During our trip in Bulgaria we slept in Pleven, the
sixth largest city by population in Bulgaria. The first day we visited the most
important tourist attractions here: the historical museum, the “Panorama” and the
city centre with two beautiful churches. The panorama is a building that
contains a paint which represent the war of independence of Bulgaria and some
historical objects used during this war.
1879. In this city we visited the castle of
Tsarevgrad Turnov that is
Bulgaria.
Etar is an open-air museum which shows Bulgarian
customs, culture and traditions. We visited the museum, saw some typical dance
and ate delicious Bulgarian bread, visiting the village was one of the things I enjoyed
most.
the
third day we went to Etar and to Velico Tarnovo, the old capital of
a medieval fortified town rebuilt in the 20th century, from the castle
there is a wonderful view of the city.
We spent our last two days in Sofia the biggest city
In Bulgaria and the capital city too. The first thing we saw was the Technology
museum, this visit is connected to our project because we saw the technological
development in Bulgaria. After this we went to the city centre to visit the
other attraction in Sofia: we saw a lot of churches from the Roman to the newer
one. In Sofia there are different types of churches: Mosque, Catholic churches
and Orthodox churches.
At night we walked along the biggest pedestrian street
in Sofia.
The second day we visited the art museum and some Roman
ruins which are inside a luxury hotel in
the city centre.
Martina
ERASMUS PLUS: Friendships
In March I
participated in the project Erasmus + "Youth of Europe Connect to
a'Right' Net" where I worked with other students of 7different nations to learn to use Internet in a safe way.
The second
meeting of this project took place in Bulgaria in
the school of Hristo Botev at Dolni Dabnik, near the city
of Pleven.
At the
beginning everything was really awkward, because I didn’t know anyone and speaking in another language is difficult, especially if all the people don’t know
English very well. I had to forget my shyness and immediately I got on well with the Greek
students in particular.
The second
day we learned how to make a Blog and it was really interesting because all the
nations were divided into different groups. In this way I had the opportunity
to interact with the other students that now are my friends.
The following days we had some free time to spend together in the centre of Pleven
and there we went to visit the park, some shops and we laughed and spoke a lot.
This
experience was amazing, I had the opportunity to see different lifestyle
situation and learn different cultures and languages. With this project I could
bond with extraordinary people that I will never forget.
Michela
TRADITIONS
When we arrived at the school we
have been welcomed with an opening ceremony.
We saw a typical dance. The children of the primary school wore traditional dress and they had a decoration of flower. There was also a girl who sang and a little one gave us a piece of bread.
We saw a typical dance. The children of the primary school wore traditional dress and they had a decoration of flower. There was also a girl who sang and a little one gave us a piece of bread.
The school offered a traditional
food: Banitza. It is made of eggs and piece of sirene cheese between filo
pastry.
On the second day after some workshop we did some traditional Bulgarian things.
We painted some vases and we created
some bracelets. They are called Martenitsa. The Bulgarian teachers told us the
meaning of this red and white yarn bracelet. They are small pieces of
adornment, made in the form of two
dolls, a white male and a red female. Martenitsa are worn from the first
day of March until the first sign of spring is seen: a stork, a swallow, or a budding
tree. When people see this things they hung the bracelet on a tree.
On the third day we visited Etara and Veliko Tarnovo. Etara is an open air archeological and ethnographic museum.
When we were there some children
made a show. They recited and jumped over a fire.
In Veliko Tarnovo, the ancient
capital city of Bulgaria we visited Tsarevets hill, a Medieval stronghold
located on a hill. We ate a typical cold soup made of yoghurt, cucumber,
garlic, walnut, dill, oil and water. It was called Tarator.
Anastasia
Anastasia