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BREAKING STEREOTYPES - DAY 9
see, all the others were "blind" as their eyes were covered by kerchieves. The leader´s task was to bring as many members of his team as possible through a difficult terrain full of "poisonous" plants, nobody could touch them or step on them. And who won? The Turkish were the fastest and they also brought the highest number of their members to the finish. After lunch we played some evaluation games and then the last presentation took part - the Italian girls (nicknamed "nutella team") showed their presentation. 
During the song Che sará everybody started to understand that we are near the end of the project. For this night the bedtime was cancelled so that everybody could enjoy their friends before departure time comes. Our town also stayed "up" till the very morning, when the Latvians and Italians got on the bus to Karvina as the first two teams...The good-bye time was coming... 
BREAKING STEREOTYPES 2008 - DAY 8
international groups and each of them was asked to think of all possible places that have or had problems because of state borders. Everybody could compare this list with what they experienced the day before - free walk in three different countries. Before lunch we also had a visit from our school, so everybody could meet our headmaster and the future general secretary of the school. After lunch we went to the playgrounds again to complete our matches in ringo and volleyball. Two p.E. teachers came to be arbiters of the matches, too. We all could have a swim for 
the last time here at the Javor hotel swimming pool. The evening programme was traditional - a national evening, now the Polish one. The group from Poland prepared their presentation, role-play of a poem, then Natalia sang a song and they all taught the others to dance "krakowiak". The last point in the programme (but not planned) was a night by candles :-) The storm outside was so strong that there was no electricity in the village. Nevertheless, we enjoyed sitting and talking in a candlelight, didn´t we? 
finally got online and could send messages and emails to our relatives and friends. From Karvina we continued to Mosty u Jablunkova where some of us had lunch, the others enjoyed bobsleigh track and other entertainment. The last point of our journey was Hrcava, the most easterly village in the Czech republic and Trojmezi, which is a triple border with Slovakia and Poland. Our EUROTEAM has already been there so we knew what to look for....for the others it was a surprise. We had some rest in Slovakia, took some photos in Poland 
and went back to a horrible way up back to Hrcava. We arrived back at the camp before dinner and in the evening we could enjoy another national evening - now it was the Spanish turn.
BREAKING STEREOTYPES 2008 - DAY 6
grab everything they needed for their cooking - knives, forks, graters, pans, pots, bowls etc. Each team was making some traditional dishes, the Czech team worked on potato cakes, scrambled eggs on fried bread and a garlic spread on rolls. And of course the most popular drink for the participants - Kofola :-) All members gave a hand and all the teams worked really very hard! The Spanish made for example gazpacho - a kind of cold tomato soup, the Italian girls prepared spaghetti with a tomato sauce, 
the Turkish offered their favourite sweets Turkish delight, some vegetable cakes and of course traditional Turkish tea and coffee. The Latvians had on their national table black bread, tea and typical Latvian cheese. Everybody worked as hard as he could and after some two hours the tasting could start. We also welcomed some villagers and of course the Lord Mayor with his family. The Turkish showed them how to prepare their typical coffee and gave them a nice present - 
a coffee pot and turkish cups. Well, I liked the most the Czech quisine, so I tried to appear as near the czech table as possible :-) The potato cakes were really delicious! And a good snack should be followed by a good coffee, so I could not refuse a cup of fresh turkish coffee, of course :-) I hope we all enjoyed that afternoon! In the evening there was a Latvian turn to present their country - they decorated the room with twigs and sprigs, showed us a presentation of Latvia and their school, and taught everybody to dance Latvian national dances. To be honest, I liked that National evening most of all.
enjoyed the pleasant water in the swimming pool, the weather was wonderful, so we went to probably the most popular place of the project. After a few games in the afternoon and a short visit of the last Czech MISS we moved to the town where Turkish team was getting ready for their presentation. Lord Mayor of Reka, who helped us a lot with organising the project, was also a guest of the evening. The Turkish students prepared for us a presentation of Turkey, Antalya and other famous places, a hena night - or how a man asks a woman to marry him and typical Turkish dance. For those who have never been to Turkey it really must have been something quite new.
BREAKING STEREOTYPES 2008 - DAY 4
the first one. Our programme began in Trojanovice where we got on a cable car that took us up to Pustevny, a place famous for its folk culture. For the Latvians it might have been the highest mountain they got to :-) but I think that for the others it was also something unusual and new. The day was called "Learn about our culture and traditions" and the first task to do was prepared just in Pustevny. The mixed international groups were supposed to draw a picture of a folk building in Pustevny as they can imagine it after 50 years. Some groups did 
the work honestly, some others were not fond of such drawing very much. Maybe a lack of fantasy? :-) After a short break for buying souvenirs and snacks we walked on to the statue of Radegast and then to the Chapel of Cyril and Metodej. Although the programme was not very tiring, some of us hurt themselves either because of sun or because of terrain. The next stop on our way was an old wooden village of Roznov pod Radhostem. We were lucky as we could also see a performance of a folk dance group. The activities of the day were then carried on during the last days at the camp. Well, the day focused on Czech folk culture and traditions we finished with some shopping in Ostrava and then we returned back to the camp tired, hurt and sunburnt. The next whole day trip is going to come on Tuesday.
matches began first in mixed international teams, but later we changed it for national teams. The results of the matches are not important as much as the fact that everybody could try some sport. Some foreign campers have never seen ringo game before but they learned quickly. In the afternoon we set out for a walk in the near or far (hallo Armando :-) ) surroundings of Reka. Some people managed to get back for snack, the others had to hurry up to get dinner at least. The 
terrain research was thorough at least from biological point of view - dog-fleas, nettles and other delights of nature. The evening programme since Friday was formed by National performances and presentations and as the guest country we were the first to start. Our presentation consisted of Barca´s and Patrika´s dances, powerpoint presentations and role-play which was a mix of a most popular czech comedy and theatre (or rather a film) play by Vladka, Anicka, Rita and Gabriela. The Czech team finished its national evening with a polka dance. Then the baton was given to the second team - Turkey. Bedtime was scheduled for midnight, but we realised that not many people can read their watch :-) 
BREAKING STEROTYPES 2008 - DAY 2 All the participants are accommodated, well, some of them (Italians and some Czechs) cannot stand very much that there is nobody from their country in their room :-) Well, that is the rule! Team leaders agreed on the same way of accommodation as in the previous camp in Turkey two years ago. The project day started with a traditional activity called "Fears and expectations", all teams also hang their posters 
about other countries. Almost whole the project day was about ice-breaking and team-building games, so that everybody could get to know with the others. The weather was great (I am not going to compare the Czech "great" weather to Turkish, Spanish or Italian....), so all the games were played outside. And what were the games? Well, for example "Circle of names", "Animals" (oops, it could have been a bit better to present animals, couldn´t it?) , "Tutti frutti" etc. Later in the afternoon we could also see some games in international groups with names and symbols they created.
and Roznov connected with project activities etc. Yesterday we had a Day of national quisine, students cooked typical meals of their countries and tried what the others prepared. Now we are just on the second trip to Karvina, Mosty u Jablunkova and Hrcava - we are having the activities called "Places without borders". In the morning all participants visited the chateau in Karvina, now we are having lunch in Mosty and then we are going to the "triple border" in Hrcava - Trojmezi where the students will have activities connected with 
European borders. During the project we also had some visits - lord mayor of Reka and other representatives of the village and our ex-student Zuzana Jandova, who is MISS Czech Republic 2008. Students are enjoying the camp, we are also lucky with the weather. Tonight the Spanish group is organising their presentation, tomorrow the Polish and the Italians will complete the presentation activities.
Hi, Spanish group! We are glad to see you in our blog! :)
We are José Ángel (on the left), Adrián Bernabéu, Itziar and Adrián Angelina (who are sitting), Pilar, Raúl and our teacher Lucio. Cheerssss!
We wish see you soon, we are looking forward to it. Bye!!!
PRELIMINARY MEETING
went to Řeka and had our first workshop. After dinner the team leaders went to see the campsite and surroundings. We finished the day by watching a film from a Socrates meeting in Portugal. The second project day started with the next workshop and discussion over the camp rules, accommodation, travel details, participants and the programme. Then we went for lunch to Komorní Lhotka where we also had a walk. Afternoon continued in Řeka 
then where we went to see the bedrooms, kitchen and other rooms in the camp building. We spent the evening in Hnojník at a country festival then. On Sunday those team leaders who stayed did some sightseeings in Těrlicko, Havířov and Karviná. The preliminary meeting is over, let´s look forward to the camp!
places of the Czech republic as well as the places of our project activities. In our free time we also had a bonfire and enjoyed breathing fresh mountain air. Except Friday when we unsuccesfully tried to hide from heavy rain we were lucky with the weather, so the walks in the mountains were quite nice. The preliminary meeting will take place in May 23-25 in Karvina and Reka and each participating team will be represented by its team leader.
May 23 - arrivals, visiting Karvina, departure for Reka
May 24 - discussions over the programme of the camp, establishing rules,arranging arrivals of all participants, organisational stuff. Later on visiting the campsite and the surroundings, walk in the mountains
May 25 - departure for Karvina, sightseeing Karvina - the centre, town square, spa park, departures
