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Hi guys.

I have questions. Why did it pass so fast again? How did it happen that time was flying during my second Erasmus+ ? Was I there really for 8 days? Are my friends from the project back in their countries? How could it be that good?

Eszter´s photo

But we should start from the beginning.

I was chosen to be a part of another Erasmus+ project, this time in Poland, in a village Motyzc Leśny, near Lublin. The title of the project was Gate of Dreams. The name alone made me excited for it. We were using LAPR methods of learning. LARP is a shortcut for Live Action Role Play and we played it on the day before the last day. My character was a sadistic doctor, so I did like it :-D

I was there with organization MARTY FOR YOU.

MARTY FOR YOU (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/martyforyou/?fref=ts

Founder of this organization is an amazing human being. I'm glad that I can call him "friend" <3

And here is more information about the main organization:

"'Imaginary Realms' is non formal international network of organizations which are interested in using 'Live Action Role Play' as non formal education method in their work with groups (daily work, youth projects, trainings...). This network is administrated by HEureka Generator Association from Zamość. So every European organization who is interested in it can join network, put articles on imaginaryrealms.org and we can share with them experiences, LARPs and so on. Also organizations from network are organizing projects together. So Happy Childhood Foundation as member of network organized international youth project with European NGOs who are also members of Imaginary Relams.".
source: Andrzej Smyk – Project originator, Site admin, Live Action Role Play expert, Project coordinator

IMAGINARY REALMS (web site): http://imaginaryrealms.org/
HEureka Generator Associaton (Facebook page): www.facebook.com/HEurekaGenerator/
HEureka Generator Associaton (web site): heurekagenerator.pl

If you would like to get more knowledge about our time spending, come to our exchange´s blog GATE OF DREAMS 2017.

OK, that was a general information, we shall pass on my personal experiences.

First two days were a bit different than I was expecting. I don't want to say that I felt alone, but the feeling was really similar. I was getting the feeling that I wouldn't find friends here, even though I tried to be open and nice to everybody. I didn't receive what I was expecting and I couldn't understand why. I understood later. I was probably too friendly and not everybody is able to take that in first few minutes. Long story short - I almost hugged everybody when they came and I had to remind myself that this kind of behaviour is not common in our culture :-D

It took two days for them to understand that I have just loved them since the first seconds. Weird? Yeah, probably. But I do believe that my ability to love so easily is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

The project went so well after those two days. Everything was getting more and more interesting, I enjoyed all work-shops, people, activities, food and also the weather.

And yes, people of this project... I think they have no idea how unique they are. For me. I still cannot believe that I had the privilege to meet people as they have been.

Maybe they are from other European countries, their life-stories are different then mine is, they are completely different than I might be. However, we are same in so many ways. They have similar opinions as I have. They do similar things as I do. They love travelling as I do. There is a unique passion inside of them. They hug in the same way as I do. They smile with the warmest smile as I try to do. They do the most important thing which means a lot to me. They are following their dreams. Please, don't you even dare to tell me that they weren't born to meet me and that I wasn't born to cross their lives with mine.

I love them. Each of them. Forever. There is nothing what I could do with it and I just hope they know it.

Thanks for them.

Guys, do you realize that you made my life a bit better? That thanks to you I was completely happy for few days? That thanks to you I know that what I do and what I will do is important and it has a big importance in this world.

I will never ever forget you.

A hug. This is what I am sending you. Every morning when I wake up, I will think about you and I will send each of you my hug. You may not remember it, you might not feel it. But sometimes, when you will really need a hug, you will remember that you received one each day. And in case the hug is not enough and you need more, write me, call me. I am here for you. I will come. I promise.

Friends are the most important human beings. Especially for me. We had only 8 days. That wasn't enough. Not at all. We deserve more. More time together.

I have left something there, in that project. I am gonna be so emotional now. I left a piece of my heart in each of you. You have me inside of you. Please, take care of it. Because not everybody will give you their heart.

Poland, thank you.

Andrzej, thank you.

Motycz , thank you.

Guys, thank you.

Erasmus+, thank you.

PANAGIOTA´s photos

ILONA´s photos

LENKA´s photo

Unfortunately I didn´t take as much photos as I wanted, so I can share just few of them.

Thank you so so much for reading my blog. I appreciate each view. See you soon here soon, hopefuly the next Sunday.
Have an amazing week, do what you love and smile at least once for me. Serusky <3

Hi everybody!

As you know, I has started my summer in the best way I could imagine. I told you about my plans during this summer in the previous post (you can READ IT HERE). That time I was getting myself ready for my first Erasmus+ project. I was a bit doubtful, I thought nobody would understand why I was going there and that I really want to work for the European Union, for Europe.
My message is clear, I understand what I want to do and I feel confident with it. However it is difficult to at least make people understand what I see. And I really wanted to send this message in that project. Was I successful?

The project was called CONNECTION, CULTURE - FUTURE and it took place in a small village Kekéd in the north part of Hungary. As you maybe know, I like Hungary a lot, so even because of that I was looking forward to going there again. The organizator which made this project was Aktív Európai Fiatalokért Egyesület (CLICK HERE) and the Slovakian co-organizator was ADEL Slovakia (CLICK HERE).

The first thing I would like to point out was organization of the whole project. It was done so well, we had everything we needed, our food was from the best chef, so I don´t have to mention that our bellies were happy and full all the time. Actually, sometimes too much full :-D Activities which we were doing throughout those days had a good meaning, were funny and every time I took something from them. We had some visitors, a folk dance ensemble from a near Hungarian town, two ladies who taught us how to make knitted basket (I did enjoy it a lot, I made one for myself) and knitted bracelets and so on. The biggest adventure (for me) was when we went to see a near castle. Guys, you know how much I love visiting castles, so I was looking forward a lot. The name of the castle was Boldogkovara and it belongs to the village Boldogkőváralja. Please never persuade me to say this word, I just cannot :-D The castle was really beautiful, exactly what I enjoy.

Cultural nights. Every night (9 pm) one of the national groups was presenting their country. I cannot choose the best one, each night was unique, special in a different way. I took a lot information from each of the night.
I would like to write a few words about Slovakian night. I loved it. I was so proud of us, we did it in a beautiful way, hope everybody enjoyed it. We had a presentation about Slovakia with a mini quiz, we continued with a small performance about typical Slovakian Easter Monday and at the end I had a "speech" about Slovakia. That was an important part for me. I wanted to show other people how much I really adore my country, how thankful I am that I come from so unique and beautiful land, I wanted to show that good people still live in Slovakia, that our nature is wonderful, our traditions are alive, our food and drinks are tasteful and the most important - that Slovakia would be delightful if anybody from them decided to visit it. Just to add, we got ourselves ready in a tradition way - folk clothes took an important place. We offered typical sweets, foods, drinks, beers and of course, a home-made Slivovitz (Slivovica) to everybody. I believe everybody liked our food (it was gone within an half hour, so probably yes) and the massage which we wanted to send was clear and understandable.

And this is going to be especially for you. For you guys who were there with me.

Each of you gave me special memories, feelings, thoughts, ideas,... You were so unique, so rare to be found in a big world. I am so happy I could meet you, I could spend those 8 days with you, I could grow up because of you.

I had never been favorite, liked by another people when I was younger. I was just a girl, nobody really saw me during my teenage life, at school or even between friends. I don´t say that I wasn´t loved, not at all. But I had never been surrounded by people who really wanted to spend their time just WITH ME.
For the first two days, I was a bit confused what was happening, why was everybody smiling on me, why everybody spoke to me, why were people listening to me when I was talking about something. And then I realised. Because I felt good. I felt I had a strong connection with them since the first minutes. I smiled on them, I came to them to introduce myself, I felt self-confident while I was talking to them,... Basically, I felt that I was exactly where I belong. And I was with people who were the same as me. We shared very similar personalities, opinions, hobbies, sense of humour. We found each other <3

A lot of them said thank you to me. And I would love to say one huge THANK YOU GUYS.

Thank you for hugging me, it was the nicest way how to say I like you.

Thank you for listening to me, I know I spoke a lot.

Thank you for sharing some important things with me, it helped me understood that it is worth to be happy no matter what.

Thank you for making me laugh, because I love my life when I am happy.

Thank you for showing me your countries, I am going to visit each of it. And not just once.

Thank you for spending time with me, I will never forget that.

Thank you for smiling at me, do you know how beautiful you were with a smile on your lips?

Thank you for being my friends, believe me, you will stay my friends forever.

Thank you for understanding that I would love to make Europe better place to live in.

And the last thank you... Thank you so much that we were a European family. We come from different countries all over the Europe but we belong together. There is no difference between us. Thank you million times.
I love you.

And for everybody who has never had a friend from abroad, for somebody who has never travelled to another country (please, don´t count a vacation on the beach, you probably have no idea about the real country and people living there), for everybody who thinks that they are better because they come from this or that country and other people are less,... You should go for a project like this. It will teach you how wrong you were. How bad your opinions and thinking was. You will learn respect, solidarity, you will learn how to treat other human beings, you will understand that we all are the same.
Please, don´t think about me that I am in a sect, because I do try to make relationships between people better and stronger. All of this I have written here are my thoughts, nobody persuaded me to write it here. I write what is the truth for me and what I believe is a good way.

And for people who think about this kinds of projects. For people who would like to meet and get to know other cultures, for people who love travelling and learning new stuff. GO! Apply for it, it costs you almost nothing. Believe me, it may become one of the best decisions in your life. You should go. :-)

I didn´t know what was waiting for me behind the door but I opened it. I won´t lie, I was scared. But I over-came my fears and I just did it. And it turned out to be an amazing thing to do. As well as it was with England.

I would like to share some videos and photos with you guys from the project.

the first one is from Krištóf:

and the second one is from our Italian girls (yes, exactly as you would think about Italians - always smiling, hugging, beautiful, caring, living for every second, basically the kind of people you want to have next to you all the time <3):