Stories of participants

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Georgia, the country of surprises

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Training course (TC) Volunteering – as a guarantee of future leadership took place in Rustavi, Georgia, from 8th to 15th November 2014. Rustavi is a city situated on a southeast of Georgia, not far from capital of the country, Tbilisi. Thirty youngsters from all of the Europe – Slovakia, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Lithuania, Croatia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Georgia- has attended to this course rich in diversity of languages and cultures. I lived with two Turkish and two Azerbaijan guys. Awesome mates…

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Hola chicos y chicas!

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….and we ended up in the country of temperament, bullfightining and flamenco – Spain. After first discussions with participants from Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Italy and Spain, sitting on the floor of the Madrid airport, we were enthusiastic from new experiences that were waiting for us during ECOOCIO Youth Exchange. Our second home for nine days became town Mugade Sayago, the yellow grass growing from dry, cracked ground, matched the colours on the flag of the country in which we arrived.

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Fairytale from Thessaloniki

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White-blue checkered tablecloth barely peeks under the bowls with olive-basil sauce, plates with the last pieces of great smelling moussaka and dewy glasses now only reminding jars of cool water. Oblong tables set up somewhere in the cooling sand of Perei beach and 39 full bellies sitting behind them engaged in evening talks. Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Poles right next to Lithuanians, Greeks and Turks, all forgetting the discords of the past or fabricated disagreements of politics just enjoying the company and southern wine. Setting sun is replaced by cosy glow of wooden torches while trio of old man is tuning their shabby bouzoukis. Sounds like a fairy-tale? No, it is just one of many projects of the European Commission.

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Experiences from Turkey

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In May this year we had had the opportunity to participate in the 9-day exchange titled “Cultures Through Young” Eyes” in Trabzon in Turkey. We participated in a total group of35 people from seven countries,namely Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania and of course the participantsfrom Turkey.

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Funny Story of Learning in Saumur

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Full of expectations, eager to experience a fun and adventures, gain knowledge and receive advices, the Slovak team went on a jurney to Paris on 15th June. After 4hour delayed flight expedition took the plane and reached Paris short after midnight. All enthusiasm dissapeared because of french railway-strike. Kicked off the train station, almost lost in Paris and canceled train..it seemed like a nightmare, but for strong souls from under the Tatras it was just a challange.

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How was in Bulgaria?

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Training “Together towards better employability” was held from 10 to 18 October in Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. The training was attended by 35 people from all over the world (Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Denmark, Macedonia, Greece, Croatia …).

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