18th March: The Czech school and the Food Festival

In the morning of the 18th we took the time to get to know each other better and chatted for a while. The headmaster of the school, Jiri Kozlovsky, welcomed us to their facilities and to their country. The quire of the school also dedicated us a few songs to welcome us.

Straight after that, they divided us into international groups and we carried out different activities aimed at promoting coexistence and the knowledge among the groups.

Some of the aforesaid activities involved:
- A presentation from the Czech group
- A presentation of the meetings that took place in Parma and A Coruña
- A presentation on Jablonec and their region
- Decorating Easter eggs
- Singing Easter songs
- Making a  Polazka
- ...

At midday we had a typical Czech lunch at the school’s cantine and afterwards we enjoyed of some spare time to do some rest, walk around Jablonec and rehearse that afternoon’s festival.
One of the star activities of that day was the Food Festival. All the contestants brought typical food from their motherland and put it all together in the festival. Every country set a table with some of their most typical dishes and we all shared a moment of coexistence and cultural exchange. It was a good idea as we got to try typical dishes from every country, and that’s always a good way to get to know more about them.

 

At the end of the festival the students left with their host siblings; some went home while others decided to go for a walk around the village.