The 4th
Comenius Meeting took place at Turkey- Istanbul from 02.06.2013 to 06.06.2013.
The Greeks
participated with a team of four persons, all women: Mrs Evie Logara, Mrs Maria
Kalaitzidou, Mrs Evie Pliari and Mrs Kragiopulou Dimitra.
The
meeting’s reality was higher than our expectations were.
The school
program of the Opening “Welcome” night with the school music orchestra and the
traditional dances created a very warm ambiance for all of us.
The first
day our hosts (οικοδεσπότες) surprised us
by presenting a Tango dance in which participated the 2nd’s Grade
pupils. Charming!!!
The
hospitality behalf the school Director, the school staff aw well as behalf the
parent’s association was warm, friendly and full of care.
The work
sessions with the partners’ delegations –officially and officiency ανεπίσημα- provided to us a lot of information about the school systems as well as
the difficulties all of us – more or less- have to huddle.
The
Cultural program at Turkey
organized by our hosts was very interesting from every point of view.
Visiting
sites such as AyiaSofia, Sultan Ahmet, Traditional markets (Kapali çarsi) make
us being a little more familiar to the Turkish “way of life”.
The
entertainment part was also very important and everyone has had a wonderful
time.
A sea trip
at Bosporus Sea
and a daily trip to the Black Sea seaside gave
us the opportunity to relax, to know us better and talk a lot about the
educational systems of our countries.
We came
back home with the best memories and the deep wish to visit again this charming
place called Istanbul.
Thanks
again…and we are waiting to respond (give back) the warm and full of care
Turkish hospitality.
