25 of September We started our week with Youth Pass introduction. We discussed about 8 key competences. We were divided into 8 groups to make a small summary about our key competence. For me it was easy breezy because I learned all about youth pass when I did my EVS and after that I have had other projects where we have discussed it as well. Funny thing was that I was always in the group with same people. For example Laura, Giulia, Rebecca and Alija were always in my group. In the morning session we discussed about Erasmus+ possibilities. How to apply in different projects and stuff. Also, EVS was a topic, if you still didn't understand what EVS is you can contact with me and read from my blog what life I lived in Bulgaria during my service. We also made small presentation about our sending organization, in our case it was Continuous Action. After morning activities we walked again to our resturant. Funny thing about our meals was that locals don't like to recycle. We didn't have ceramic plates and cups, everything was plastic. And to cover everyone's needs they served pasta, potatoes, rice etc. all together in one meal. Really popular was a lemonade. The real lemonade from lemons and oranges not a Limpa 😝 Because the day was dedicated to Melpomene and Thalia the topic was Tragedy and Comedy. We were divided into groups once again and we had a task to act Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. This play was full of Greek names, it was such a struggle for me. It took time to get the idea of the plot and at the end we decided to act it as authentic way as possible. We used bedsheets to dress up like ancient people. The same idea that some people used in Banquet for Muses. I commit that our play was pretty boring. I loved other acts about Hamlet. They were so funny and Janre's outfit made my day. And other group passionate performance was also enjoyable. In the evening we had a second part of intercultural evening. We prepared for the night a lot of sweet stuff, chocolates and candies. To get full experience of Estonian food we made black bread with mustard. People's reaction was priceless. We offered also Estonian non-alcohol drink kali and of course Vana Tallinn liqueur. Before coming to Cyprus I visited tourist information point to get some brochures about Estonia. Our presentation was plain, just to give a general overview of our country. We ended our presentation with wife-carrying competition. It made a buzz in our audience but in the end I hope that everyone liked it. Presentation about Cyprus showed us a side of a Cypriot life. Helena's dancing skills just bewitched everyone. Spanish dancing style is unfortunately way too hard to imitate right away. We saw magnificent places in Greece and tasted many delicious snacks. Everybody loved Vana Tallinn and some people drank it too much. Epic night again. This time I also got the experience to handle Laura at night. 26 of September Early in the morning we started our trip to Pafos. We made a first stop after 5 minutes of driving in Agros mineral water factory. We had a small tour there and free water bottles 😀 The factory looked like a mix of Saku Läte and Saku Õlletehas. I live only 100 m away from Estonian biggest water factory. So, from my tap you can get high quality water as well (actually everywhere in Estonia) Sten and Janre struggeled in the bus trip. In the mountains curvy roads it was hard to sleep and guys were really sensitive about everything. Bad side of Vana Tallinn. Our next stop was in The ancient theatre of Kourion. Archaeological site, I am in love with that place. Beautiful theater and ancient ruins and mosaics. Those ruins were conserved perfectly by the way. On our way we passed by the Aphrodite's rock. It was one of the sites in my "I want to see" list. It was a nice beach but without that myth this place wouldn't be so special. Irony of life. Then we finally reach our main destination place, European Capital of Culture Pafos. We had an appointment with mayor of the town. We waited for him in front of the municipality house, there was also the main square. I would say that the centre of the city is pretty minimalistic. I was glad that we visited Pafos because I really wanted to visit it before coming to Cyprus. In general, many my wishes came true. My dream trip. We had a lunch in a traditional place where we tried souvlaki. It was a huge portion of food and it took time to eat all of it. In the bus there was always a radio playing, so we got brainwashed from Greek music. Here is a one example. After lunch we visited the Tomb of kings. Another archaeological site with perfect location. I can imagine working in this kind of site next to a sea, what a wonderful archaeologist life. So, I appreciate a lot ancient people's thinking to base their tomb on just exactly that location. This site wasn't conserved so perfectly, I saw many mistakes. I did a small informative lesson to my compatriots talking about different types of columns. Then we went to the seaside and visited all together an Old castle of the town. From there it was a great view to the city and the sea. Then we went to enjoy free time we had. Unfortunately there wasn't a sandy beach and Spanish people were pretty indignant. Instead of sand there was a rock from where you can jump in the water. Many participants used this opportunity but not me. I prefer just swimming. This time water wasn't so warm as in Larnaca and not so light blue as well. On our way back to Agros we made a stop in Limassol. We had a free time to walk around the city. This city is full of Russian maffia and I also saw many Turkish people there. At least I got a new scarf with good price, because the tourism season is about to end I got a discount. It was getting dark and city lights made the atmosphere mystical. I liked the city and it was sad that we didn't have more time to spend there. On our way back we tried to sleep but it was difficult as always. During the dinner we practiced different languages because it was the European Day of Languages. We had a sheet of paper full of words in our project countries languages. Most of Estonian words were incorrect, don't trust Google Translate if you want to speak Estonian. Klara is a natural talent in Estonian but I need at least 3 years before I am courageous enough to speak Czech in public. 27 of September Day of Terpsichore which meant a lot of dancing. We started morning with fun energizers and then headed to a restaurant where we presented our national dances. Estonian team presented Kaerajaan, it is the easiest dance but we still argued which is the best version to dance it. Probably our performance was horrible but at least you got an idea how this dance looks like. Spanish team represented 3 different dances. First dance was still out of my range but next two ones were great. I guess every children in Estonia can dance Macarena and Las Ketchup since kindergarden. Czech Polka was funny because the song is popular in Estonia and Estonian lyrics are totally silly. But it was nice to dance it and it was also quite easy. Greek Zorbas also was funny and Stelios is a master of dancing it. After lunch we made pairs to make a dance on a topic they told us. Janre cheated a bit to dance with Eva. My dancing partner was Melania and our topic was a tragedy. It all started with choosing a right music for our performence. In the end we chose a song Pursuit of Happiness from a movie Project X. Our story was really contemporary. What happens in the club if you drink and do drugs. I used my digital competence tho solve the task. I downloaded a song and edited it. Throwback to my puberty years when I was really into a photo, video and music editing. I am really good at faking being drunk, it also helps on parties when you actually don't want to drink. Vittorio's and Stoyka's dance was so lovely. It totally touched our souls. They really deserved to win the competition.
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