2012 COMENIUS PROJECT : VISIT TO TURKEY !
Euriell Bienvenu College Paul Langevin
01/01/2012
Sunday, January 8th On Sunday, we left Sainte-savine to go to Istanbul. The plane was at 9:50 so we had to be ready to go at 5:50 in the morning! 8 people were going to Istanbul: Mrs Bienvenu, Mrs Dugenest, Maxime Dolat, Marouan Haddar, Elisa Adeline, Mathilde Dubuisson, Héloïse Marchais, Aysu Koca. It was Maxime’s, Elisa’s and Marouan’s first time on a plane! Exciting!
Finally, we reached Istanbul where Gönül was waiting for us. We arrived at the same time as the Polish team. We all took the school bus to go to our hotel:
Monday, January 9th
Meeting with our Comenius group Turkish people were really looking forward to meeting us! We felt like stars as they were shouting when we arrived!
A delightful day shall begin with Turkish delights !
1 A delightful day shall begin with Turkish delights!
Looking around the school The Turkish school is brand new! It’s a very big school with 1,600 pupils from kindergarden to the age of 14. The school is in the district of
There was a nice exhibition of the work we did together: the ecobags, the Xmas card…but also a lot of very nice creations made by Turkish students with recycled material! Very impressive!
Show at school
Lunch at school
When Maxime eats…he can’t ask question? Or can he anyway????
Observation of the lessons – students Bilge: one of our guides! Such a nice girl!
In the Turkish school, there are also pupils from primary school, so the school is full of their nice work!
Pupils can play chess in a special room when they have free time! Thay can challenge their teachers!
A room full of souvenirs…of victories!
This nice girl sang a very beautiful song, in English!
Turkish pupils asked a lot of questions!
The very pretty English teacher: Ozlem!
The french pupils were shy, at the back!!!
The music teacher sang a nice song !
Maxime sang a song: “Dans les prisons de Nantes!�
the canteen
THE little ones!
traditional turkish art “Ebru”
Activities at school
Disco for students (at school)
Dinner at school We were served delicious Turkish food, prepared by the pupils’ mothers.
Pulling ropes, dancing, making ebru…Are you feeling tired Marouan???
Tuesday, January 10 th
Miniaturk (Miniature Park of Turkey)
Boys feeling like giants!!!!!
Some group photos in front of the miniatures of famous places in Turkey
Ready? Steady? GO!!!! They were just relaxing…before watching real Turkish landscapes!
Pierre Loti Hill ( watching the scene of Golden Horn) and Lunch
Marouan laughing…as usual!
Nice landscape, nice tea‌Happiness!
Elisa was really international! She talked to everyone during the stay! Well done!
Exhibition of Climate Change Ready to learn about climate change??? Let’s go!
Here is what talented people can do with enpty soda cans‌.Amazing !
Bosphorus Tour by ship
maidEn’s towEr
Learning Turkish tongue twisters‌.not really easy ! But really funny!
not an inuit…but mrs dugEnEst!!!!
Dinner by Bosphorus Bridge
Welcome to the restaurant
of course, there was some dancing‌.turkish people love dancing, and it was real fun to be with them!
Mathilde and Patricja, the polish girl!
Héloïse found one of the billions of stray cats of Istanbul
wednesday, January 11th
The Basilica Cistern
mEdusa’s hEad turnEd upsidE down on onE of the pillars of the basilica
Topkapi Palace
Hagia Sophia Museum
Blue Mosque
Grand Bazaar
Spice Bazaar ( Egyptian Bazaar)
thursday, January 12th
Wake up boys! It’s time to go…
They finally got up! I had to drag them out of bed and confiscate the blanket!
Galata Tower
St. Antuan Catholic Church
Free time at İstiklal Street in Taksim
Sapphire Tower Istanbul (Tallest skyscraper in Europe)
Dinner: Fresh fish!
A nice view from the bus!
Whirling Dervish Show ( Sema Show)
friday, January 13th
paper Factory in Halkali
TURKISH TEAM
Latvian Team
People from the factory and French team
Polish team
Romanian team
Visiting Mayor of The township
Visiting Educational Department
İstanbul Aquarium
Music and Dance Show
Dinner at school
Saturday, January 14th
SUleyman’s mosque
La philo de Marouan-Marouan’s
philosophy
“Ah non, les embrouilles entre filles il faut surtout pas s’en mêler. C’est comme le grand bazar, tu riques de t’y perdre et de ne pas trouver la sortie ! »
« You’d better never get involved in girls’ arguments ! It is just as the Grand Bazaar, you might well get lost and never be able to find a way out!” Les Maximes qui nous maximisent-Maxim’s
questions
« Madaaaame…J’ai une question…. »
« Miss, I have a question…. » « Mr et Mme Delalampe ont une fille, comment s’appelle-t-elle ? EUGENIE ! »
Mathilde, the finest sense of humor : « Si Maxime avait vécu pendant l’inquisition, il aurait torturer les gens en leur posant des questions. »
« If Maxime had lived at the time of the great Inquisition, he could have tortured people with his questions ! » « J’ai mangé les poissons des autres parce que je ne voulais pas qu’ils soient morts pour rien. »
« I ate the 3 fish because I couldn’t stand their being dead for nothing. » « Vous savez s’il y a des toilettes ? »
« Do you know if there are toilets around here???” Héloïse! So pretty and so shy… “Oh, no picture please!” Elisa: the most generous and easy-going! “Would you like candies???” Aysu: our shopping addict! “I’ve found a beautiful bag!!!!” (Yes, another one!!!!!)