3rd LEARNING -TEACHING-TRAINING MEETING IN PRIEKULE, LATVIA
3rd LEARNING -TEACHING-TRAINING MEETING IN PRIEKULE, LATVIA
13-17 MAY 2019
You can watch the video of the meeting in Latvia here:
Nine students and four teachers of our school took part in the 3rd LTT meeting in Priekule in Latvia lasting 5 days from Monday 13th to Friday 17th May 2019.
Our journey started on Friday 10th evening with a flight from Alexandroupoli to Athens and then we took the early morning flight on Saturday from Athens to Riga with Baltic Air. We were all very excited!!!!!
Saturday 11th May
We spent the whole day and explored the capital city of Latvia, Riga. We strolled around the streets of the old city, we visited the Art Nouneau neighbourhood, we saw the House of Blackheads, the Freedom monument, Saint Peter's church and the Town Hall square, the Museum of Illusions.
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The museum of illusions |
Sunday 11th May
Some more sightseeing visiting the National History Museum till early in the afternoon when we caught the bus to Priekule along with the Portuguese and the Italian teams.
In total 28 students and 13 teachers from Italy, Poland, Romania, Portugal and Greece accepted the invitation of the Latvian school to take part in a variety of activities that focused on our contact with Nature and our awareness towards its importance and the need for its preservation and protection.
Sunday 12th evening
Arrival in Priekule. A town of about 2000 inhabitants 200 kilometres southwest of Riga. We are really excited being here. our students seeing their Latvian friends and the teachers meeting their friends again. We stayed in a beautiful municipal guest house in the centre of Priekule along with our students.
Monday 13/ 5/2019
The school Priekules Vidusskola is amazing. We learnt that it used ti be a casttle built by a Swedish Duke. Opposite the school there are all kinds of open air courts and fields for sports and an indoor sports center with the school canteen and all sorts of facilities.
We were welcomed by the headteacher and the program coordinator Mrs Zaiga and attended a wonderful performance by the students.
In the evening we enjoyed a cultural gathering with depiction of traditional food and dances from every country.
Tuesday 14/5/2019
We visited the National Park of Kemeri, a land of forests, lakes and swamps protected by the Ramsar treaty, known for its biodiversity and its hot springs.
Next stop was at the "lilac garden"in Dobele and the world famous research center of lilacs and fruit trees created by the artist, researcher and scientist Peteris Upitis. We were informed about the life and the work of this man as well as about the function and the research centre.
Last stop of the day was the 14th century town of Kuldiga with the widest waterfall in Europe, although not very high, where we had the chance to admire the phenomenon of the 'flying fish" as the trout and the salmon travel upsream, opposite the flow of the river, in order to reproduce.
Wednesday 15/5/2019
We visited the village Vainode where we watched the making of Latvian bread using many different kinds of seeds and cereals and we partricipated in a seminar for the construction of soap and bath minerals using herbs and natural oils.
We visited the area of Embute where we spent time close to Nature, we walked around the area, we played games, we caught and observed amphibians, fish, insects with the help of the Biology teacher and the older students of the school, before bringing them back to their natural habitat and we enjoyed our lunch in Nature.
In the afternoon all the delegations presented the completed activities of the program for the months April and May.
A. Planting and seedling of aromatic plants at the school premises
B. Decorating the classroom windowsills with plants and flowers as they have the ability to create a peaceful and relaxing learning environment.
Thursday 16/5/2019
We visited the seaside town of Liepaja on the Baltic Sea, where we admired the old town, the historic buildings and above all the world famous beach with the white sand. Just amazing!!!!
Liepaja opera house
Friday 16/5/2019
In the morning we attended the 'last bell' ceremony at school where the last year students said goodbye to their school and fellow students. Later, we visited an old Lutheran church near Priekule which has been fully restored with the help of a man and is now in use again and a village with privately owned plantations of flowers where we admired many different species of flowers. Latvian people love flowers.
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