Discovering Europe

Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T23:08:00.000+02:00

Domra 1

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Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T23:00:00.000+02:00

Balalaika1

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Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T22:55:00.000+02:00

Horn

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Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T22:54:00.000+02:00

Pipe

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Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T22:51:00.000+02:00

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Music project - Russia

2010-08-07T22:50:00.000+02:00

Bayan

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Music project - the Netherlands

2010-08-07T22:39:00.001+02:00

Dutch instruments

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Music project - Poland

2010-07-07T23:41:00.000+02:00

Małgorzata Pożarowska

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Music project - Poland

2010-07-07T23:34:00.000+02:00

Sylwia Pasternak

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Music project - Poland

2010-07-07T23:31:00.002+02:00

Wiacek

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Music project - Poland

2010-07-07T23:25:00.001+02:00

Mateusz Flipczuk

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Monuments in Germany

2010-07-07T23:15:00.003+02:00

Monuments in Germany

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Traditional instruments from the Harz region/ Germany

2010-06-16T16:15:00.004+02:00

Whip crackers

It is not a music instrument, but people use it to make music. We talk about whips.
If there is a big event in our region, especially in villages around our town men make this kind of music.
People have to practise to make the sounds and they must have a musical hearing.
They wear traditional clothes as you can see in the pictures.

Making a traditional instrument

2010-06-04T12:29:00.003+02:00

Making tarrañolas

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Concert of traditional Galician music

2010-05-05T17:42:00.004+02:00

CONCERT OF GALICIAN TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS
AT OUR SCHOOL

The project started last year with a talk and an exhibition of a traditional Galician instrument: the “zanfoña”.
This year the students worked on the different kinds of instruments and did 4 presentations adding videos with the sounds of these instruments that you can see and hear in this blog.
The students have also been making some traditional instruments made of wood. Very soon you will be able to see in this blog drawings of traditional instruments done by the students.
Last but not least at the end of April there was a concert of traditional music at the school, where the students could participate singing, clapping and even trying to play the instruments. You can see the photos and videos of this event in this article.

Visit to the Netherlands by Spanish students

2010-05-05T17:10:00.005+02:00

VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS BY THE SPANISH STUDENTS
6 – 12 APRIL 2010

My impression about the exchange with Holland is undoubtedly very good.
First, I think that it was a very good idea to chat with the Dutch people and choose our partner and avoid having to live with a person that we don't like.
The teachers and the students had an excursion each day, in Holland and in Spain, and after showing us the most beautiful sights of each city they left us alone one hour or two to do what we wanted, something I think it's great. It would be boring if we had to stay always with the teachers.
I loved the idea to visit another country, Belgium.
The Dutch high school is beautiful and the teachers very nice, and also the restaurant where we ate the last day is fantastic.
And last but not least, Holland is wonderful, we had a lot of luck because we didn't see the rain, we had always sunny days.
I will never forget this exchange.

Raquel Crespo

Well,I think this exchange was a really interesting trip because I met really different peolpe ,and now I love holland ,it is a really different country from Spain: the customs,the houses, the different way of life… While we go by car in Spain, they go by bike.
The group of Spanish people were really united and we took care of each other.
It was a really good experience and I look forward to repeating it.

Tania

Hello!!
This exchange was very special for me because it was the first I did.
The visits in Holland were beautiful but for my taste there were a lot of museums about paintings.
One of the things I liked most was the silence that there was at night because there were no cars, and I think it's really fun to ride a bike with Laura and our partners, we were almost always together with the bike when we went out at night .At first it was very difficult to control the bike but then we moved all the way laughing and talking.
Joost's familyy was very pleasent and nice.
In this exchange I met a lot of new friends, very good friends, i think that when you spend a lot of time with them they become part of you.
In the future if I can, I´ll repeat it again and come back to Holland!!

Lara

Galician food festivals

2010-04-28T18:27:00.001+02:00

Galician gastronomic festivals

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zanfoña music (hurdy gurdy)

2010-04-21T18:05:00.003+02:00

women playing tambourines (Membranophones)

2010-04-21T18:02:00.002+02:00

bagpipe music (aerophones)

2010-04-21T17:52:00.002+02:00

Zanfoña (hurdy gurdy)

2010-04-21T17:44:00.000+02:00

Zanfona

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Membranophones

2010-04-21T17:42:00.000+02:00

Membranofonos

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Idiophones

2010-04-21T17:37:00.000+02:00

Idiofonos

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Woodwinds

2010-04-19T14:03:00.002+02:00

Woodwinds

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zanfoña exhibition

2010-04-19T11:45:00.002+02:00

A traditional instrument (zanfona) exhibition

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German students in the Netherlands

2010-04-14T21:00:00.005+02:00

Our trip to Vlarrdingen from 15 -19 March 2010

On Monday we ( Sophie, Veronika, Vivien, Kassandra and Mrs Uhlemann and Mrs Schaper) arrived in Holland.

On Tuesday we were in Delft and in the museum Prinsenhof. Then we went to the Old and New Church.
Eveline, Sharon, Lauraand Kassandra were on the high tower of the New church. After that we visted Madurodam.
We were in a mininaturemuseum. There were buildings from Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Delft and many more. It was a long day and we went back to our guestparents.

On Wednesday we visted the `Het Vos College` that is the school from Emmie,Sharon,Eveline and Laura.
The school is very modern with a reception, laptops and smartboards. After that we took the bus andwent to the old mill from Vlaardingen. We learned a lot how the miller made flour. Then we went to a portmuseum, there were old things from fishermen. After that we had made our programm and we had freetime. We went shopping and drove to the North Sea.

On Thursday we drove to Rotterdam. It is a big city - a little bit like New York.We went to the port from Rotterdam and drove around the port with a Spidoship. Then we went to the Euromast, it is a high tower about 100 meters.
It was very funny, but we went also to a museum about the history of Rotterdam. It was very intresting.
After we visted Rotterdam we drove to our guestfamilies.
At 7 o´clock p.m. , all the teachers and students were in a restaurant. We talked and ate a lot.

On Friday we had to say Goodbye and we went home.

Kassandra Szymanski

German students in Finnland

2010-04-14T20:30:00.007+02:00

Our trip to Finland/Suomi started on 1st March 2010.
On the first day we flew at 12.25 from Berlin/Tegel to Helsinki/Vantaa with Airberlin. We arrived in Helsinki one hour later. Then our exchange families took us from Vantaa airport. Next we drove to our homes in Helsinki with our exchange families. The whole day we were at home and watched TV or ate something.Then it was late and we went to bed at ten o'clock.

On the second day we get up at eight o'clock, ate something and then we walked to the Jakomäki School.The school started at half past nine. The teachers in the school showed us the whole school and every room. For examble the music room, the home economics room and the computer room.

After the school visit, we went by bus to the city and went shoping. Later in the evening we were at home and ate something like pizza and then we went to bed.

On the third day we were in the school, too for breakfast and lunch because we cooked together. Later we did a bus tour around Helsinki. It was very exciting. We saw buildings like the Lutheran Cathedral or the city hall.
Then we drove at home, ate something and later we went by bus again in the city and went shopping. Later in the evening we came home and went to bed.
On the fourth day we were in the school and later we walked to the candy factory "Fazer". There we could eat chocolate as much as we liked. We did it!!! The chokolate and the candy were very delicious. We liked it. After it we were in the city and bought postcards and other things.

On the last day, the fifth day we said Good bye to our exchange families and the other people and flew back to Germany at 13.25. We arrived happily about on hour later in Berlin/Tegel.

Sylvia Gruhn

CRISS-CROSS . Here I feel well

2010-04-05T19:42:00.004+02:00

The place that makes me feel well is the book shop which is near my house. It's not very big but every shelf is full of books. The room is divided into three parts. When you enter the shop if you turn to the left there are the historical and psychological books but if you go straight on you will see the fantastic and adventurous books for younger people and also in the back of the shop there's the area for children with lots of childish books.
I prefer staying in the teens’ area. I usually spend hours reading all the backs of the books whose tittle sounds interesting and then I try to decide which one I'm going to buy. This is always the hardest part cause I found all the books interesting but I just can buy one. Nowadays books are so expensive!

My biggest wish
I have got lots of wishes but I think the most important for me now is to pass all subjects this year.

My worries
Well, I don't have many worries but maybe one of them could be what I'm going to do in the future, although it doesn't affect me in my daily life.

Happiness for me
Happiness for me is staying with my friends in another country far away from school and home, learning new things and meeting new people without timetables.

My future
I have no idea about what is going to happen to me in the future but I expect to live in another country and have an interesting job.

By SARA COSTAS (1º Bac B) SAN TOMÉ DE FREIXEIRO. Vigo , Spain.

Criss-Cross. Here I feel well

2010-03-23T13:56:00.003+01:00

Here I feel well

Sometimes, daily life is too stressing, so I go to Castrelos Park to calm down. There thinking is so easy that it simply flows... I'd like to get a good job as a vet and live in a detached house with my family, so I need to get good marks, which worries me a lot. Exams are really stressing, but I always go there for a walk with my dog, which helps me relax when I have to study, that's the reason why I get good marks :P

My life, my problems... everything looks different when nature is around you and no one can disturb the echo of your mind, that echo that you can't hear in the city, among people, pollution, noise... There you can only hear the sound and smell of wildlife.

I like being able to go to Castrelos Park whenever I want, it's near my home. It's a nice park where you can spend your time: it has got a trekking track, shadowy corners, an amphitheater for summer performances, a pond with ducks, a mannor house which is a museum with an amazing garden...

In my opinion, it's the best place to go in the summer in the whole world.

Beatriz Padrón 1º Bac. C "IES SAN TOME DE FREIXEIRO" Vigo , Spain.

REGIONAL DISHES: ORELLAS BY SPANISH STUDENTS

2010-02-28T22:09:00.015+01:00

The "Orellas" is a typical dessert of Galicia.

In Carnival we dress-up, we eat pork meat and "orellas".

INGREDIENTS:

400 g flour, 2 eggs, 100 g
butter, water, salt , anisette, baking powder, olive oil, sugar.

PREPARATION:

The butter must be soft. In a bowl, mix the flour with the
baking powder, and make a hole in the middle. Add the eggs, sugar, water, anisette and butter.

Mix it slowly and, then, knead the dough on a floury table, so it becomes elastic, not sticky, and soft, adding more water or flour if necessary. Leave it for half an hour and make the “orellas”. To make “orellas”:

Take pieces of 50g of dough and extend it on a floury table and make it very fine. Then cut it in smaller pieces and fry them, in a frying pan full of very hot olive oil. Fry them on both sides. Then, put some sugar on them.

By: Abraham, Nerea, Julián, Javier y Alejandro

From classroom 3 ESO C ( IES San Tomé de Freixeiro- Vigo- Spain)

Criss Cross -Here I feel well

2010-02-25T23:06:00.001+01:00

Hi, my name is Antonio. I’m fourteen years old. I live in Vigo, Spain.
My favourite place is an amusement or theme park , like Terra Mítica in Valencia or DisneyLand in Paris because I can go with my friends, and have a good time. It’s exciting. My favourite ride is the switchback
My biggest wish would be to be world champion of triathlon. I do swimming, cycling and running
I haven’t got any worries.
Happiness for me is to stay with my family and friends.
Ten years later, I will finish my university studies.
Antonio Serrat Seoane

Hi my name is Victor , I’m fourteen years old. I live in Vigo, Spain.
My favourite place is a village near Vigo, its name is Menduiña, it’s by the sea. There I can go to the beach and to the mountain. In the beach I swim and go fishing
My biggest wish is to get good marks at school, because that’s important to get a good job.
I haven’t got any worries.
Happiness for me is to stay with my family and friends.
In ten years I don’t know what I will do.
Victor Guerra.

Criss Cross- Here I feel well

2010-02-25T23:03:00.002+01:00

Hello, my name is Marta, I’m 16 and I’m from Vigo.

My favourite place is New York. I like it because it’s a very big and beautiful city and you can find everything there. You can visit new places everyday, there are a lot of cinemas, music concerts, places to go out, shops... I’d like to live there when I am older.

But my biggest wish is not to spend my life in New York. All that I really want to do is be happy in good company. Hapiness for me doesn’t exist if you don’t share it.

My worries are to have a good job with a good income. As somebody said: “Money doesn’t mean happiness, but it makes you feel such similar sensations that it could be really difficult to distinguish it”.

In ten years I’d like to be doing what I like to do . At the moment I’m not very sure about what I’d like to do but maybe to be a journalist or a film scriptwriter, it really interests me.

REGIONAL DISHES: FILLOAS BY SPANISH STUDENTS FROM CLASS 3ºC: MANUEL,CELINA,ANDREA,CANDELA

2010-02-25T00:00:00.007+01:00

Filloas are a typical Galician dessert, which is eaten also during Carnival.

Filloas

Ingredients:

5 eggs

200 g. flour

600 ml. milk

300 g sugar

25 g butter

Elaboration:

If you want to do Filloas (a tradicional Galician food), you need a big bowl and a frying pan. You put the 5 eggs in the bowl. You whisk the eggs. Next, you add the flour and then the milk. You whisk it, and when these ingredients are mixed, you have to add the sugar and the butter, till you get a mixture without lumps.

Then you put the mixture in a glass. You should put a bit of this mixture in the frying pan with a bit of oil, and then you have to turn over the "filloa" because they must be fried on both rides. You can eat them with cream, sugar, fruit, chocolate..

Whipped cream for Filloas.

Ingredients:

250 g. cream

100 g, sugar

Elaboration:

Put the cream into a very cold bowl. Add the sugar and mix both with energy, in some minutes It will be finished.

Criss Cross Here I feel well

2010-02-23T13:32:00.003+01:00

Hello, I'm Isa, I'm 16 and I live in Vigo.

My favourite places are cities on the coast, like Vigo, Bueu...because I love the sea, especially here; in the summer, when we can sunbathe.

My biggest wish... I guess that having friends and people around that I can listen to and who can help me when I need it, and knowing that there are reliable people all over the world.

Worries? Knowing what I will became in the future, what I'm going to do, and knowing that I'm going to be in good company.

Hapiness for me is knowing that the people who I love, feel good.

In ten years...When I'm 26 I'd like to have a good job, without worrying about money, and to keep all that I have now.

ISABEL BALADO CAMPO.
1º BACH. E

CRISS CROSS Here I feel well

2010-02-23T13:24:00.006+01:00

Hi, mi name is Tania, and i am 17 years old.
My favorite place? My favorite place is a wish x) It is Toronto, Canada. Ilove Toronto! Toronto is a beautiful place in the winter it is wondesful!
My biggest wish? I can stay for a long time with my family and my friends, and can be healthy! Oh... and love, love is a very important thing in life.
My worries... at the moment are my estudies, my future depends on my studies, and a healthy life of cuorse.
Happines for me is a healthy life, love and money =). The small things make you happy!, fot now x) the day to day.
In ten years? Iwill be working in ten years of course, working in an office, as a journalist.
In ten years i will have a relationship and we ill have children x) and i will be happy with mi family =D

Regional Dishes - Germany: Harzer Knäzchen and Harzer Potato Salad

2009-12-14T11:58:00.009+01:00

„Harzer Knäzchen“ (meatballs)

Shopping list

4 onions

500 g minced meat

4 tablespoons Breadcrumbs

2 eggs

1 tablespoon mustard

salt

pepper

majoran

1 tablespoon caraway

1 tablespoon flour

2 tablespoons butter

oil

- Peel the onions; two onions into rings and two into small pieces!

- Mix up minced meat with onion pieces, egg yolk, breadcrumbs, mustard, salt, pepper,

caraway and 1 tablespoon of majoran!

- Form meat balls and press them!

- Heat the oil and roast the “ Knäzchen” on both sides!

- Roll the onionrings in flour and roast them in the butter!

- Prepare the “Knäzchen” together with the roasted onions!

“Harzer” Potato salad

Shopping list ( for 4 persons)

750 g potatos

1 teaspoon salt

250 g Rapunzellettuce ( lamb’s lettuce)

2 onions

Dressing:

3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

2 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 knife point pepper

6 tablespoons oil

- Peel the potatoes and cook them in salted water, but not to soft!

- Peel the onions and cut them into small pieces!

- Wash the lettuce and dry it !

- Cool the cooked potatoes and cut them into cubes

- Now make the dressing and mix it up with the potatoes, the onions and the lettuce!

The “Knäzchen” and the “Harzer potato salad” are well suited to each other and are very delicious.

Regional dishes - Poland. German cookies baked by Polish students - Ola and Martyna from class 2b

2009-12-01T12:02:00.002+01:00

Regional dishes: German Christmas cookies prepared by Polish students – Martyna and Ola Z., class 2b.

· 3 big whites

· 1 2/3 glasses of icing sugar

· 1 2/3 glasses of grinded almonds

· 2 spoons of flour

· 2 teaspoons of cinnamon

· 1/4 teaspoon of almond essence

· 1/8 teaspoon of salt

Heat up the oven to 150°C. Beat egg whites to a froth. Then add icing sugar, 3/4 glass of almonds, flour, cinnamon, almond essence and salt. Mix everything together. The dough should be glutinous. Roll up the dough on the rest of grinded almonds and cut out the cookies using moulds. Bake cookies for 30-40 minutes.

First of all we were going to work in a group of three with Anna Król but she was ill. So we decided to prepare the cookies without her. We had some problems with dough – it didn’t have good consistency and we couldn’t cut out cookies. Finally we managed to fix it adding more flour. The cookies were very tasty but really hard at the same time.

Aleksandra Zwijacz

Martyna Widomska

Class 2b

Regional dishes - Poland. A Spanish salad prepared by Polish students - Kinga, Agnieszka and Paulina

2009-12-01T11:50:00.003+01:00

Wombat fruit salad

1. Ingredients
{ 2 bananas
{ 1 apple
{ 1 orange
{ 6 mandarins
{ 2 kiwi fruits
{ 1 avocado
{ 1 coconut
{ bunch of red grapes
{ bunch of white grapes
{ 2 big strawberry yoghurts

2. Preparing
Wash and peel fruits. Cut them up into pieces. Throw fruits into a bowl and pour them over yoghurt. Mix the salad and garnish it with hearts made of colorful paper. Salad is ready to be eaten!

Wombat
Make two holes in coconut and put straws into them. Spear red grapes on straws as a wombat’s eyes. Additionally make a wombat’s nose from white grape. Use mandarins for making lips and hands. All fruits pin on coconut. Wombat is ready to delight everybody with its appearance!

3. Short relation
Everything was done quite fast and efficiently. We were sneaking a bit and giggling while cooking. Kinga was telling really funny stories. Agnieszka was reading (loudly of course) our horoscopes. Agnieszka’s brother started filming our culinary show but Paulina figured out what was going on and changed over the settings of camera. She didn’t want to be photographed but she took part in salad’s making.

4. Taste impressions
Our salad was delicious! Avocado and kiwi fruits gave it exotic, Spanish taste. Our families found it really tasty too. We didn’t decided to consume wombat as it was to sweet to be killed (or even eaten). Well, the real reason of wombat’s surviving was our desire for not hurting wombat's lovers' feelings :)

Regional dishes - Poland. A German cake prepared by Polish students - Olivia, Justyna and Magda from class 3g

2009-12-01T11:16:00.009+01:00

RECIPE for cake Baden - Baden

Ingredients:

The cake and the filling:
- 20 dag flour
- 10 dag of sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 spoonfull of baking powder
- 10 dag of margarine
- one pack of vanilla pudding
- 5 big apples
- cinnamon

Crumble:
- 7.5 dag of butter
- 7.5 dag of sugar
- 15 dag of flour
(If you want you can use biscuits)

Cake Baden - Baden preparation:

Cook vanilla pudding, cool (the best in bigger pot with cold water). Grate apples into dick peaces, at ones discretion add cinnamon and sugar. Knead the cake and put into the circle mould with diameter 24 cm. On the cake regularly put apples with cinnamon and spill it by ready pudding. Scatter a crumble on the cake. After put it to the oven and bake it for 35 - 40 minutes in 180 degrees centigrade or to momment when crumble change colour to gold. After take from oven put in to the frige for all night.

A few word from us:
This cake was delicious but we had many problems... When we started cooking we noticed that we haven't got a milk. We had to go to shop and buy it. Spoon was in was in the pot with pudding, eggs were flying and flour was on the floor. But we had happy end.

Regional dishes - pancakes by students from Russia and Finland

2009-11-30T19:44:00.002+01:00

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Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Regional dishes - apple pie by Luiza Pugavyova from St.Petersburg, Russia

2009-11-30T19:33:00.008+01:00

Apple pie by Luiza Pugavyova from Russia

Regional dishes - Russia (main courses)

2009-11-30T19:30:00.003+01:00

HOT RUSSIAN DISHES
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Russian hot dishes

Regional dishes - Russia by Victoria Trefilova, 9a form, St.Petersburg, Russia

2009-11-30T19:17:00.004+01:00

RUSSIAN SOUPS
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Russian Soups

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Ola Koszyk from Poland

2009-11-30T18:38:00.005+01:00

Aleksandra Koszyk, 14, Poland, Lublin

Sopot

This in beautiful place!! I have good memories...

I would like go to Paris and hot countries.

Hunger in the world. I dread plague spiders!!

I felt happy when my friends are near.

I will live in Lublin. Beautiful and big family, is my dream....

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Kasia Wierzchoń from Poland

2009-11-30T18:37:00.003+01:00

I'm Kasia Wierzchoń and I'm 14 years old. I'm from Lublin in Poland.
In the photo I'm in the mountain.
1. I like this place because this is one of the most beautiful place in country. There are a lot of fantastic views.
2. My biggest wish is travel around the world.
3. I worries abouth a lot of steal in the world.
4. Happiness for me is a kind of affectin, which people don wont to change.
5. In ten years I have a work and I be very happy.

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Alicja Niczyporuk from Poland

2009-11-30T18:31:00.003+01:00

Criss cross - here I feel well

Name: Alice
Age: 15
Country: Poland
City: Lublin
Place: home

My favourite place is my home, because this is space, where I have a rest. In home lives my parents and dog which I love.

My biggest wish is this to good won evil.

Many thing worries me. One of these things is that some people bad treat pets and animals.

In my opinion happiness is then when smile appears on our face.

Happiness is then when nothing happens bad and everything is fine - for example we are healthy.

For 10 years I will be student medicine, because I want to be a doctor.

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Mateusz Gąsiorowski from Poland

2009-11-30T18:27:00.002+01:00

Mateusz, 14, Poland, Lublin, favourite place: Spain - Lloret de Mar.

This place is special for me, because I was here only one time, but it's a magic place. There's very hot, and there's a very clean and beautiful sea. All country is so beautiful, I'm so amazed with this place.

My biggest wish is, to I will finish studies with an award, and to have a good job.

Greenhouse effect and the ozone hole worries me.

Happines is for me an emotion, feeling, when i fell good and safe.

When I will be 10 years older, I want to have family and good job.

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - byJanek Cholożyński from Poland

2009-11-30T18:24:00.001+01:00

Hi.
My name is John. I'm fourteen years old and I'm from Poland. I live in city called Lublin.
On this photo you can see me in Tatra mountains. It's the highest mountain range in Poland. It's one of my favourite place, because there are a breathtaking views. I love hiking mountains, because then I can see how nature is beautiful.
My biggest wish is travelling all over world. I would like to visit a lot of places where I could admire nature and forget about problems. One of my dream is seeing the biggest African island - Madagascar. I think, it would be interesting experience for me.
I often worry about my homework. The learning is taking a lot of my free time away.
My happiness is my family, my friends and my favourite football club - Wisła Kraków. How would I describe happiness? Happiness is positive emotion which makes me happy.
My future is riddle for me. I've never thought about what will I do in ten years. I prefer concentrate for the present time than future.

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Iga Wiśniewska from Poland

2009-11-30T18:21:00.001+01:00

Hi! My name is Iga, but call me Mysterious :) I'm 15 years old and I'm from Poland.
At the picture you can see my fortress. Here is my own world. I feel well in my bedroom, because it's so far from school, and inter alia I can meet friens here. There are books, computer, my guitar - everything I need!
My biggest wish: Hm... Playing guitar like Santana ;D
My worries: My eternal bad luck.
Happiness for me: Friends who take care on you, and are always with you.
My future: I will take a bath in milion of dolars, which was earned by my fantastic book. ;D

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Victoria Trefilova from Russia

2009-11-30T18:12:00.003+01:00

My favourite place… Unfortunetly this is the place where I`ve never been.
That place is Las-Vegas city. This is a fantastic city with its tall, shining buildings, casinos and fabulous streets. Las-Vegas is a never-sleeping city. So, it is really for my temper.
I wish to visit it once. There is a lot of places I`d like to visit someday. Las-Vegas, Tokyo, Niagara, London, Cuba… It would be too long to list all of them.
Dreams, dreams… There`s a lot of places I`d like to visit, as you see. There`s also a lot of things I`d like to do. I wish to open my own shelter for animals. I dream about it since I was 5 years old. I guess, because life of animals really worries me.
To help somebody to survive… Isn`t it happiness? For me it is. But people can`t dream only about somebody`s good destiny. We all dream about our own happiness. But if somebody dreams about new Ferrari, somebody else dreams about a plate of soup… It`s sad, isn`t it? I can definitely say, that I am a happy person. I`ve got clothes to wear, food to eat. I`ve got people I love. People, who love me. That`s enough to feel happy.
There`re a lot of people, who have got almost everything, but don`t appreciate it, and want more and more. This is not a crime. We all want to make our life better and better. We always make plans for the future. So do I. For example in future I plan to finish the school, go to college, and after open my own travel company. Well, we`ll see…

Victoria Trefilova, St. Petersburg, Russia

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Kate from Russia

2009-11-30T18:08:00.002+01:00

Hi, my name is Kate. I’m 15 years old. I’m from Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
My favorite place is Palma de Mallorca. It’s an island in Spain. I love Mallorca because of white sandy beaches, warm Mediterranean Sea and soft climate. On Mallorca I can relax and have a rest from all. Anyway for me it’s really a cool place..
My biggest wish…Certainly I have a biggest wish. I’ve got many desires: I want that my family and friends will happy and healthy, I want to study well… But as we all know the BIGGEST WISHES cannot be told, otherwise they won’t come true… :)
What worries me? Probably I have some things worrying me, but I don’t consider it is necessary to tell about all this. Just I can say that study worries me at the moment.
What will I do in ten years? Hm, I don’t know exactly the answer to this question. Currently I should study well because my future depends from it.
At last I want to argue about happiness. What’s happiness for me? How would I describe it? Of course my happiness is well-being ofvmy darling people (I mean family, friends).I’m happy that I can eat good food, drink pure water… My friends also make me happy, they help and support me. And I really need them so much. I love them. But honestly I consider that I’m a not a happy person, though it could sound strange. I definitely have reasons to consider so.
But no. I don’t want to complain of my «unhappy» life. I love my life. Maybe even too much. God gives us life only once. And I think we should live it adequately whatever we are happy or not. «There is no happy life there are only happy days».

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Louisa Pugavyeva from Russia

2009-11-30T17:56:00.002+01:00

CRISS CROSS-Here I feel well
Hi! My name is Louise! I am 16 years old. I live in Russia, in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg.
I am keen on swimming and playing the drums. I like the streets of St. Petersburg ... Each of them is like a new world.. They’re all seemingly identical, but in fact very different ...
In the future I want to open my veterinarian shelter, that would help the homeless and needy animals ... This problem worries me since my childhood ...
As for me happiness, I think that for me is enough what I have: good and faithful friends, family, pets, and it makes me happy))))
I do not know what will happen to me in 10 years, but I hope that everything will be fine and I'll do what I want ...)))
Louisa Pugavyeva from Russia

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Margaret Miroshnichenko from Russia

2009-11-30T17:45:00.003+01:00

Criss Cross – Here I fell well

My favourite place is Pushkin city, because there is wonderful architecture and beautiful nature. It`s near my native city Saint-Petersburg. There is a very beautiful Catherine`s Garden in Pushkin. A lot of people like walking there.
I want love and health to my relatives. I want money. I know, it isn`t happiness, but they have a soothing effect. Money can help to decide anything problems.
My study is worries me. There is soon the end of the trim in my school. I want to receive high marks. I don`t want to upset my farther.

Happiness for me is relatives` and friends` smile on the face. When they are happy, but happiness is a temporary state.

What will I do in ten years? I will reach new goals. I hope that I will live in a big house, have a good job. Do I want my own happy family? No. I think, it will be too early.

Margaret Miroshnichenko, 15
Russia/Saint-Petersburg

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Dasha Drobalova from Russia

2009-11-19T22:29:00.002+01:00

Hi. My name is Dasha. I'm 15 years old and I am from Russia, Saint-Petersburg.
My favorite place is my native city because it's very beautiful and in my city live people which I love.
My biggest wish. I've got many many wishes but now my education is the thing which I want to get and which worries me.
Also, my future work is worries me. I want to get interesting and prestige work in future. And it depends from my study. I should study well!
What is happiness for me? And how would I describe it? My happiness is good time-spending with my friends. When family and friends are happy it makes me happy!
I don't know precisely what will I do in 10 years. I think I have a lot of time to decide it :)

Regional dishes: a Finnish dish prepared by Polish students - Karolina, Magda S., Ola, Kasia and Patryk, class 3i

2009-11-12T08:55:00.005+01:00

Finnish Potato Salad

8 boiled potatoes
1 apple
1-2 pickled cucumbers
1 red onion
2 tbsp capers

Dressing:

200 g sour cream
2 dl mayonnaise
2-3 garlic cloves
? tsp salt
? tsp black pepper

Cut the peeled potatoes, the apple and the cucumbers into small cubes. Peel and chop the onion. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Mix the dressing ingredients together and combine with the salad. Allow to settle in a cool place before serving.

We were doing it for about 2 hours but it was wotrh it everything was tasty, we will definately use this receipe again

Karolina Jabłońska
Magdalena Siczek
Aleksandra Ostrowska
Katarzyna Kałan
Patryk Andrejas
Class III i

Regional dishes: German cookies prepared by Polish students from class IIIi: Magda L., Aga D., Asia Sz.

2009-11-11T21:40:00.006+01:00

Chocolate Cookies from Germany

Recipe:

2 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 bars German chocolate, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, grated rind 1/2 lemon, 1-1/3 cups almonds (blanched and chopped), 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder.

Beat eggs until light, add sugar, gradually, and continue the beating; then add chocolate, grated and add extant components, and remaining ingredients. Drop from tip of spoon on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.

Proceedings:
First we went to shop and bought components. Than we started doing cookies. This work was hard, but we kept smile. When mass was finished we activated a moderate oven.
When cookies was baked we tried to eat them, but we forgot that they are still hot XD We waited a couple of minutes and then tried them. They tasted delicious! Yummy! We are really good cooks! ;]

Cooks: Magda L., Aga D., Asia Sz. from III i

Regional dishes: a Russian dish prepared by Polish students from class IIIi: Alicja, Kinga, Ewelina and Kasia

2009-11-07T14:06:00.004+01:00

Russian fritters

Ingredients:
-2 glasses of flour
-glass of milk
-glass of water
-2 eggs
-salt
-pepper
-stuffing:
4 medium potatoes
25O grams white cheese
big onion cut into cubes
bacon or ham
salt
pepper
parsley
Preparation:

1.All the ingredients mix for cake pancakes and fry in oil.

2.Potatoes minced with white cheese, add chopped and fried onion with bacon, season to taste.

3.For each pancake, impose a portion of stuffing, wrap.

Enjoy your meal!

Our dish was very tasty and crispy. Kinga was most liked but for others it was spicy. It looked very delicious. This meal was laborious. We worked three hours. This dish is at the same time on autumnal day.

Alicja, Kinga, Ewelina and Kasia, class 3i

Criss Cross- Here I feel well - by Melania from Poland

2009-11-07T07:18:00.003+01:00

Hi, my name's Melanie and I'm fourteen years old. I live in Lublin, Poland.
My favorite place is Bad König, Germany. It's a small town and that's precisely why it's so special. I've always liked many things related to Germany - the language, the food, the way that Germans supposedly were. Finally, last summer, I went to my dream-country - my biggest wish has come true. All I heard about Germany from my dad was true; for example, people were so much nicer than here, in Poland (I know how it sounds, but it's true). When I was getting back home, it felt like the worst part of my holiday.
Currently, since my really big wish has come true, I have another one. I want to go to Iceland. This country fascinates me - Icelandic language and people, and how it is there.
Right now, one of my biggest worries is getting bad marks in school, because there's so much homework to do, so much subjects to study, the exams all the time and the final exams coming up - and so little time for all this. I know it's normal, but still, it's tough. I hope I can handle this.
Happiness... When I think about happiness, I can hear music. Nothing specific, it depends on what band or song I'm in love with at the moment. Music is my happiness. I'm learning how to play guitar, so I hope I'll be able to play my favorite songs. It would be another dream come true.
I think, and I hope, that in ten years I'm going to study English in Seattle, WA, USA. It's my dream-city and dream-subject (I've got lot of those dream-things). I'm not sure if I want my future work to have anything to do with English, but I want to study it so I can write a book someday (another dream-thing; either just for me or to have it published - doesn't matter). Hopefully, I'm going to have a wonderful, inspiring flancé or even a husband. Also, I'm going to be a successful woman that's leading her dream-life (or at least something close to it) and is happy about how things are.

Melania, class 2b

Regional dishes: Dutch cookies baked by Polish students from class IIi: Patrycja, Ola, Aneta and Kasia

2009-11-05T18:15:00.003+01:00

COOKIES FROM HOLLAND :

2 c. soft butter

1 c. white sugar

1 c. brown sugar

3 eggs

5 c. flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. nuts

Butter and sugars together. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Mix in sifted flour mixture and flavoring and nuts. Do a different shapes . Slice thin and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

Our cookies came out delicious and crispy.

Patrycja, Ola, Aneta and Kasia, class 2i

Summer in Poland - by Milena Ziółek

2009-10-31T19:30:00.002+01:00

My summer holidays in Poland

Finally school was over on the 19thof June. I wanted to have a great time during my summer holidays. In the beginning of July my older brother and I went to Warsaw. We visited my aunt and uncle. Everyday we went to the swimming pool “Warszawianka.” I really liked it because I love swimming. We also went kayaking with my uncle. I nearly drowned because our kayak had a hole. My uncle saved me from drowning. We did shopping in big shopping malls and my aunt bought me really nice T-shirts. My uncle and aunt have a little dog and we went for long walks and played together.
Next I went to the countryside. I visited my grandma who lives in a small village near Lublin. Everyday I milked cows and goats. I fed chickens, pigs, turkeys, cows, horses and pigeons. I drove my grandpa’s tractor. I also picked fruit, for example, strawberries, raspberries, black currents and red currents. I made dinner with my grandma. One of the roosters bit me because it was stupid and did not like children.
On the 27th of July my friends and I went to a scouts camp in Zloty Stok. We took a night train and had a nice journey. When we came to our camp the place was full of mud. We had to wear rubber boots. Next we built our tents and finally we could go to bed. My team was responsible for many tasks, for example, cooking, cleaning, sweeping, changing guard, etc.
One day the leader of my team sent us to the forest for 24 hours. She gave us a loaf of bread and a bottle of water and a blanket. My friend and I were in one team and we had to help each other. We had to survive without the mobile phone and the watch. But we hid the phone and the watch and we met with the rest of the girls and boys at the planned hour. We slept in one place together. Then we went to a small shop together and we played in the playground. After 24 hours we came back to the camp. I spent a great time there.
In sum, I had really wonderful holidays. I hope that next summer holidays will be much better. I think that I will get an American visa and visit my American friends Pam and Tim who live in Washington D. C .

Summer in Holland - photos by Robbert

2009-10-31T19:25:00.001+01:00

Summer in Holland - a poem by Jill

2009-10-31T19:22:00.003+01:00

Summerlove

Such a beautiful thing to see
The birds sitting in a tree.

Flowers blooming like never before
Still waiting for more.

The sun is shining everywhere
People singin’, dancin’ like they just don’t care.

Trying to get a tan
As much and wherever we can.

Everyone can feel the love passing every border
Ignoring every command or order.

Love is in the air
Because summer’s everywhere.

Made by Jill Lauwigi, V4t Het College Vos.

Regional dishes - Polish students (Amanda, Kasia and Magda from class IIi) prepared a Spanish dish

2009-10-31T19:01:00.002+01:00

Spanish Cake

Ingredients:

dough :
30 decagrams of round biscuits
1,5˝ cups of milk
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A cup of fried orange skin
A cup of chopped raisins and nuts
20 decagrams of butter
2 spoonfulls of flour
1 cup of milk
4 egg yolks a pinch of vanilla
Â˝ litre of fine cream icing sugar
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Preparation:

Fry the flour with half of the butter. Mix it with cold milk and add the sugar. Them cool it for a while & mix it with the rest of the butter, the yolks & vanilla. Pour somehot water onthe raisins and chop them in to fine pieces. Dip the biscuits in milk and orrange them neatly on the plate. Whem the whale plate is covered with the biscuits put some of the earlier prepared mass on them. After that, put a new layer of biscuits dipped in milk, cover it with some of the mass and keep on repeating the procedure unitil you run out of ingreadients. Finaly, put some whipped cream mixed with the icing sugar & vanilla on the top & leare it in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
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Account:

First we bouht everything we needed. Later we followed the recipe and everything was going fine, but when we had to mix the flour the kichen looked like a snow storm and we looked like snowmen ! Great fun !! However , we decided to continue. When the cake was finished we wanted to put it in the fridge, but there was no room in my fridge left. We decided to leave the cake on the balcony. After 2 hours the cake was ready. We affered some of it to everybody who was in and ate it to the last piece. Everybody said that it was excellent. (:

Amanda, Kasia and Magda from class IIi

Regional dishes - Polish students (Adrian, Mateusz, Michał, Janek from class IIb) prepared a Finnish dish

2009-10-31T18:44:00.004+01:00

"Rosolli"
A dish from Finland

2 carrots and 5 small beets boil in skins. After peeling cut in cubs. Add cut onion. Everything put into bowl, mix and add a bit salt and pepper. Next you have to do special sos which is served in the small bowl. 200-300 ml cream 18 %, a bit sugar and whipp it, add 1 little spoon of borsch to get pink colour and it's done!

We were doing salad about 30 minutes. It wasn't hard to do it. After great done job we ate it. Adrian's sister ate a lot of it. Mainly it tasted good.

Adrian, Mateusz, Michał, Janek from class IIb

German students in the Netherlands

2009-10-25T16:44:00.004+01:00

Our exchange to the Netherlands took place from 5.10. to 9.10.2009.

Angelo Cunsolo, Nadine Ritter, Sophie Werner und Jacek Hesse were the exchange pupils from Germany. Misses Schlegel and Mister Heindorf accompanied us.

Cem, Ruby, Chiara and Jill were the host pupils from the Netherlands. Moreover in the Neterlands there were pupils from Russia, Finnland, Poland and Spain. We had four very nice days there. We took part in different trips with much interest.

On Monday, we arrived at 6 pm, we were picked up by our hostfamilies and went to their houses which are very nice. In the evening we all met and talked to get to know us.

On Tuesday all the exchange pupils went to Rotterdam by bus.Ater that we went to Dordrecht by a waterbus. Dordrecht is one of the oldest towns in the Netherlands.

On Wednesday we visited the "Claudius Ciuilislaan School" in Vlaardingen and introduced our project „ Typical flowers from Germany.

After that we ate at the school canteen and we went by bike into the centre of Vlaardingen and visited many shops. Then we went swimming together.

In the evening we went to a Chinese restaurant called "Wokhouse" to eat dinner there. It tasted very well and we had a lot of fun.

On Thursday we visited Amsterdam which is a beautiful city with many shops, bridges and sights. Amsterdam has about 6,000 monuments and many houses which have their own stories.In the evening we celebrated our last day and had a lot of fun there.

Friday morning we had to be at the train station at 7.45 am and we had to say „Good Bye“. Then we went by train at 7.55 am. It was a nice and very interesting time in the Netherlands.

Angelo Cunsolo, Wernigerode

Dutch - German meeting in Wernigerode/Germany

2009-10-22T17:36:00.007+02:00

While some students of our school went to Vlaardingen/ Netherlands, we had Dutch guests in our school. four Dutch girls learning German at home visited Wernigerode from 5th to 9th October 2009.

On Monday the 5^thof October the pupils from Netherlands arrived in Wernigerode by train. We (Kassandra, Vivien, Sophie and me, Veronika) gave a warm welcome to the four girls at the train station and went home, each of us with our guest.

Tuesday we met in Derenburg at the glass manufactory. At first we visited and watched the glassmakers and after that we made a glass ball our own. In the afternoon the German and the Dutch girls met in the town, made sightseeing and went shopping.

On Wednesday the girls from Netherlands went to the Brocken with their teacher. They went there by train, probably because of the weather. Unfortunately the German girls had to go to school. In the afternoon the German and Dutch girls met at the train station again and visited the Wernigerode castle.

Thursday all pupils had to go to school. After school the girls enjoyed a sporty afternoon in the bowling centre. In the evening there was a great farewell dinner at the Quelle restaurant. It was a funny evening with friends!!!

On Friday the German and Dutch girls met at the train station at 9a.m. to say Goodbye. L

See you again in March 2010!!!

Veronika, class 8a

Germany: Chriss Cross - Here I feel well

2009-10-22T17:30:00.003+02:00

Hi !

My name is Vivien I´m 13 years old, and I come from Germany.

What is my favourite place and why especially is this place my favourite one? My favourite place is in Egypt, because it is a beautiful place and my uncle lives there.

What is my biggest wish? My biggest wish is to go swimming with a dolphin because dolphins are very cool.

What worries I have? I don`t have any worries .

What is happiness for me? How would you describe happiness? Happiness is for me when I´m see my whole family. I would describe it as happy if I get something what I really wanted. What do I want to do in ten years? I don´t know what I want do in ten years.

Germany: Chriss Cross - Here I feel well

2009-10-22T17:22:00.007+02:00

Hi, my name is Veronika I’m 13 years old and I live in Wernigerode.

My favourite place is on Mallorca. Mallorca has some wide and litttle beaches. I can swim in the warm water, I can read a book there or I can relax.I wish me a laptop with internet, because I can chat with friends.

At the moment I haven’t any worries! J

Happiness is for me to laugh with friends. I think when you have found money or you had a serious accident and you are still okay, or you’re glad about something. J

Finland: Criss Cross - Here I Feel Well: Articles written by the Finnish students travelling to Vlaardingen project meeting in October 2009

2009-10-02T10:17:00.003+02:00

Here I feel well

Hello, my name is Marika and I’m from Helsinki, Finland. I’m 15 years old.
I want to be home, where I can hide and be alone. It is nice to hide in my own room if I'm tired and tired of the others.
My wish is, in particular, the fact that I will succeed well in school.
I have no worries at all!
Hmm.. for me it is important to be with my friends and sometimes they are so silly that I can not really do anything but laugh! And happiness means to me really much.
Maybe ten years later, I will have a good job and maybe a family. I would like a large family. I would probably be a lawyer 10 years later.

Finland: Criss Cross - Here I Feel Well: Articles written by the Finnish students travelling to Vlaardingen project meeting in October 2009

2009-10-02T10:13:00.005+02:00

Hi!
I'm 14 years old boy from Helsinki, Finland and my name is Jin-Long. I live in the 5 floor block near Vantaa and our apartment is a 89 square metres, so it's not really big. I've never been in the Netherlands so I don't expect anything from it. Actually I got cousins in the Netherlands, but I don't
know them really well, but anyway back to the questions.
My favourite place is a beach in the China, because it was the first time when I ride a jet-ski.
Biggest wish...I don't have one.
Happiness for me is a making lot of money.
What will I do in ten years? Well I hope I finish a high school, with good numbers.

Finland: Criss Cross - Here I Feel Well: Articles written by the Finnish students travelling to Vlaardingen project meeting in October 2009

2009-10-02T09:49:00.006+02:00

Here I feel well

Hi , my name is Karilin. I’m 15 years old and I’m Estonian but I havelived all my life in Finland. My favourite place is in Estonia little place called Lelle. There is our cottage. I have been there every summer and Christmas holidays. I have lots of good memories there and sometimes I go there with my friends and we have spend a lots of good time together. I just love that place. My biggest wish is maybe to become a stewardess and I don’t have any worries fortunately. What is happiness for me? It makes me happy when I don't have any worries. It means that I'm enjoying my life and people's who is part of it makes me happy, so happiness means lot to me !
In next 10 years i’m gonna study to travel industry. And I still hope that I become an stewardess. :)

Summer in Germany

2009-09-29T15:14:00.003+02:00

Summer in Poland - Karolina Kozak, class 3f

2009-09-14T20:43:00.002+02:00

The pictures were taken this summer. They show a lot of green trees and a variety of water.

Karolina Kozak, class 3f

Summer in Poland - Natalia Białach, class 3f

2009-09-14T20:30:00.005+02:00

All pictures show holidays in Poland.
Summer in Poland is very beautiful.
In picture number one there is a sailboat, which is sailingg on the Solina.
The second picture presents sunset. I took this photo when I went for a walk with my friends on the Zalew Zemborzycki.
Pictures number three and four and five present sight on the Baltic sea . I took these photos when I was on holiday in Rowy.
I spent really nice holidays in Poland.

Natalia Białach, class 3f

Summer in Poland - a poem by Monika Szydłowska, class 3f

2009-09-14T20:25:00.002+02:00

Summer

Under the bright blue sky, you feel every hot touch of sun in your face.
Say hi to brand new day, forget your problems, don’t have to care about what may they do.
That’s your time, your summer now. Holidays – the time for you.

Monika Szydłowska, class 3f

German Petersburg. Diversity connects - by students from Russia

2009-08-31T16:40:00.003+02:00

Millionnaya street

Catherine II

Heinrich Schliemann

Mariinsky Palace

German Petersburg.

In 18 century the residents of the new city on the Neva River called all foreign people the Germans because their presence was very noticeable in the Northern capital. The first people, who came from Germany, appeared on the banks of the Neva at the same time with the foundation of the city. Peter I invited experts from Western Europe to Russia, making enjoyable conditions for them. From the foundation of St. Petersburg till the revolution in 1917, the German colony had a great role in the life of the city.
The German «outskirt» was located near the Winter Palace in the region of modern Millionnaya Street which was called the Great German at that time.
The influence of German Nobility in St. Petersburg increased during the reign of Anna Ioannovna. E. Byron, and General-Field Marshal von B. Minih, a native of Oldenburg were famous Germans of that time. Minih was invited to be an engineer: for more than ten years he has been leading the restructuring of the Peter and Paul Fortress, and also developed a project to protect the city from floods.
The Germans in the new Russian capital were in all classes of society - from members of the Imperial family to pharmacists and bakers. For example, a German princess Sophia Augusta Frederica Tserbstskaya-Anhalt became the Russian empress Catherine II, whose reign was a great era in the life of Russia.
People of Germany had a significant role in the foundation of the Academy of Sciences and the Military Medical Academy.
The Baron von Stiglitz was a «Petersburg German» - he was the court banker, first Governor of the State Bank and the founder of the famous art school, which has his name now.
For about twenty years a German businessman Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the legendary Troy, had lived in the Northern capital.
There were about 300 architects of German origin during two centuries in St.Petersburg.
It is impossible to imagine the city center without the magnificent buildings of famous architect Andrey Shtakenshneyder. In 1833 he was appointed to be a court architect, and Nicholas I commissioned him to build palaces in court. Shtakenshneyder built palaces of Grand Duke Michael, Grand Duke Nicholas, the princes Beloselsky-Belozersky and a lot of luxurious private homes.
In the capital there were many German-Russian enterprises. In 1841 year the factory of musical instruments "J.Becker" was founded. In the beginning of last century about 250 factories with 30 thousand workers belonged to Germans. The biggest manufacture has been concentrated in the hands of brothers Siemens - they owned factories of manufacturing of cables, electric motors and other.
For a long time in St.Petersburg words "German" and "doctor" were almost synonyms. The most famous of them were: the best known pediatrist, the founder of the All-Russia guardianship on protection of motherhood and infancy Charles Rauhfus and the director Imperial institute Dmitry Ott.
The first state pharmacy (or the Pharmaceutical order) in the beginning of 1720 has moved to the German suburb. However a well-known pharmacy Vasily Pelj’s on Vasilevsky island became a symbol of a German pharmacy for Petersburgers. This pharmacy works today, storing the collection of subjects of pharmaceutical life of XVII–XX centuries, but glass spheres with a blue liquid and a stuffed animal of the dried up crocodile under a ceiling have been lost.
Since the foundation of St.-Petersburg, before revolution of 1917, the German colony played an important role in a city life.
The revival of the German community started in the early 1990's.

Diversity connects. Karol Antoniak, class 1b, Poland

2009-08-31T16:26:00.002+02:00

The Jewish school -"jesziwa" in Lublin

The influences of other cultures on Lublin

JEWS IN LUBLIN

They were in Lublin 700 years before Lublin got civic rights. Jews were a very big group of people. Lublin was the capital of Jews.. They named Lublin "Jerusalem of the Polish Kingdom". First Jews appeared from 1316r. In 1336r energe first jews commune. In those days buliding hospitals , cemetery. Many bulidings stay and we can see them in real world.

Summer in Finland

2009-08-31T16:15:00.003+02:00

Polish Saint-Petersburg. Diversity connects - by students from Russia

2009-08-31T15:48:00.004+02:00

City Duma

Dvortsoviy Bridge drawn during White Nights

The bridge of Peter the Great

Stanisław August Poniatowski

Mathilde Kschessinska as The Dying Swan

Polish Saint-Petersburg
First Poles came to St.Petersburg as soon as the city was founded. Many people with Polish surnames were around Peter I. Stanisław August Poniatowski lived in the city in 1755 – 1758. He adored the future Empress Catherine II and 40 years later returned to St.Petersburg as the last king of the Rzeczpospolita (The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth).
After the division of Poland, when its Central and Eastern parts became parts of the Russian Empire many more Polish people came to live in St.Petersburg.
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski made a successful career in St.Peterburg. He was a friend of the Emperor Alexander I and became one of his advisors, a minister of foreign affairs and a senator.
The Poles played an important part in the development of cultural relations between two countries. The first step was a visit of Adam Mickiewicz to Saint-Petersburg. In this perion he created his masterpieces: ‘Sonets’, ‘Crimean Sonets’ and ‘Konrad Wallenrod’ 1828, dedicated to Nicolas I.
In 1828-1830 the music salon of a famous Polish pianist and composer Maria Szymanowska was very popular.
In 1870 Stanisław Moniuszko visited the capital, where his operas were very popular, including the famous ‘Halka’.
Matylda Krzesińska was the prima of the Emperor’s Mariinsky Theatre.
Polish arcitects and ingeneers took part in the construction of the main bridges of the city: Troitskiy Bridge, Dvortsoviy Bridge, the Bridge of Peter the Great and the Bridge og the Liutenant Schmidt. Marian Lialevich is the author of the project of the City Hall (Duma).
In 1914 there lived about 70 000 Poles in Saint-Petersburg.
The main Catholic cathedral of St.Petersburg is the Cathedral of St.Catherine. It was often visited by Adam Mickiewicz. In 1798 the last Polish king Stanisław Poniatowski, who spent his last years in Russia, was buried there (his remains were brought to Poland in 1938).

Finnish Saint-Petersburg. Diversity connects - by students from Russia

2009-08-31T15:00:00.006+02:00

Nevanlinna

Saimaa canal

St.Mary’s church

Carl Gustaf Mannerheim

Finnish Saint-Petersburg
The Finns and Finnish traditions have deeper roots on the banks of the Neva than the city Saint-Petersburg. In the XVII century in the mouth of the river Neva there came thousands of Finnish settlers. The trade center of this territory was the fortress Nyenskans (Nevanlinna), which was occupied by the army of Peter I during the Great Northen War.
Finnish, Swedish and Russian people were building the new city. It grew bigger and bigger and icluded some Ingermanland (Inkeri) villages.
The Grand Duchy of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta, Storfurstendömet Finland) was a part of the Russian empire but had its own laws, money, customs, army and post.
The Saimaa Canal was completed in 1856, the railway between Riihimäki and St.Petersburg was built in 1870. In a way Saint-Petersburg was the second ‘Finnish’ city in 1880-s, because only in Helsinki there were more Finns than in St.Petersburg. There lived about 24 000 Finns in St.Petersburg. Finnish centers of the city were around Finnish Railway station (Finlandskiy vokzal) and Finnish Church of St. Mary on Bolshaya Konushennaya street.
The list of Finns of St.Petersburg is long and impressive. Carl Gustaf Mannerheim had profound connections with the city. Many military men made brilliand careers in the Russian Army. About 400 of them became Generals ans Admirals including Mannerheim and Enckell.
Many Finnish companies started to work in Russia before revolution, including those producing granite, leather, juices and diary products Valio.
Finnish peasants from the Karelian Isthmus (Karjalankannas) were bringing food, fish and firewood the the citezens. Finnish workers were considered honest and accurate.
Among the members of the Russian Academy of Science were Eric Laxman, an explorer of Siberia from Savonlinna, Anders Lexell, an astronomer and mathematician from Turku, Andreas Sjögren, a philologist.
Many famous Finnish musician and composers including Sibelius gave their concerts in Saint-Petersburg.
The center of the Finnish cultural life of Saint-Peterburg was in the church of St.Mary, where in 1870 was published the first newspaper in Finnish not in Finland ’Pietarin Sanomat’. Today this church also belongs to the Finnish religious community.
In 1917 a Finnish governmental delegation came to the city to sign papers which gave independence to Finland. But up to now St.Petersburg remains an important city in the Finnish-Russian relations.

Dutch Saint-Petersburg. Diversity connects - by students from Russia

2009-08-31T14:43:00.005+02:00

A monument to Peter the Great ‘Tsar-the carpenter’

The New Holland

Peter the Great

Kunstkamera

Dutch Saint-Petersburg

The connection between the Netherlands and Russia has a very long history. These two countries have much in common: rivers, poor soil, and severe climate.
In the XVII century many Dutch people lived in Moscow and some of them were very close friends of the young tsar Peter I.
Peter I made two trips to the Netherlands. The motto of the first trip was “I am a pupil and am looking for teachers”. In Holland Peter the Great learnt shipbuilding, studied the anatomic collections and saw the paintings of the Dutch and Flemish artists. He made a decision to make “another Amsterdam” of St.Petersburg.
A lot of famous Dutchmen lived in St.Petersburg during the reign of Peter I. The first manager of Kunstkamara was J.D. Schumacher. Many Dutch architects brought their native motive to the Northern capital. Among them Stephen van Zviten, Frantz de Vaal, Ottomar Eliger, Christophor Marcellius.
In 1717 there were about 36 parishioners in the Dutch church in St.Petersburg. A lot of Dutch merchants moved from Moscow and Archangelsk in the XVIII century.

New Holland
New Holland is an artificial triangular island created in 1717. This is the only island out of 42 of St.Peterstburg that is manmade. Its area is 59 000 sq.m. At first the island was used to store and to dry timber according to the new Dutch technology – that is how the place got its name. Later under the architect J.B. Vallen-Delamot several buildings in classical style were erected including the famous arch which is 23 meters high.
Today the island is under renovation. The old buildings will be used for new museums, hotels, offices and a concert hall.

A monument “Tsar – the carpenter”.
In the Duch city of Zaandam on the 15th January 1698 a young Russian tsar Peter I got a license of a ship-carpenter. To commemorate this event on the bank of the river Neva on the 27 June 1910 a monument to Peter the Great by Leopold Bernshtam was opened. A copy of this sculpture was presented to the Netherlands and put on the main square in Zaandam. After the October revolution of 1917 the monument was destroyed but its copy was in the Summer Garden. With the support of the Consulate of the Netherlands in 1996 when it was celebrated 300-years of the Russian Fleet this monument was put on its place again.

Spring in Germany

2009-06-22T19:20:00.006+02:00

Demetrio in Vigo,Spain

2009-06-18T18:34:00.016+02:00

Monuments of Vigo,Spain

2009-06-18T00:04:00.003+02:00

Monuments in Saxony - Anhalt/Germany

2009-06-16T16:54:00.004+02:00

This collage shows the crypt of the castle Neuenburg with the picture of Uta von Naumburg and squared columns.

Collage made by Maria Dimke

Monuments in Saxony-Anhalt/Germany

2009-06-16T16:49:00.006+02:00

The collage consists of four buildings:

the church of the monastery in Jerichow,
the castle Giebichenstein in Halle,
the monastery Magdeburg and

the village church in Engersen.

Collage made by Julia Rische

Monuments in Saxony - Anhalt/Germany

2009-06-16T16:44:00.006+02:00

This is the church of the monastery „Unsere lieben Frauen“ in Magdeburg, Saxony Anhalt.
Collage made by Melanie Barth

Monuments in Saxony - Anhalt/Germany

2009-06-16T16:36:00.005+02:00

This is a statue named „ Uta von Naumburg “It’s a stoneligure from Naumburg’s Cathedral.Built in 13 th century.

Collage made by Elisabeth Sunzow

Monuments in Saxony-Anhalt/ Germany

2009-06-16T13:36:00.008+02:00

Romanesque crypt with painted tin coffins in the cathedral in Zeitz.
Collage made by Josephine Busch

Spring in Germany

2009-06-16T11:50:00.009+02:00

As you can see, we had a lot of fun in our park "Lustgarten".

Monuments of Europe

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Monuments of Vigo,Spain

2009-06-13T21:16:00.001+02:00

Diversity connects

2009-06-11T14:53:00.011+02:00

Spring in Castrelos Park,Vigo

2009-06-07T13:39:00.003+02:00

Spring in Poland - Ewelina Borowska, class 2i

2009-06-02T17:59:00.001+02:00

The spring is very beautiful in Poland.Buds bloom, birds sing and grass turns green.I like spring very much, because everything comes back to life.

Spring in Poland - Aneta Szewczyk, class 1i

2009-06-02T17:49:00.004+02:00

Spring in Poland starts on 21 March. Snow is melting and there are flowers. Arrival of birds. It's the time of sunny days and breeze.

Spring in Poland - Ola Matysiak, class 1i

2009-06-02T13:47:00.003+02:00

Spring in Poland

Everything becomes green, the world wakes up to life , thriving flowers , strorks arrive , insects and animals awaken from hibernation , birds build their nests.

Differences between Finland and Spain by Mari Mäkelä and Jenna Petman, Jakomäen yläaste 9B

2009-06-02T09:01:00.002+02:00

Differences between Finland and Spain

When we arrived in Spain, the first thing we noticed that was different were kisses to cheek to cheek. In Finland we never do that, we just shake hands if we want to be formal, otherwise we just say hi.
Second thing was food. We all like Spanish food even if that was very different from Finnish food. In Finland we eat more potatoes and meat, not so much sea food.
The houses in Spain were much colder than in Finland. Or maybe we just think so because the weather outside was hotter than we have here.
Here in school we have free lunch every day, but there we didn’t have it. If you wanted to eat during the school day, you had to buy something or go home to get some food.
The countries are very different, but the people are still same kind (:

These observations were made by Mari Mäkelä and Jenna Petman, Jakomäen yläaste 9B

Spring in Finland by Ella Meriläinen ja Enni Rantala 9C Jakomäen yläaste

2009-06-02T08:34:00.004+02:00

Spring in Finland

Finnish spring is beautiful,
You can notice it after winter.
When you eat the egg called Kinder,
You can feel the spring air.
All the flowers start to blossom,
And then you feel awesome.
School ends and you’re free,
Suddenly you notice there are leaves in the tree.

Ella Meriläinen ja Enni Rantala 9C Jakomäen yläaste

Spring in Finland by Lotta Hietala & Niina Mäki, Jakomäen yläaste 9c

2009-06-02T08:20:00.005+02:00

Spring in Finland

After Christmas it is very grey. When spring begins, everything turns green. All kinds of flowers start to blossom. In the evening it is not dark. Plants start growing.
Springtime in Finland is very beautiful. It’s a happy time.
By: Lotta Hietala & Niina Mäki, Jakomäen yläaste 9c