Welcome to The Netherlands!
A long awaited day came… On 13 March 4 students (Bartek Kopec, Aneta Biernot, Karolina Wegrzyn and Klaudia Wegrzyn) and three teachers of our school (including the school headmaster) left for the Netherlands to participate in another Comenius project meeting. The meeting was attended by teachers and students from all the project countries – The Netherlands (the hosts), Germany, Portugal, Spain, Norway and Poland. We knew (more or less) what the plans for the week were (thanks to Zina's film, which you can see here) but there were some very nice surprises awaiting us. That was a brilliant week and we enjoyed it very much. Our Dutch friends did a great job!
During the days spent in Tilburg and Amsterdam, we had the chance to take part in a guided tour of the school (St. Odulphuslyceum), teach our project friends some Polish and a typical Polish dance – the polonaise. We also learned foreign languages, went sightseeing around Tilburg, visited Van Gogh’s drawing room, participated in a Sports Day, rode wonderful Dutch bikes, went to the dunes and to Efteling – a theme park in Tilburg and we also tested our cooking skills preparing our traditional dish – potato pancakes – for the international food evening. The last two days we spent in Amsterdam. There we went on a boat trip, visited the famous Rijksmuseum and looked around the city. Of course we also bought some souvenirs, among them absolutely delicious stroopwafles and tulip bulbs, which we bought at the breathtaking flower market.
Thousands of photos have been taken. Here there are just a few of them...
(OK, maybe more than just a few):
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| This is where we lived :-) |
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| Another view of "our" place in The Netherlands |
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| Present for the school from the Polish team - doll in a traditional dress from the region of the Tatras |
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| Warm welcome by Marieke, then we watched a brilliant film by Zina |
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| Time to start presentations - the German team |
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| The Polish team teaching their friends the Polonaise - a traditional Polish dance |
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| Even Jehennes decided to learn some basic steps of the Polish dance ;-) |
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| Comenius Club from Norway and their presentation |
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| The Portuguese team prepared a quiz |
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| So did the Spanish Comenius Club ;-) |
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| Guided tour of the school |
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| Bikes everywhere - "bike park" by the school |
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| The VAGAB team in front of the school |
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| Polish Comenius Club |
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| Polish Comenius Club - less serious version (with a ladybird ;-)) |
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| Wonderful Dutch bikes which we rode for a couple of days |
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| Jehannes giving instructions for the cycling competition: "Speed does not matter, elegance does." |
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| Sports day - volleyball |
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| Sports Day - football: Bartek vs Karolina |
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| Traditional Dutch games - the cake was delicious! |
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| Traditional Dutch games - the prize was very tasty |
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| Time to relax after sports |
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| Group photo at the dunes |
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| Having fun at the dunes |
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| Bike trip |
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| Getting ready for international food evening - peeling potatoes... |
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| ... grating potatoes... |
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| Karolina and her problem - onions! |
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| More preparations |
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| First potato pancake... |
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| Tastes great! |
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| Polish potato pancakes and mushroom sauce - one of MANY trays ;-) |
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| Waiting for the potato pancakes (and that was just the beginning of the queue ;-)) |
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| VAGAB team at Efteling |
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| Who said that you can only ride rollercoasters? |
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| Up, up, up! And then... |
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| ... you can enjoy the view of the amusement park |
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| The Python |
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| Dominika says that was our boat ;-) |
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| Happy to have survived "The Flying Dutchman" rollercoaster |
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| Souvenir photo from The Flying Dutchman |
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| Souvenir photo from The Python |
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| Us and our bikes ;-) |
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| Guided tour of Tilburg included tasting some traditional Dutch food - herring |
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| Aneta did not like the herring she had to eat, but she was very brave |
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| Do you think Karolina liked the herring? |
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| At stroopwafels stand - the smell, the taste - divine! |
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| Enjoying freshly made stroofwafels |
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| Our Dutch guides and Bartek |
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| At Van Gogh's drawing room |
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| Modern drawing room - who said you need a brush or a pencil? |
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| Evening with performances - singing a Polish song |
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| International dance - "Nossa, nossa..." |
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| Unforgettable view from Amsterdam - is it a bus or a boat?!?!?! |
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| For most of us - symbol of The Netherlands |
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| Walking along canals in Amsterdam |
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| I AMsterdam |
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| I AMsterdam - close-up |
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| Rijksmuseum |
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| Art lesson at Rijksmuseum |
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| Bikes, canals... |
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| ...cheese. Are we in The Netherlands? |
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| At a cheese shop |
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| Eye-catching bike |
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| At the Flower Market |
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| Tulips... Countless and colourful |
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| At the Flower Market (no idea what the flower is called, but I liked it very much ;-)) |
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| Impressive tulips |
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| Last view of Amsterdam |
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| Time to go home... |
I love all the photos they are brilliant, I have seen the video too and that is great (with some great music). Well done and thanks for posting all of this.
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