15th of July, Departure day

Some of the participants started to left hostel during the night from 14th to 15th of July. And they continued to leave hostel until the late afternoon. So, this post will conclude our updates about youth exchange. There will be few more posts, but they will no longer be about this project it self.

Latvia

Personally I don't like goodbyes (who does?) and this time wasn't an exception. All morning people came and woke everyone else up to say their last goodbye before leaving. We accompanied part of the participants to the airport and bus station. And in general that's all what happened that day.

Finland

Turkey

But there are still some things I would like to say. Right now I'm writing as a participant and team leader Lāsma from Latvia and I don't know if everyone else agrees or disagrees with me. But here it is...

Malta

It's weird how a group of people you've met for first time in your life can become that important. Maybe my emotions are so exaggerate because this was my first that kind of event, I don't know. But what I do know is that in those 10 days there were 40 awesome people from 5 countries.

We all have become good friends, we have gained a lot of knowledge about each other culture and traditions. We have learned so many new things that include how to interact with each other, how to lead a group of people, how to accept each other, even how to play other countries games and perform their dances and songs.

the Netherlands

We have been together 24/7, we have get to know each other so well. But most importantly - now we know more about all the countries and their culture that took part in this project. And let's not forget about all the new friendships that started during this project and hopefully will continue after this project.

See you somewhere in Europe!

Lots of love,

Lāsma (Latvia, Riga)