Hello from Lithuania! More photos....

Hello from Lithuania ! We are happy that we are here again together! Greetings for all our friends on this project, especially Mikael and Yann-Fanch from Britany and Piet, Susan and Yohann from Holland. The weather is fine and all the children are playing sports downstairs while we are on the computers upstairs !

Here is the extended weather forecast for next week in Vilnius. Let's bring our sweaters and boots because it will be cold !

THE PROGRAMME OF VISIT TO LITHUANIA
MARCH 31ST – APRIL 4TH

31ST OF MARCH
9.00 – Meeting at Senieji Trakai school. Introducing with Senieji Trakai school.
10.00 – Introducing with participating pupils and teachers:
1. Everyone have to introduce himself in English (name, country, age, hobby…etc.)
2. Schools presentation (each school can present their school).
12.00 – Lunch at school canteen.
13.00 – Walking around Senieji Trakai town (The old church, The Grand Duke’s road).
14.00 – Sports competition.
17.00 – Coming back to hotel.

1ST OF APRIL (PRIMA APRILISJ)
9.00 – Meeting at Senieji Trakai school. Native languages lessons (Lithuanian, Breton, Bulgarian, Dutch).
Coffe/tea break for teachers.
10.00 - School’s band concert for guests.
12.00 – Lunch at restaurant “Dvarkiemis”.
14.00-16.00 – Excursion to Vilnius with guide.
16.00 - Going to recreation and trading center “Akropolis”. Possible to ice-skate on ice-rink, to have snack, to buy souvenirs etc.
18.00 – Coming back to hotel.


2ND OF APRIL
9.00 – Meeting in Trakai. Walking around Trakai (Trakai castles, churches, old town…). Lunch at caffe in Trakai.
13.00 – Going to swimming pool and bowling in recreation center “Trasalis”.
17.00 – Going back to hotel.
19.00 – Traditional food evening at farmstead (where Bretons and Bulgarians stayed) near Trakai. Presenting traditional meals.

3RD OF APRIL
9.00 – Meeting in Senieji Trakai school. Presenting each country.
10.00 – Going to ethnographic museum in Rumsiskes.
12.00 – Coming to Museum. Outing around museum territory with guide.
13.30 – Picnic
14.30 – Practice for two groups with craftsman:
1 group will make pots from clay
2 group will make candles
16.30 – Coming back to hotel.
19.00 – Farewell dinner at farmstead. Lithuanian bathhouse.

4TH OF APRIL
Free time as you wished.

In Lithuania and Poland people celebrate Easter in a special way, they make beautiful Easter eggs, decorated by hand. Here are some Easter eggs made by our partner school in Lithuania. What do you do at Easter? Do you have a special celebration? What do you eat... anything special?

Three photos of our Bulgarian partners working on our project in their school. We will see you next year when we visit in the spring !

Here is a video of our Bulgarian partners dancing in a restaurant during our trip to Holland. We didn't have any pupils with us but I hope when we meet in Brittany we can all learn some traditional dances from our different countries.

In Brittany dancing is a very popular pass-time. Our pupils are preparing a show for the thirty-year anniversary of Diwan schools (immersion schools in the Breton language, a minority language of Europe. They will play traditional music and dance too !

Krampouezh !

Here are some pictures of "krampouezh" a Breton speciality. Brittany is famous for these delicious pancakes, sweet ones and savoury ones ! We make and eat them all year round but especially on Friday nights accompanied by a "bannac'h chistr", a glass of cider (click on "regarder la vidéo"). The ingredients are simple but the difficult part is turning them on the hot, iron "bilig". There are special tools for this : the "rozell" and the "palken" made of wood.

These photographs were taken on Saturday night at a "fest-noz", a night-time feast. Parents from our school came with their "biligs" and helped to feed 150 grandparents, parents and children. Then we danced to Breton singing and music.

"Yec'hed mad !" To your health !