National Parks - Comenius project

Student impressions

Visiting Osijek as a part of the Comenius multilateral project was my first abroad from Bulgaria. I loved the whole experience so much! Nevertheless being one of the youngest of the meeting, I met a lot of wonderful new friends from Croatia and from every country that participated on the meeting. It was a surprise for me how easy was to communicate in English with the people and even in strange mixture of Bulgarian-Croatian language. I didn’t know how close is my native language to the Croatian one. My host family was so lovely! I love Croatia!

Daniela Palakova, 14 y.o., SOU “Ivan Vazov”, Sopot, Bulgaria

I can bravely say that this journey to Osijek was absolutely great. The Croatian hospitality was warm and friendly. The programmes were nice and interesting, except Vukovar. That wasn’t nice to see, but thus we learnt a lot about the Croatian Homeland War. Every day was nice, firendly and interesting int hat area, also the food. We are glad to have this great friendsip with the Osijek school. We hope to see each other in the furure again.

Máté

First of all I would like to say that I had got unbelievable impressons from Croatia.

This project let me not only to see the country but to meet new friends (Veronika, Maria, Armando). People in Croatia are very good, kind, hospital.

Secondly, I liked Osijek and Vukovar. It gave me a lot of new impressions. I visited interesting school-‘’Gratevinska geoteska shkola’’. It was nice to learn some Croatian words and to get certificate. I gave interview for the first time. Also it was interesting to see places where the war took place. The people told me about the war without any hatred to Serbia. I enjoy traveling and practicing my English .

However, it would be nice to have party for students, to know better each other during dances and of course it was a pity we didn’t see Plitvica National park.

All in all, I enjoyed this trip very much. I liked a lot of things: food, surrounding, towns I saw. I saw different culture. I was happy to be in this country.

Lukas Pranauskas (Lithuania)

Ten wonderful things in Croatia I learnt and enjoyed:

Some new words like ’’Dobryj den’’.
I travelled a lot.
It was wonderful to try different vehicles: tram, bus, plane, car.
My host was owesome and we had fun.
I ate very delicious food and desserts.
I experienced the night life in Osijek.
I learned about the war and tragedies of Croatia.
I was surprised of driver’s kindness. They let pedestrians very carefully!
I enjoyed making stuff at ‘’Barnia’’
It was nice to practice my English.

But I miss for party and going to the National park- Plitvica. I hope to see this park in my future. Thank you Osijek!

Ignas Bla??inskas (Lithuania)

I had fun in Croatia. I met a lot of owesome people in Osijek and Croatia. I saw a lot of new places and tried to travel with various sorts of transport. I learned that there are various types of school. I improved my English. I learned about new culture. I learned about Croatian history. I liked Croatia because people are friendly, our hosts were owesome and everything was wonderful.

Simas Švarcas (Lithuania)

I think that the exchange program to Croatia was very profitable. We learned many Croatian words, danced some Croatian dances and studied the Croatian culture. We were also we taught about the history of the city Vukovar, which was attacked in the fall of 1991. One of the most interesting moments of the exchange program was when we made letters and ships out of paper and seeds. The letters later spelled: National Parks of Europe. We tried Croatian food and experienced a wonderful adventure during our stay. Our journey by plane was a little less pleasant, because our teacher’s luggage got lost and our plane was delayed. Luckily, the luggage was recovered and we arrived safely in Osijek. We met our old friends, who had come to Poland previously, and we made some new friends. I really enjoyed our stay in Croatia and hope that I may experience many more exchange programs like this one.

Sophia Ba??dysz (Poland)

When I was decided starting this project, I was very exciting. After my teachers chose me for go abroad. It was incredible. My host was Marija in the Osijek and she was great host. I have lot of friend Marin, Bojan, Niksa… I learnt different culture Crotian, Bulgarian, Italian, Hungarian culture… I’m very lucky for this experience because I’m very young and this experience changed my life …

Neslihan ATAY (Ankara-Türkiye)

First experience ..
This project is an excellent project along with everything else. I am so happy for I am in this activity. Above all I met different people and had lots of friends. Osijek is different and nice place for us. School programs , national park , nature hiking was nice. everything was very nice. I learned diffrent cultures , life styles. I had very nice time with my team friends.I was very excited before I go mus Osijek but I am very sad because my friends not here. But all of them will come to my country. Thank my teachers for everything. We are waiting to Turkey all of you :)

Ye??im Bü??ra Özcan (Ankara-Türkiye)

First of all, I would like to say, it was the first time I travelled by plane. So it was a new challenge for me. This is the most exciting and interesting travel for me. I was really enjoy. I gain a lot of friend and they are very polite , benevolent and friendly. I recognize new cultures and new language.
“I wish our friendship never terminate”

Batuhan EROľLU (Ankara / Türkiye)

I enjoyed the trip even the adventure associated with travel. thenks this trip i first time flew by plane.
I met new pepole, new words and something about others Nationals Parks.At first I thought thatIi can not cope with the presentation but it was not so bad.Tthe city was nice but I think that in the market there are too many banks, but it is few places that you can visit. It was a very interesting experience for me.

Martyna Zio??o (Poland)