y@h in Germany

youth@home
in Europe
Volume 1
Meeting in Germany
November 27th - December 1st, 2017

Contents
03 General Information:
Timetable
Student´s groups
05 Monday
06 Tuesday
08 Wednesday
10 Evaluation/
Questionairre
11 Our favorite German
words
12 Thursday
14 Friday

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Monday
Welcome ceremony &
presentations at 9:00...
...and then there will be time for cofee & tea.... and talking
about our project :) ... and lunch:)
Group project: What is „Heimat“?
What is "Heimat"? - home, roots...A place,
feeling, memory? Home is more. More than
hometown,more than home country. Home is
distinctive, contourless, blurred in colors and
forms, sprawling and untouchable as a dream.
What does Heimat/ Home mean to you?
Within your group, discuss what home
means to you. Your task is to present your
results in any way you would like to on
Friday. This can be done as an art project,
ppt, interview, video, collage, story.... Be
creative, collaborate and mostly, have fun:)
Rallye through Mülheim- Our home
In your groups, you will go on a walking tour
through our town, looking for things and
ideas you may be able to use for your
project. Take pictures + keep your eyes
open.
Names of the students in
my group + where they
are from:
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Tuesday
Lessons in
school. Guest
teachers will
be teaching.
After lessons
we will go by
tram to
Oberhausen.
Please stay
with your
host/ guest.
Make sure
you get your
tram ticket
stamped, and
hold on to it!
In which lesson were you?
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The Gasometer
The
Gasometer in
Oberhausen
is a former
gasholder
which has
been
converted
into an
exhibition
space. It has
hosted
several largescale
exhibitions including
two by Christo and Jean-
Claude and is an anchor
point of the historic route of
industrial heritage. It was
built in the 1920’s but largely
reconstructed after WW II.
Wonders of the World
The exhibition in the Gasometer
is ‚Wonders of the World’.
Afterwards you will go to the
‚Centro’, a modern shopping area
where you can get food and do
some shopping. You will travel
back to Mülheim on your own with
your guest/host student.

This is your book of memories. Please fill
out everything, in a few years you will be
so glad you did :)
How many new friends have
you made today and where
do they come from?
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What did you eat for lunch?
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What did you find most interesting in the Gasometer?
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Wednesday
We will meet at Mc Donalds at the main trainstation at 9:00am. Please be on time as the train won’t wait and stay
with your partner as the train will be crowded. After an hour on the train we will reach Cologne HBHmainstation.We
will then go into the Dome and meet in front after about 30. min. Those who want can climb all
the way to the TOP.Then you are on your own and can go to the Christmas Markets, Roman Museum or just walk
around the center. We will meet on the stairs to the station at 3:00 pm to get the train back to Mülheim.

The Cathedral of Cologne is a Roman Catholic church. It is the seat of the
Archbishop of Cologne and a monument of German Catholicism and Gothic
architecture and was declared a world heritage site in 1996. It is Germany’s most
visited landmark, attracting an average of 20.000 visitors daily.
Construction commenced in 1248 and was completed in 1880. It is the largest gothic
church in northern Europe and it’s two huge spires give it the largest façade of any
church in the world.
The church houses the reliquary of the Three Holy Kings.
What did we do in Cologne?
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Evaluation/ Questionaire
What do you like best about
Germany so far? Is there
anything you don’t like about it?
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.What is totally diferent from your home?
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Could you imagine to live in
Germany? Why? / Why not?
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Any comments on this trip up to
now? What do you like about your
host and family? / guest?
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PLEASE FILL OUT THESE
QUESTIONS....
in block letters, take a picture of this page with
your phone and whatsapp or email it till this
Friday, December 1st, to :49 15124182363 or
sigi.geissler@web.de Thank you:)

Thursday
The watertower was built in 1904
, the world’s larget camera
obscura constructed in the water
container in 1992. The building is
now a museum of the history of
ilm and part of the historical
Route of industrial Heritage.
Workshops and a Watertower
After having worked on the project „Home/ Heimat“ we will leave school
at 9:45 for the Camera Obscura. There will be divided into three groupsone
will attend a workshop on building kaleidoscopes, the second will
see how the camera obscura works and the third can tour the museum.
We will switch accordingly so everybody can do everything.
We will then enjoy a mutual lunch on the grounds of the park „Müga“-
weather permitting-or in the Camera Obscura.
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What we prepared for the bufet:
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Thursday afternoon and evening
After lunch you will have time to inish your project. The presentations
will be tonight.
After getting things ready you can go home to prepare something for
tonight’s bufet with your host / guest.
We will meet you at 7:00 pm and will be very excited to see what your
presentatioms are like and will enjoy the food, drinks and company at
our send of party J
This was our contribution to the workshop „Home / Heimat“:
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Friday
Essen- Zeche Zollverein:
Coal Mine Industrial complex with
fantastic museums and alot of
mining history
Staircase in the Ruhr Museum
We will meet at Mc Donalds at the mainstation at 8:45. We will change trains at
Essen- mainstation, so please stay with the group! If you get lost, we are going to
Essen- Kockerei Zollverein tram 107 from Essen- HBF.
If possible, do not bring large bags as they will have to be put in lockers at the
museum . We have 3 guided tours at this former mine, 2 in English, 1 in German,
starting at 10:30. We will learn how coal was mined and about the hard work of the
miners. After lunch we will go to the Red Dot Design Museum. Please listen for
further information!! Don´t forget to take pictures!!
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city
of Essen. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since
December 14, 2001, and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of
Industrial Heritage. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining
activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the
late 1950s, the Zollverein Coal Mine ranked among the largest of its kind in Europe
and is an architectur masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the “most beautiful coal
mine in the world”.
We will leave to Mülheim at around 4:00pm. Then we will have to say goodbye;((

« We were so happy to have you here and hope to see
you again, either here in Germany or in your country. We
will miss you. Have a safe trip home. »

Erasmus+ (The
First Meeting in
Germany)
The first meeting
of the Erasmus+
project took place
in Mülheim an der
Ruhr, from 27 th November to 2 nd December, 2017. The
participants from our primary school Antona Ingolič
Spodnja Polskava were two teachers (Cvetka Govejšek
and Barbara Jurista) and two students (Nina Hartl and Lina Kovač).
On Sunday, 27 th November, we went by bus early in the morning to the Vienna airport and then took a
flight to Düsseldorf in
Germany. A week full of
unforgettable memories
started with seeing our host
families for the first time.
Lina and I spent the
mornings, evenings and
nights at their homes. Fun
was not the only purpose of
our trip; we had school work
and different tasks too.
The working week started on Monday when we first gathered at our
host school. We had presentations of our homes and schools in the
auditorium with all the participating students and teachers from seven
different countries. Slovenia was the first to hold the presentation followed by Italy, France, Norway,
Greece and Portugal. After the presentation, we had a debate in
English
language with the topic »What does homeland mean to me? «.
At the
beginning everyone was a bit reserved, but after a while we all
started to
discuss more openly. The most participants told us that their
understanding of homeland is a place where their friends and
family live or
their native language is spoken. After the debate, we were
divided into
groups by different nationalities. Until the end of the week each
of the group
had to prepare a presentation or a video on the topic »What does homeland mean to me? «. The rest of
the morning we spent time together to get to know each other better. After a quite exhausting beginning,
we were all hungry and went on lunch in a restaurant by the river. Later, we were exploring Mülheim with
our groups where we had to fill out a questionnaire. Then we were
allowed to spend some time on our own.
We started Tuesday in the classroom where Lina and I attended an art
lesson with the teachers from Italy. Our teachers gave a lecture in the
seventh class of the local school. The Gasometer in Oberhausen was

our next stop
followed by free time which we could use to
visit the giant
shopping centre »Centro« or do other things
of our own
interest. Some of the students interviewed
people in the
shopping centre asking them »What does
homeland mean to them? «.
On Wednesday
we took a train to Cologne to do some
sightseeing. The
first stop was the Kölner Dom which was
worth visiting.
Then we went to the famous Christmas
market where we had a meal and did some shopping. Around 4
pm we returned
to Mülheim and went home to our host
families.
On Thursday we visited the museum Camera Obscura to learn about the history of the photography, the
development of cameras and moving pictures. After it, we had some time to finish our presentations which
we had to present in the following evening during the welfare party. At 7 pm we all met at school for the
final presentations. The parents of all the hosts were invited too. The presentation and the videos, which
we made in Cologne and Oberhausen, went very well. The teachers were proud of us. After the official
part, we hung out with the students, danced and listened to music.
On the last day, Friday, we met at the train station to visit the coalmine in Essen. We had a very
interesting guided tour in English. Afterwards, we went to a restaurant to have a nice meal and get warm
some. On the last evening we had to say goodbye to our new friends from all over Europe. Some of us
even cried a bit.
On Saturday we got up very early again to catch the
plane back to Vienna. Although we made a lot of new
friends we were also happy to arrive back home again.
The trip was an amazing experience. At the end, we all
found out that was worth all of the efforts we had to put
into it to be chosen for the travelling.
Nina HARTL 9.b
Antona Ingoliča Spodnja Polskava
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Slovenia

1 st Erasmus+ meeting
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Fotis,Greece
On October of 2017,our teacher informed us about an Erasmus programme
in which our school was taking part of. When I found out I was chosen to
participate in the first visit and travel to Germany I was totally thrilled and
amazed by the idea. Here are some things about this amazing experience.
In this report,I am going to describe my experineces and all the highlights of
this amazing trip.
Day 1
On the first day of our trip,we flew all across Europe to Düsseldorf,
Northenrn Germany. The flight lasted for about 3 hours and our host
families were waiting for us at the airport. They then took us to their homes
and introduced us to the environments we would now call home for the next
week.
Day 2
The second day we wake up in the morning and went to school.All the
students that participated in the Erasmus project were gathered in the
audiotorium and the german school was kind enough to prepare welcoming
signs in all the native languages of the coutries
participating. They also prepared some dance shows and
offered us
treats.After

that, we had a workshop and we disgusted about the term of “home” and
“homeland”.Then, we had a walk around the city and the city centre and we
also had lunch
Day 3
On the 3 rd day,we were gathered in the classes and the teachers from the
norwegian school taught us some things about their homecountry and we
also disgusted about further details about life in their island. Then we
walked to the tram stop and used the local transportation system to go to
Oberhausen, a town nearby. There, we visited the Gasometer, which was a
brilliant experience. There, a giant globe was exhibited and you could use
the elevator to on the top of the building and admire the show. After that, we
visited the Centro oberhausen shopping mall, which is one of the biggest in
Europe! There, my greeks friends and our new german ones had lunch,
shopped and had a walk
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Day 4
This was probably the most memorable part of our trip. We took the train
and visited one of the biggest german cities, Cologne. There, we had lots of
time to visit the Dome of Cologne, which is a Cathedral. We also climbed up
the Dome and admired the dazzling view of the city. Afterwards, we visited
the Christmas market and tried some german foods. We also visited the
hard rock cafe and walked around the city centre and the Rhine area.

Day 5
On the 5 th day, we gathered in the auditorium early in the morning to find
ideas about our projects about homeland. After that, we visited the camera
obscura museum in Mülheim and then, me and my
german and greek friends went at the local
mall.
Day 6
On the last day of our trip, we visited Essen and the former coal mine. We
also had lunch and visited the red dot design museum. Afterwards, we
visited the Rhein-Ruhr Zentrum mall.
And after all this, we found ourselves on an airplane, heading back to
greece...
Highlights of the trip:
• The school(Realschule Broich)
To be honest,I think that the german school was amazing, The building and
the facilities were much more advanced than the greek ones. I also found
interesting that there was a garden and even some tanks containing
animals such as forgs, lizzards etc. And last but not least, having a lesson

with foreign teahers helped me gain knowledge about their own
homecountry and traditions
• Friends+Host family
Having participated in such a project,I
came together with a lot of amazing people and not only had fun, but
also gaind long-lasting experiences I wouldn't have gained otherwise.
I promise to never forget Benjamin,Schirin,Mirna and Liza and I hope
we manage to meet again.
I would also like to thank the Paessens family for being kind enough
of hosting me and making me feel like home the week I stayed with
them.

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