The last week of April two teachers from Lindi Elementary School travelled to Turkey thanks to Erasmus+ project: TEPS.
Together with our colleagues:
- Anton Verwey – project manager from Netherlands
- Jeanette Haffmans and Frencis van de Wardt – from Netherlands
- Belinda Gracianea and Raquel Alonso Camino – from Spain
- Eva Hola and Hana Kindlova – from Czech Republic
On Monday morning at 8 o’clock, radiant Nil with her husband and two wonderful children were waiting for us in the hotel. Together we put our suitcases on the bus and started our four-hour trip to the Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Central Turkey.
We spent the night at the luxurious cave hotel of the Ürgüp, where there was charming spiral staircase – and climbing on that beautiful staircase was an act of courage.
On our way to the Ürgüp we sat on the bus, our noses against the window – looking and wondering where are we. The sloping landscape with long valleys, in the centre of which there are cone-shaped rock formations in a cluster, many of them several hundred meters high. There are also columns that look like gigantic stone mushrooms and chimneys.
The day in Cappadocia will remain in our memory for a long time and the greatest thanks to Nil and his family for this trip.
On Tuesday morning, we thanked our hosts and said goodbyes to the Demisoscaves hotel’s kind family and started our trip to Tarsus.
In Tarsus, we were greeted by the school full of marvelous brown-eyed children and their cheerful teachers. There was a children´s day celebration going on – full of fun, dancing and playing. In addition, a welcome reception by the school team and an Anton-led project meeting and a school-based excursion took place.
Wednesday was the day of the projects and boxes. We had a project meeting where Spanish, Czech and Dutch teachers introduced their boxes. Then we saw the boxes made in Tarsus school. Together with children from Tarsus school and one more school in Tarsus, we solved and made boxes with children.
We went to the reception of the mayor and during the evening tour we were introduced to the city and history of Tarsus.
Thursday was Mersin’s day. As usual, the day began with a project meeting with Anton. We were introduced a big school in Mersin and solved some boxes with children.
The evening ended with a meeting of the project in a hotel, a visit to the Mersin Old Town, to the market and to the mosque.
On Friday we closed our week in warm and sunny Turkey.
Thank you, Nil Askin, Ece Yildirim, Eda Boga and colleagues from all of Tarsus and Mersin’s schools who accepted us kindly, introduced their school and country for us. It was very nice to meet and spend some time with you.
Epp Reinfeldt and Kadri Tamberg
Lindi Elementary School, Estonia
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