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The list of participating schools Veit-Höser-Gymnasium Adnan Hadiye Sürmegöz Ortaokulu IES Sierra la Calera Consejería Szent Piroska Görögkatolikus Általános Iskola Miasto Stołecznego Warszawa Osnovna šola Prežihovega Voranca Bistrica Kesälahden Koulu Základná škola, Veternicova, Bratislava 1 Table of contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 1: Festivities throughout the year ................................................................................. 7 Waiting for Christmas ............................................................................................................ 8 The holiday of love ................................................................................................................. 9 Christmas in Nyíracsád ......................................................................................................... 11 Easter in Nyíracsád ............................................................................................................... 12 Veľká noc – kresťanské tradície a vítanie jari ...................................................................... 14 Easter in Slovakia ................................................................................................................. 15 The Burying of the Double Bass .......................................................................................... 17 Christmas .............................................................................................................................. 19 My Family Christmas ........................................................................................................... 21 Husking corn ........................................................................................................................ 22 An unusual Christmas ........................................................................................................... 23 Sacrifice means to approach Allah ....................................................................................... 24 Twenty metres with the long pole ........................................................................................ 28 Beim Volksfestauszug .......................................................................................................... 29 The Gäuboden Fair parade ................................................................................................... 30 Meine Tage in Brüssel .......................................................................................................... 31 My Brussels Days ................................................................................................................. 33 Zum Christkindlmarkt .......................................................................................................... 34 Towards the Christmas Market............................................................................................. 35 Carnaval de Badajoz ............................................................................................................. 37 Las carrozas de San Isidro Labrador .................................................................................... 39 Un cambio en mi vida: algo inesperado ............................................................................... 41 Chapter 2: Special places, landmarks and legends ................................................................... 42 La fiesta ................................................................................................................................ 43 The party ............................................................................................................................... 44 Vacaciones inolvidables ....................................................................................................... 46 Unforgettable Spanish Holidays ........................................................................................... 48 Mi promesa ........................................................................................................................... 51 Výlet na Bratislavský hrad .................................................................................................. 53 A Trip to Bratislava Castle ................................................................................................... 53 A year at Puruvesi Lake ........................................................................................................ 55 Along the railway ................................................................................................................. 57 My Kesälahti home ............................................................................................................... 59 2 Fall in love with Warsaw ...................................................................................................... 61 The legend of Szapary Castle ............................................................................................... 65 What was happening in those days ....................................................................................... 70 Güzel konya .......................................................................................................................... 71 Beautiful Konya .................................................................................................................... 72 Elif'in ödevi .......................................................................................................................... 73 Elif’s homework ................................................................................................................... 73 Leyla'nın Konya gezisi ......................................................................................................... 75 Leyla’s Konya trip ................................................................................................................ 76 Am Samstag beim Untern Wirt ............................................................................................ 78 Saturday night at the Lower Inn ........................................................................................... 79 Sepperl und Peppi ................................................................................................................. 81 Sepperl and Peppi ................................................................................................................. 82 Chapter 3: Stories based on visits to partner countries ............................................................ 83 Comenius meeting in Germany ............................................................................................ 84 Historia Benedykta ............................................................................................................ 84 Benedict’s story ................................................................................................................ 85 Bogen Bert’te muhteşem gezi ........................................................................................... 88 A wonderful trip to Bogenberg ........................................................................................ 88 The Hermit of Bogen ........................................................................................................ 90 V Bognu ............................................................................................................................ 91 In Bogen ............................................................................................................................ 93 Comenius metting in Hungary .............................................................................................. 95 Over the clouds to Hungary .............................................................................................. 96 Rajat ylittävää ystävyyttä .................................................................................................. 98 Friendship across the borders ............................................................................................ 98 Môj najzaujímavejší zážitok zo stretnutia Comenius v Maďarsku. ............................... 100 My most interesting experience from project meeting Comenius in Hungary ............... 100 Mahnimo jo na pot .......................................................................................................... 102 On the way ...................................................................................................................... 103 Mi viaje a Hungría .......................................................................................................... 106 Comenius meeting in Finland ............................................................................................. 107 A Game of Thrones ......................................................................................................... 107 Finlandiya gezisi ............................................................................................................. 117 A trip to Finland .............................................................................................................