Finnish group´s blog

In 20th of December 2017 our group presented the workshop experience to all our students

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Travelling timetable

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Sunday 22.10.2017
Joutsa KOULULTA at 3.30 - Hartola JARI-PEKASTA at 3.50 - airport at 6.00
Flight AY781 departure at 7.50 to Rome at 10.15.
From Rome/Fiumicino to Civitavecchia. Train 11.27 (duration 1,40 hours) will be in Civitavecchia at 13.13.
Bags to the Park Hotel Sunbay and then we go to the beach with snacks.

Breakfast every day at 7 to 9.

Monday 23.10.2017
Day: at school
Evening: icebreaking games (Ilari and Klaara and Katri), posters and each country´s snacks.

Tuesday 24.10.2017
Visit to Rome, all day!

Wednesday 25.10.2017
Day: at school
Evening: Visit to a castle nearby

Thursday 26.10.2017
Day: at school
Evening:

Friday 27.10.2017
Day: at school
Evening: last evening´s party in the bowling hall

Saturday 28.10.2017
From Civitavecchia by train 8.42-9.48 (5€) or 9.16-10.03 (9,90€) to Rome Termini.
Termini-Fiumicino 15.05-15.37 or 15.20-15.52 (14€).
PÄÄTÖS: 8.42 lähtö, Roomassa 5 tuntia, lähtö Terministä klo 15.05. Katariina selvittää Colosseumin sisäänpääsymaksun yms. Enemmistö äänesti ettei menisi sisälle asti.

Flight AY786 departure from Rome at 18.40 to Helsinki at 23.00.
By bus to Joutsa -> Hartola

Muistilistat reissulle:

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Snack-tuliais-ehdotus:
-suklaata
-salmiakit
-maustettuja ruissipsejä
-glögitiiviste ja kerttismukit
-Fazer xylimax

Tarvikelista:
*passi ja passipussi
*eurooppalainen sairaanhoitokortti
*matkavakuutus
*vähän omaa rahaa
*mahdolliset lääkkeet ja reseptit
*henkilökohtaiset hygieniatarvikkeet
*muistiinpanovälineet
*hyvät kävelykengät
*hyttysmyrkky
*aurinkovoide, hattu, aurinkolasit
*korvatulpat (herkkäunisille)
*lataa Civitavecchian ja Rooman kartat puhelimeen (netin pätkimisen varalta)
*myös lämmintä vaatetta (kolean illan/yön varalle)
*positiivinen ja avoin asenne!

Saturday 28.10.: Rome (part 2) and the journey back home

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We ate breakfast about half past seven. Then we went to the train station from where we left for Rome.

Anu in the train.

We reached Rome and our first stop was Santa Maria Maggiore (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore).

Our journey continued to Colosseum (Colosseo).

Group selfie at Colosseum.

Our next stop was Roman Forum (Forum Romanum). And after that we went to the famous shopping street Via de Corso.

Lotta drinking water at the airport.

Our flight departed about 19.00 and it was time to go back home.

Katri & Lotta H.

Friday 27.10.: Workshop outcomes and our farewell dinner

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Today we went to school (Baccelli School) for the last time in Italy.

We presented our projects which we had made during the week. The projects were about entrepreneurship and we had to invent our own business. We showed our posters and videos which we had made related to our business.

Then we heard Chiara Frontini's presentation about being an entrepreneur.
After that we walked to another school (Stendhal Institute) where we had lunch.

After lunch we had some freetime. Then we started to pack and some of us went to the market.

In the evening all of us went to a pizzeria called Mastro Titta - Oltremare and we spent our last evening together there.

We got different pizzas and small snacks before and after pizza.

Riikka & Sanni

Thursday 26.10.: All the roads lead to Rome (part 1)

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On Thursday we had to wake up so early. We headed to Rome (Roma) at seven o'clock in the morning. The trip was fun even though some people hadn't gotten enough sleep.

When we drove closer to the center of Rome, we started to see more and more beautiful, old and ancient buildings and castles.

We also had a little tour in the Bank of Italy Palazzo Koch. We were divided into two groups and went to see some collections of ancient coins and old bank notes.

Then we also saw some old beautiful statues (for example the Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina) which is a sculpture of the mythical she-wolf feeding the twins, Romulus and Remus).

And we listened some interesting explanations and stories related to the statues, buildings and the architecture. It was really interesting and it helped us a lot that the guide spoke pretty good and clear English.

And then... the moment and the place we all had been waiting for... We got to see Colosseum (Colosseo)!!!

Even though we saw it only from the outside, it was pretty cool to see something so old and ancient still standing here after hundreds of years. Donato [an Italian teacher] made a flag out of a selfie stick and a scarf so that we wouldn't lost him in the crowd.

Next place was this really beautiful, big, white house with several curly carvings: the Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi).

We had about a half an hour to walk around and look around and to buy souvenirs. We saw many people painting cool paintings with spray paint.

Then we decided to meet next to a big white statue after one hour. After that we had time to have something to eat or to do whatever we wanted.

The next stop was the Pantheon (Pántheion), the temple of many iconic people.

It was really interesting to see so much old art.

In front of the Pantheon, outside of it, there was an old Egyptian obelisk with hieroglyphs on it, and it was also really pretty.

Then the last place we visited was a big white fountain, Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) that had big statues and sculptures on it.

And after walking our feet to death we got to the bus and headed to our hostel. The bus trip back was like heaven for my feet (because I didn't have to walk anymore, and I think anyone who has feet can agree with me).

In the evening we had a dinner in a small restaurant called Fuori dal Ghetto. It was close to the hostel so it was the easiest choice at that point (we had been there before with the other groups; Galician, German, Catalan, Italian).

Klaara

Wednesday 25.10.: Planning videos and visiting the Traiano's thermal baths

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On Wednesday we went to school and finished the projects we had started in the beginning of the week. Each group prepared a video where we introduced and promoted our products then, too.

After school we went to the Traiano's thermal baths (Terme Taurine or Trajan). We had a tour there, which was really nice. The Italian students had prepared wonderful presentations for us. There were many lovely cats there.

After the visit we had an hour to do what we wanted in the city centre, and then we had a dinner in the old town. Some delicious pizza again!

Anni & Anu

Tuesday 24.10.: The first day of school and the Castle of Santa Severa

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We went to school in the morning. The Italian teachers divided us into four groups and the Italian students were our group leaders. Then we started our business projects. We created our own business together and decided what and how we are going to sell. Occasionally it was rather challenging for us to understand the local accent and what our group leader wanted to say. We also noticed that working in an international group is very different than working together with other Finnish students. Despite the little language barrier we got started, and we are excited to see what will happen tomorrow.

After the school day we went by bus to the Saint Severa’s castle (Castello di Santa Severa). A great view from the bus!

Above you can see some pictures which we took at the castle. The castle was very interesting and the Italian students had prepared informative presentations related to its history.

In the evening we ate at the hotel’s restaurant.

Rauli had a pizza with french fries!

Some of us had a lot of fun with those Italian breadsticks before the dinner :D

Rauli & Tino

Monday 23.10.: Meeting our new friends and learning more about the Italian way of life

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On Monday we had our first breakfast at the hotel, with the Spanish teams (Galician & Catalan), because the German team hadn't arrived to Civitavecchia yet. They arrived to school a bit later on Monday morning.

First we gave presentations related to our schools (videos), and then we saw a video about the Horizon to the Future -project (our project!), which has been going on for 3 years now. Two parts, which are missing from there, are the part about the current meeting in Civitavecchia and the last meeting of the project. In the noon we had a walking tour related to different buildings of the city and enjoyed a fairly different lunch compared to the one on Monday. This time we had one long table and we sat together with our new friends from other countries (German team, Catalan team and Galician team). The idea behind this was to get some conversation going on.

In the evening we had two hours spare time before our evening activity. The activities included a few icebreaker games (prepared by different teams) and a snack time, when we tasted snacks and candy from other countries. (I think that the Finnish table was the most exciting one. It looked like everyone went to another round for rye chips :) ) It was hilarious fun, everyone laughed all the time. The activities lasted for about two hours. After that we were supposed to go to a pizzeria at the hotel, but we made some changes to our plans and chose to go to another pizzeria near our hotel. The pizzas there were amazing. One half of the pizza we had was made with mushrooms and the other half was a normal Margherita pizza. The meal lasted for an hour or so. After that we were able to go back to the hotel and have some free time, and before 10 o'clock we had to be in bed. That's our post for Monday, thank you!

Ilari

Sunday 22.10.: We are in ITALY!

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We arrived to Civitavecchia!! We have been waiting for this moment so much!

We walked around the city and the weather was really good. We Finnish people are sweating here.

We ate in a pizzeria with our group (family dinner) and each of us got a delicious pizza.

In the evening we relaxed at the hotel because we were really tired after travelling.

Lotta L. & Pihla

Departure from Helsinki

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Everyone is really happy and excited about the trip. Our group is wonderful! The bustrip to the airport was great fun.
Ilari is struggling with self check-in desk :)

Thoughts just before the journey...

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-pizza please..
-confusing and exciting
-tired.. or some not :)
-easy-going day
-this feels like a dream
-super-hyper-nervous
-calm
-first trip abroad and feels great

Parents´ evening on 3rd of October

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Today we gathered with the Horizon project group for the second time! Delicious snacks were also available. We had a busy afternoon preparing our poster presentations, other project related tasks and planning the programme. Our parents joined us later in the evening and we told them more about the project. They also had a chance to ask some questions. Our parents were happy to hear more about the trip and to see our wonderful works.

Planning the trip on 19th of September

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Today we had our first real meeting with the group... We started to plan presentations of Finland, our school and Central Finland.