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MARCH 2 16

VIENNA

Last weekend we went to Vienna,Austria. There are lot of things to see butwe only had two days. So we decided tovisit the cathedral of «Stephansdom» ,the palace «Belvedere» (which has a

wonderful garden), the opera and thepal ace «Hofburg». We also saw thecastle «Schonbrunn», the castle of thefamous empress «Sisi» . There we saw awonderful view of all Vienna, and theenvironment was very calm and very relaxing.

Vienna is so big and the monuments are not near each other so we needed to take the metroevery time. But anyway our visit to Vienna was great! :)

Marion



SPANISH COOKING

An organization of Prostejov, Mozaika asked me toprepare a Spanish Cooking Evening. I did not know whatto cook at the beginning because of two reasons: I amnot very good at cooking and it is too difficult to choose

because in Spain we have great food and recipes .Finally, I chose Spanish omelette, which is a meal madeby potatoes and eggs , and “Torrijas”, a typical dessertfor Easter very simple.Twenty-seven people came to the event. I started tocook in front of the people, trying not to do a mess. Anice woman who spoke English was helping me while I was cooking, translating English into

Czech and explaining to the people what I was doing.People were really surprised that from such basicingredients like eggs, bread, oil, sugar and potatoes it

was possible to make a delicious meal.I felt good and happy with the result and some peopleasked me to write the names of the dessert becausethey wanted to try that night at home.It was very good experience to have the chance to showthis part of my culture to Czech people.

Elena SKI WEEK

I went one week with a class of students, their teachers and ski instructors to a ski course inKarlovice. It was my first time I was going to skiing and I was so excited.

On Monday morning we went to the ski station. As I started from zero, I went to the kindergarden with a ski instructor and he taught me many things: how I had to put the body and theknees, how to put the skis, how to chance directions. While the small children had a high levelof ski, I was falling every time and trying to stand up again and again. I think it was one of thedays of my life I made more effort! But I did not give up.

Next day I tried again, this time in the real slope, and it was much better because my skiinstructor was great and I was really motivated. I was able to change directions, control themovement of my body and stand up easily. On Friday, I did races with students and I had lot of

fun. I felt so happy because the ski was a challenge for me before that week and at the end Isucceeded!



We also did other activities in theevenings: we had some presentationsabout ski, we watched a movie about twomountaineers and one night I did apresentation about Spain. Sometimes it

was very hard to heard Czech every timewithout understanding anything. But thepeople were very nice and translated memany things. I spend a great time thatweek and I feel very lucky to have had thechance of skiing for my first time in CzechRepublic

Elena

FRENCH COOKING

I went to Mozaika to do a French cooking so I decided tocook “ the Tartiflette ”. It is a typical meal for the winter inmy area because when French people go to the ski theyuse to eat this. The “Tartiflette ” is made by potatoes,onion, bacon and special cheese called “ Roblochon ”. I didnot find this cheese here, so I used another from CzechRepublic called “hermadur”.

I was afraid at the beginning because I never cooked this

meal before, just I saw people cooking this for me. Butthis time I cooked alone and I was successful! Theenvironment was great and I think people were happywith the result.

Marion



APRIL 2 16

SPRING WEEK

We prepared some activities for children 8-13 yearsold for the week of school holidays.On Monday we played in the gym ball games and abasketball match. I think the children were verymotivated and enjoyed a lot, and also we the adults.On Tuesday we prepared board games and we gavethe children the option to play czech games with Katkaor english games with Marion and I. At the end we alsoplayed some movement games.On Wednesday it was the Olympic Games day, Frenchagainst Spain. Marion represented French and me,Elena, Spain. Each of us leaded a team of children. Weprepared small competitions like catching apples in arecipient of water and put clothes in one person of theteam in the shortest time possible.

On Thursday we did a “stopovacka ” outside. It was also with two teams of children and theobjective was to find the treasure byovercoming the proofs that we preparedoutside. It was very funny we were verysurprised of how inteligent were the childrenwith the logic games.

I enjoyed a lot during that week, and I learneda lot about how to work with children andprepare activities for them.

Elena



SPANISH VISIT IN CZECH REPUBLIC

In march I had a visit from my friend from Spain.I was so excited because it had been sevenmonths I had not seen her. We met in Prague

and we were there for three days, we did toursand shopping and we visited the city.

When we returned to Prostějov I showed her thevillage, the organization where I am working(ICM) and the activities I am doing here. Otherday we went to Olomouc and Brno.

She was happy to visit this country for the firsttime and also It was an encouragement for her tostart to speak a bit of English.It is very nice to have somebody important andclose to you here. It is like it gives you energy andencouragement to continue this experience.

Elena

MIDTERM

I went to my Mid Term three daysto Rožmberk in Bohemia. This is acourse for EVS volunteers inCzech Republic to evaluate ourstaying in Czech Republic.The travel was really long and Ihad to change many trains andbuses, but the environment

there was totally amazing. Thelandscape was really beautiful.Also it was a pleasure to meetagain the other volunteers andorganize some trips together and

projects for our organizations. For example, we planned a trip in Budapest for Easter!It was also nice to speak about our future after EVS. We shared our plans each other and it wasan opportunity for everybody to have new ideas about what we can do.

Marion



FRENCH VISIT IN CZECH REPUBLIC

My mum and my aunt came to visit meduring one week. We spent three days inPrague. We visited the castle of Prague

and it was very nice because we saw at12 the « the changing of the guard ». Itwas the first time we saw this and it wasreally interesting show. In the old townof Prague there was an Easter Marketand there the atmosphere was very nice.It reminds me the Christmas Market. Wealso went to Olomouc and my mum andmy aunt were very happy to discover the«punch». They also tried the Czech beer,

the «goulash» and «trdelnik». My mumand my aunt liked everything from Czech Republic, they enjoyed a lot and they said that acountry is really nice.

Marion

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