In February a group teachers and
students from the National High School in Finance and Business attended the 2nd
LTTA in Osijek, Croatia. It’s the fourth largest city in Croatia, and the
center of the region of Slavonia. It’s on the right bank of the river Drava
with a great mixture of West Baroque style and Balkan hospitality. In the center
of the city we visited the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, one
of the symbols of the city. The new pedestrian bridge, which connect the city
with Copacabana, a wide open space area with swimming pools, parks, and a zoo. Not
far away is the Europe Avenue with typical 19th c. buildings that
leads to the old town Trvda. It’s the best preserved group of the largest
Baroque buildings in Croatia.
The second day was in the capital
Zagreb. We were impressed by the cathedral of Zagreb, St. Mark’s square, the old
town and Ban Josip Jelačić Square where we felt the close connection of people
between the past and now.
Next day was at school writing
scripts, practicing and performing role plays on the topic of the LTTA –
Solidarity. Teachers chose the best performance. It was group 4 with the video
entitled “Little gestures make big hearts”. In the evening, we visited The Old Senior
Citizens’ Home in Osijek and each country preformed a dance or a song. The old
people couldn’t wait to express their enjoyment seeing us dancing and singing.
It was an unforgettable experiences for us too.
The fourth day was very sad. We visited
the Hero Town Vukovar – a place completely devastated during the Serbian –
Croatian Civil War in 1991. The town now is rebuilt again but each grown-up
person in Croatia still keeps their memories about the time. We visited the War
Museum and The Memorial Center, where Croatian students go and study about the
war in the first place. In 199 all out host teachers had to move away from
Osijek because of the war. Some of them told us they survived when their own
house was bombed. A very shocking was the visit to the local hospital, where
there is a museum that shows the life of doctors, nurses and patients during
the war. There are still the holes and some remains from the war which must
remind people about the war. This is the topic that unites the whole country of
Croatia as each family experienced the consequences of the war.
The last day was about writing
stories on the topic of solidarity. Students in international groups wrote
their stories in the eTwinning TwinSpace and we all have them saved in Google
Drive. The SEDIFIEE students who haven’t attended the meeting in Croatia will
vote and choose the best story.
All in all, we’ll never forget
our hosts’ friendliness, the lovely families who made our students feel at
home, the perfect organization of each detail of the mobility because of the
teachers’ excellent team work. And the language – the Slavs’ origin of both Croatian
and Bulgarian helped us understand each other better too!
We’ll definitely come back to
Croatia!
Dissemination in the school website:
http://nfsg-sofia.net/documents/Erazm_2020hrv1.pdf
The students' thoughts about the LTTA:
Dissemination in the school website:
http://nfsg-sofia.net/documents/Erazm_2020hrv1.pdf
The students' thoughts about the LTTA:
