Spanish-Catalan Team describes their stay in Kosice

KOSICE IN SLOVAKIA

We arrived in Slovakia on Wednesday by bus. The trip was four hours long but we had a nice time on the bus because we talked with the pupils of Comenius and Slovak girls. When we arrived in Kosica the host families were waiting for us and we met them and went home.

The next day all the Comenius people met at the school and we went to see the city and different monuments. We liked so much the city because we think that it is very beautiful. In the afternoon we returned  home and we enjoyed a lot with our host families.

On Friday we met at school and we went to a museum, next we went to a culture centre and we enjoyed a lot because we watched a very funny show about typical Slovak and Roman dances. Then we went to school and we had lunch. Later we went to the gym and we had a nice time with all the Comenius pupils :) .

We liked so much Kosice and we were very happy with our new friends.

Na Slovensku po slovensky

We are really sad, that our international visitors are leaving on tomorrow morning, but we will have lots of very nice memories. 

SIGHTS:

-on Thursday we went to the city center to see some historical monuments. We saw beautiful St. Elisabeth's Cathedral, scary Mikluš's prison, Singing fountain, Wax museum in Urban's tower and lots of old jobs at the Alley of trades. Then we went to the Technical Museum where we had a presentation about mining, and after that we were talking with former president of Slovakia - Schuster - about the life in the old Košice.

JOBS:

-at the Alley of trades we saw many old jobs: baker, smith, jewellery maker, herbalist, carpetner, executor...

Barbara Baraníková and Ema Zacharová

On Wednesday morning the guest children and we went to Slovakia by bus. On the way to Kosice we stopped in Tard which is famous for its embroidery called matyo. After that we visited the castle of Boldogko (Happy Stone in English). We arrived to Kosice in the afternoon where the host families were waiting for us.
Next day we had a tour in the school. The Slovak children gave a show for us, and we introduce ourselves. We saw museums e.g Mining Museum, Miklus`s prison and the Vax Museum in the city centre and in one of the museums we met the ex President of Slovakia called Rudolf Schuster who was the Mayor of Kosice. We liked the Kovacska street where we bought some presents for our family.
Today we saw the HUMNO where we tasted Slovak sausage and cheese and we saw a very nice performance in the Centre of Free time.
Thank you for your invitation and your hospitility, we liked to be here.

Greetings from the Hungarian children

Hi,
We are now in Slovakia. It has been fun here. Yesterday we were sightseeing the centre of Kosiče.
We were in the prison and mining museum and we met the first president of Slovakia Mr. Schuster. We had luck because we got out of prison, president was kind and funny person. Today we were in the centre of free time, there was a concert and dances. There were lots of exhibitions.Today was the last school day.
Soon we will be going Hungary again.We will miss our Slovakian friends!

Best wishes Akseli, Heikki, Henna ja Kaisa

This morning, we went to centre which was like a museum. We saw things made of wood, paintings, and Slovakian clothes. We had a snack of sausage and cheese. After that, we went to see a performance. We saw dancing, singing and a play. We liked the play. After that, we came back to school and we did group exercises. We wrote about sights, jobs and culture. The we chose a winner.

by Aleks, Marek and Maros.

Kosice 23.05.2013

The COMENIUS team today have been very busy. First the students and staff received a very warm welcome from the host school and students.
Not every thing always runs to plan especially when visiting the Technical Museum of Kosice when the former President calls into the museum during our talk on mining in the area. The Former President is thrilled to talk to our COMENIUS team and is happy to talk to us about the cites proud heritage and future.
The afternoon gave us chance to visit the local craft shops and see how people are keeping local traditions/crafts alive. This was followed by a visit and history lesson to Miklu's Prison. Local students from our COMENIUS team gave us a very knowledgeable tour of their city A big thank you students.
On returning to school our students were more than happy to re-join their host families for the evening.

A big hello to Mr Carroll and his class x

Lesley James

Kosice Slovakia

Good evening from Kosice Slovakia.
The Comenius group said good bye to Budapest this morning and travelled throughout the day calling into a very beautiful traditional embroidery museum, with thatched traditional housing. Two of our Comenius students very kindly dressed in traditional Hungarian clothing for us.
Our tour then led us to a stunning castle that stood proud in the middle of a magnificent valley.
So on to Slovakia where we will be staying for three nights, students dropped off with host families and staff to a local hotel for a well deserved rest and evening meal.

Hello to all at Shawwood x
Lesley James