Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Norwegians in Estonia, 26. Sept – 02. Oct. 2011
We went from Stryn to Oslo with the night bus. We arrived on Gardermoen on Tuesday morning. The plain to Tallinn took one hour. When we came to Tallinn we met some of the Estonian teachers, and they showed us the beautiful city. We saw a lot of churches and old buildings. In the evening we took a four hour long bus-trip to Viljandi. We arrived in Viljandi late, and met our host-families.
Wednesday:On Wednesday we were at the school. We followed their schedule and were in their classes. The different things with the Norwegian and the Estonian schools were that they changed classroom all the time, and 1.-12. Grade went on the same school there. In Norway we split it in three different schools. When the school ended, we followed our hosts home before we met the other ones, and went to Viljandi. The Estonian students showed us a little part of Viljandi. In the evening we ate pizza and went to bowl. Unfortunately the bowling was taken, so we played some billiard instead. Two of the Estonian students had a dance practice, and since we wanted to see then dance, we all followed them on it to watch them dance.
Thursday: We went to east-Estonia to visit the Kothla underground mining museum. The guide spoke very bad English, so we didn’t understand so much of what he said. The mine different from other mines because it dug oil-shale from both above under ground at the same time. The sorting of oil-shale from limestone happened by hand work without any machines. Men worked mainly under ground and women in the sorting tower. We drove with an underground-train that they used to transport the stones. The trains brought us to the lunch. We had miner’s lunch.After the lunch, we went up to the surface. Outside the museum it was time to go on a car safari. During the safari the drivers stopped the cars, and told us about the limestone and ash-mountains. It was so funny to drive the cars! On the way back to Viljandi, we visited the Narva Alexander’s cathedral. When we stood on the top-floor, we could see the border to Russia. After that, we went home. The trip was quite long, so when we came home to Viljandi we went straight to bed.
Friday: We went to the University City Tartu. We went to a restaurant on one of the hotels there. We ate dinner and dessert. After that we walked around in the city, and the guide told us about the attractions there. When we were good and feed we went to the science centre AHHAA. A guide guided us around the centre, but some of the Estonian girls asked us if we wanted them to show us the coolest things. Look at the pictures. After some hours on the AHHAA-centre we went to the centre of Tartu. The guide showed us some of the universities and a sightseen trough the town. We took a bus to a shopping-centre, and saw a 4D-movie about space rally.
Saturday: Everybody gathered on the school, before we went to a house in nowhere. We had some activities there about the sun-system and electricity. We learned about how much electricity we used in different things and how we can use the sun to get electricity.We went to a national park. While the Estonian teachers made the food ready, we walked a trip in the forest. We saw the beaver houses. When we came back to the bus, we had a lovely picnic. We went home to Viljandi after the picnic. The Estonian girls took us out for some shopping and showed us the town. In the evening we all gathered at Sirelin and Kristina’s place. It was our last night in Estonia, so we wanted to take advantage of it.
Sunday: It was so sad to say goodbye! We took the bus to Tallinn and a plane to Oslo, Gardermoen. We shopped a lot on the taxfree before we ate pizza. While we were waiting for the night-bus, we found a big metal toy plane that we played with. We got many friends because many children wanted to play with us.We got a bus for ourselves because the other ones were full. We came home early in the morning, and we were exhausted.
Wednesday:On Wednesday we were at the school. We followed their schedule and were in their classes. The different things with the Norwegian and the Estonian schools were that they changed classroom all the time, and 1.-12. Grade went on the same school there. In Norway we split it in three different schools. When the school ended, we followed our hosts home before we met the other ones, and went to Viljandi. The Estonian students showed us a little part of Viljandi. In the evening we ate pizza and went to bowl. Unfortunately the bowling was taken, so we played some billiard instead. Two of the Estonian students had a dance practice, and since we wanted to see then dance, we all followed them on it to watch them dance.
Thursday: We went to east-Estonia to visit the Kothla underground mining museum. The guide spoke very bad English, so we didn’t understand so much of what he said. The mine different from other mines because it dug oil-shale from both above under ground at the same time. The sorting of oil-shale from limestone happened by hand work without any machines. Men worked mainly under ground and women in the sorting tower. We drove with an underground-train that they used to transport the stones. The trains brought us to the lunch. We had miner’s lunch.After the lunch, we went up to the surface. Outside the museum it was time to go on a car safari. During the safari the drivers stopped the cars, and told us about the limestone and ash-mountains. It was so funny to drive the cars! On the way back to Viljandi, we visited the Narva Alexander’s cathedral. When we stood on the top-floor, we could see the border to Russia. After that, we went home. The trip was quite long, so when we came home to Viljandi we went straight to bed.
Friday: We went to the University City Tartu. We went to a restaurant on one of the hotels there. We ate dinner and dessert. After that we walked around in the city, and the guide told us about the attractions there. When we were good and feed we went to the science centre AHHAA. A guide guided us around the centre, but some of the Estonian girls asked us if we wanted them to show us the coolest things. Look at the pictures. After some hours on the AHHAA-centre we went to the centre of Tartu. The guide showed us some of the universities and a sightseen trough the town. We took a bus to a shopping-centre, and saw a 4D-movie about space rally.
Saturday: Everybody gathered on the school, before we went to a house in nowhere. We had some activities there about the sun-system and electricity. We learned about how much electricity we used in different things and how we can use the sun to get electricity.We went to a national park. While the Estonian teachers made the food ready, we walked a trip in the forest. We saw the beaver houses. When we came back to the bus, we had a lovely picnic. We went home to Viljandi after the picnic. The Estonian girls took us out for some shopping and showed us the town. In the evening we all gathered at Sirelin and Kristina’s place. It was our last night in Estonia, so we wanted to take advantage of it.
Sunday: It was so sad to say goodbye! We took the bus to Tallinn and a plane to Oslo, Gardermoen. We shopped a lot on the taxfree before we ate pizza. While we were waiting for the night-bus, we found a big metal toy plane that we played with. We got many friends because many children wanted to play with us.We got a bus for ourselves because the other ones were full. We came home early in the morning, and we were exhausted.
Thomas in Neukirchen-Vluyn,Germany.
My impression of the Comenius trip to Germany is good, I had a good time and a good experience. My hosts were Jörn and his family, a nice family living in Vluyn.
I learned a lot about their lifestyle in Germany and how different it is from ours.
For example: Their houses and lands are much smaller than ours, because land and houses are more expensive. But everything else I felt was cheaper, like food for instance.
The school were different too, the only had three or four lessons and the cafeteria were open all day long. Also the elementary school, middle school and high school were on the same school. I think there were about one thousand students there.
One day the whole Comenius group went to Düsseldorf, there we saw the whole city from the big Television Tower. We got to go shopping for a bit too. In the evening another day, me and Jörn joined Markus and Lukas and drove to a big mal outside Neukirchen-Vluyn. It’s probably the biggest mal I’ve ever been to.
Some other day, the whole Comenius group want for another trip again, this time to a small museum. We watched a lot of old toys and a miniature rail way track. We also went to a pancake hose, and the pancakes were delicious!
I would like to repeat that trip again!
Thomas
I learned a lot about their lifestyle in Germany and how different it is from ours.
For example: Their houses and lands are much smaller than ours, because land and houses are more expensive. But everything else I felt was cheaper, like food for instance.
The school were different too, the only had three or four lessons and the cafeteria were open all day long. Also the elementary school, middle school and high school were on the same school. I think there were about one thousand students there.
One day the whole Comenius group went to Düsseldorf, there we saw the whole city from the big Television Tower. We got to go shopping for a bit too. In the evening another day, me and Jörn joined Markus and Lukas and drove to a big mal outside Neukirchen-Vluyn. It’s probably the biggest mal I’ve ever been to.
Some other day, the whole Comenius group want for another trip again, this time to a small museum. We watched a lot of old toys and a miniature rail way track. We also went to a pancake hose, and the pancakes were delicious!
I would like to repeat that trip again!
Thomas
Comenius in Germany, Neukirchen-Vluyn
Our journey started Thursday, 11th November 2010
We took the night bus to Gardermoen/Oslo. It took 7 hours.
Friday, 12th November 2010
We waited for 4 hours. The flight was about an hour late, because of the weather. Then we took the flight to Düsseldorf Airport, and met our host families.
Malin: Alma and I had the same drive to Neukirchen-Vluyn. When we came home to my host Marie-Christine, I met the family and ate really good dinner. Afterwards we played Mario-Kart.
Camilla: I met my host Melanie and her mother Anke, and we went home to their house in Neukirchen-Vluyn. We ate good German dinner. After some hours I met Melanies sister Sarah and her father Johannes.
Saturday, 13th November 2010
We all met at the Duisburg Station and took the train to Düsseldorf. While we were on the train, there came some drunk football fans! They were singing and shouting in German. It was very funny.
When we came to Düsseldorf, we walked to the Television Tower and looked at the view. It was raining a lot. We stayed there for a while, and then we walked to the Old Town. We split in groups and went shopping.
Malin: In my group it was me, my host M-C, Alma and her host Annika. We went to many cool shops and were mostly just looking. I had very much money to spend, but I couldn’t check my account, so I didn’t buy so much. When we were done, we went to McDonalds and met Thomas, Jörn, Markus and Lucas.
Camilla: In my group it was Melanie, Maya, Anette and I. We got lost. We didn’t have much time because of that, and I didn’t find anything.
Later I and Melanie were in Moers whit her friends Annika, Jena and Gretha. We were at café Extrablatt, that was fun.
Sunday, 14th November 2010
Today we all were at the Freilichtmuseum Dorenberg in Grafrath. We looked and a lot of old toys.
Afterwards we ate lunch at the Pancake house in the Freilichtmuseum. There were very good pancakes. After that again we went ice-skating.
Malin: I didn’t go ice-skating. I was outside with Thomas and Markus waiting instead. Later M-C, Annika, Alma and I went to the second biggest shoppingcenter in Europe.
Camilla: I went ice-skating with Anette, Alma, Connie (teacher) and Kari (teacher). That was fun.
Later that day we all went bowling at 19.00 o’clock. Camilla won over her group. Malin hate bowling, so she just threw her ball and got back on the sofa…
Monday, 15th November 2010
Everybody went to school. It was a huge school, and very different from ours.
Malin: My host and Almas host were in the same class. First lesson we had Math with Mr. Wissel. Then we had Art, it was very weird because the teacher didn’t care what we were doing, and it was loud music. Later that day we went to Mös and went shopping! It was really nice there.
Camilla: I had politics, Latin and gym. I didn’t understand any thing, but it was interesting and it was a little different from my school.
13.15 We all were at the swimming pool and ate lunch. At 14.00 the Germans had a presentation.
Tuesday, 16th November 2010
On that day it was a lot of fog, so we didn’t see much and of course it was that day it have been nice to see something. We had one lesson at school that day, and then we all met at the schoolyard and looked at the solar panels at the top of the roof on the school. After that we took a bus to Moers, were we visit the Riedel Recycling Company, which has installed one of the biggest photovoltaic plants in Germany on the rooftop. After that we took the bus to a small hill and that was the highest meters above sea level there, but it wasn’t real, it was a human-made hill consisting of the stones dug out from former coal mines. There was also a modern art monument that means an oversize red mining lamp. We were up in the tower and tried to see something, but we didn’t. We had lunch break at the family Schardey’s home in Neukirchen-Vluyn, they lived at an old farm building from 1890 and get’s its electricity from a photovoltaic plant installed on of its roof tops. After that we took a bus to Aldekerk, where we learned about biogas. There were many black cows and one beautiful grey baby cow. There were also a lot of Poinsettias, and when we write a lot we mean a lot.
After that we went home to ours host familys and spend our last evening with them.
Wednesday, 17th November 2010
Today we went to Düsseldorf Airport again and flew back to Norway. That was very sad. When we came to Gardermoen/Oslo we got on the bus to Stryn.
Camilla and Malin.
We took the night bus to Gardermoen/Oslo. It took 7 hours.
Friday, 12th November 2010
We waited for 4 hours. The flight was about an hour late, because of the weather. Then we took the flight to Düsseldorf Airport, and met our host families.
Malin: Alma and I had the same drive to Neukirchen-Vluyn. When we came home to my host Marie-Christine, I met the family and ate really good dinner. Afterwards we played Mario-Kart.
Camilla: I met my host Melanie and her mother Anke, and we went home to their house in Neukirchen-Vluyn. We ate good German dinner. After some hours I met Melanies sister Sarah and her father Johannes.
Saturday, 13th November 2010
We all met at the Duisburg Station and took the train to Düsseldorf. While we were on the train, there came some drunk football fans! They were singing and shouting in German. It was very funny.
When we came to Düsseldorf, we walked to the Television Tower and looked at the view. It was raining a lot. We stayed there for a while, and then we walked to the Old Town. We split in groups and went shopping.
Malin: In my group it was me, my host M-C, Alma and her host Annika. We went to many cool shops and were mostly just looking. I had very much money to spend, but I couldn’t check my account, so I didn’t buy so much. When we were done, we went to McDonalds and met Thomas, Jörn, Markus and Lucas.
Camilla: In my group it was Melanie, Maya, Anette and I. We got lost. We didn’t have much time because of that, and I didn’t find anything.
Later I and Melanie were in Moers whit her friends Annika, Jena and Gretha. We were at café Extrablatt, that was fun.
Sunday, 14th November 2010
Today we all were at the Freilichtmuseum Dorenberg in Grafrath. We looked and a lot of old toys.
Afterwards we ate lunch at the Pancake house in the Freilichtmuseum. There were very good pancakes. After that again we went ice-skating.
Malin: I didn’t go ice-skating. I was outside with Thomas and Markus waiting instead. Later M-C, Annika, Alma and I went to the second biggest shoppingcenter in Europe.
Camilla: I went ice-skating with Anette, Alma, Connie (teacher) and Kari (teacher). That was fun.
Later that day we all went bowling at 19.00 o’clock. Camilla won over her group. Malin hate bowling, so she just threw her ball and got back on the sofa…
Monday, 15th November 2010
Everybody went to school. It was a huge school, and very different from ours.
Malin: My host and Almas host were in the same class. First lesson we had Math with Mr. Wissel. Then we had Art, it was very weird because the teacher didn’t care what we were doing, and it was loud music. Later that day we went to Mös and went shopping! It was really nice there.
Camilla: I had politics, Latin and gym. I didn’t understand any thing, but it was interesting and it was a little different from my school.
13.15 We all were at the swimming pool and ate lunch. At 14.00 the Germans had a presentation.
Tuesday, 16th November 2010
On that day it was a lot of fog, so we didn’t see much and of course it was that day it have been nice to see something. We had one lesson at school that day, and then we all met at the schoolyard and looked at the solar panels at the top of the roof on the school. After that we took a bus to Moers, were we visit the Riedel Recycling Company, which has installed one of the biggest photovoltaic plants in Germany on the rooftop. After that we took the bus to a small hill and that was the highest meters above sea level there, but it wasn’t real, it was a human-made hill consisting of the stones dug out from former coal mines. There was also a modern art monument that means an oversize red mining lamp. We were up in the tower and tried to see something, but we didn’t. We had lunch break at the family Schardey’s home in Neukirchen-Vluyn, they lived at an old farm building from 1890 and get’s its electricity from a photovoltaic plant installed on of its roof tops. After that we took a bus to Aldekerk, where we learned about biogas. There were many black cows and one beautiful grey baby cow. There were also a lot of Poinsettias, and when we write a lot we mean a lot.
After that we went home to ours host familys and spend our last evening with them.
Wednesday, 17th November 2010
Today we went to Düsseldorf Airport again and flew back to Norway. That was very sad. When we came to Gardermoen/Oslo we got on the bus to Stryn.
Camilla and Malin.
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