take some photos of water. It was easy and hard in the same time because it was raining and quite cold but raindrops were everywhere and it was not hard to find water:) Every group had to find their best pictures of the water and teachers selected the winner. They also chose the best picture of city tour which happened yesterday. But all the groups were very good at phothographing.

I think the main topic of this day was "photos and taking pictures." All students enjoyed it and we are looking forward to doing the next things.

Second day 23.05

Second day... It was hard to start our day, because last night was very long. Everybody wanted to talk and talk and talk..:) At 8:30 a.m. we went to have breakfast. We had some porridge for breakfast , but everyone didn´t like this, because it´s only Estonians national food, so everybody were not used to eat such thing:) Then we were divided into groups- one from every country is in a group-one Estonian, Spanish, German, Polish, French. We got maps and tasks and went to city tour. It was the best integration at all, because everybody had to speak to each other, think together and share their ideas with others. We had 4 hours to do that and after doing that the only thing we could dream about was kohuke:D The most funny task for us was singing the national anthem:) Some groups made this task together to make it easier:) We also had to produce some scenes in front of the different famous buildings. It was cool task:) So after a little resting we started presentation which subject was "Sea as a waterway". Every country introduced their waterways and other things connected with that like watersport, turism, shipping... Then we were given some bags to write our and our friends name on these. After some free time we had a walk to dinner place. It was really tasty food:) Finally, in the end of the evening every nation read some poems by theme "Water". We also played pantomime. This was a really funny game;) And of course evening is the most important time for just communicating which means that we should sleep about 23:00 but at 00:00 everybody were still sitting together and learning each others languages;) I think it`s going to be a difficult to wake on a right time tomorrow...:)

First day 22.05

Finally the day arrived and we went to the airport to greet our new friends. We were very excited and did not know how to act. One of our teachers stayed at the hostel to wait the guests. The first ones were Spain and Poland people. When Spain teacher saw Pille-Riin(Estonian girl, who take part in that project last year)she recognize her immediately. Then we had to wait German people. It was really fun to wait and guess how they would look like :) The last ones were Frenches. After we went to Vabaduse väljak where was held some kind of international day. Different cultures were mixed up to introduce their traditions and organisations. I have to say that the weather was great and sunny but it was understandable that all the guests were tired and wanted something to eat and rest. So, we started making our national foods :D In the kitchen were a big mess. Estonians offered egg and butter mixture which we like to eat with fresh potatoes or black bread. Also we had estonian children favourite breakfast - KOHUKE and we ate them the next day, too. One Poland teacher said that our egg and butter with bread was the best thing she found in the tables. All the things were interesting but it is logical that everyone don`t like the same things:)In the evening all the real communication started. We spend our time in each others room just chatting. It last quite long time in the night...:)

So this is our first day. Our journey is going to start now:) We - Silja, Pille-Riin, Helena, Katrin, Margit and Eleri - came one day earlier, to set things up and look everything over. We arrived to Tallinn about 14:30 and then came to the hostel. At first we got only one room, so here`s 6 people in here right now. Also, we did a little shopping for our national foods evening. And what do you think, do we have right amounts everything?:D No, we haven`t, some things are more than we need, and some are a bit less, but... It doesn´t matter a lot;) And our room for group work isn´t very big too, but it makes more fun for us:)We can sit on a windowsill if it is necessary. Tomorrow is the big day, where everybody are going to arrive, looking for that... So, until tomorrow;)

Ja selline näeb välja Euroopa Noorte logo. Meie projekti rahastaja, ilma kelleta ei tuleks meile mais külla prantslased, sakslased, hispaanlased ja poolakad :)

Valmis sain :D

Tegelikult on asi valmidusest kaugel, alles algab. Siia hakkab kogunema kõik meie projektiga seonduv, kuid kõige tihedamaks kirjutamiseks läheb kohe kindlasti 22-28. mai öösiti, kui pea on igasuguseid uusi ja huvitavaid mõtteid täis ja kuhugi on vaja kõik tegevused jäädvustada. Üritan seda blogiasjandust veel täiendada, aga ma ei ole seda kunagi enne teinud. Ma mõtlen, et ma ei ole kunagi ühtegi blogi pidanud. Seega ärge pahandage, kui kõik ei tule kohe superhästi välja :)