2012
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ELIN, FANNY, EBBA AND VIVIAN
The third commenius rotation took place in Ogre, in Latvia. This time student Elin, Fanny, Ebba and Vivian were accompanied by teachers Rose-Marie and Ulrika. This time we had a whole week of activities to look forward to. Other than being welcomed at Ogre technical school with singing and dancing we also got to experience some Latvian cuisine. The students worked in different workshops and a lot of fun while doing so. They really got to know eachother. The final result was revealed the last day. Meeting We were pleased that we finally worked so well as a team and during this conference we felt that our work really moved forward. And we made a lot of new
friends. A special thanks to Marifé for all your hard work preparing for our meeting. Excursions: Cinevilla We went by bus into the latvian countryside where we hands on experienced latvian moviemaking. We also got to see a Latvian movie called ”Dream team 1935” where they used a lot of the locations
We were fortunate enough to be able to spend a few hours in Riga, the beautiful capital. We got to see the city by bus as well as on foot. We had a well-spoken guide who told us a lot about the city. We also got to spend a few hours in Riga on our own.
Our impressions: We had a wonderful time in Latvia, and were very well taken care of by our Latvian Rundale Palace hosts. We learned a lot about We also got to see a beautiful Lativan culture and our palace where the dutch and students found new friends. dutchess off Kurland had their We want to thank our hosts, summer residence. The hostsfamilies and a special students as well as the thanks to the Latvian students teachers were very impressed who welcomed our girls in with the rich decorations and such a delightful way. A big the beautiful surroundings. A thank you to Dace and her lovely lunch was also served time for helping us and taking at the palace. care of us in every possible Riga way.
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