Cultures on a Palette Erasmus project. Students testimonies about their experience in Turkey.

AMBASSADORS TO TURKEY

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We left from Lleida at 7 o’clock and we arrived at Barcelona. We took the plane at 11 o’clock and we arrived on Istanbul to do the scale, later we took the second plane to go to Ankara. When we arrive in Ankara we went to the hotel, and we sleep. The second day in Turquey we went to the school, and we meet the people of there and we visited the school. To present us we do a little presentation from our countries to make out our customs. The third day we went to an excursion, and we visited a museum of the paleolithic in Ankara, we went to some markets, and we bought some things. The fourth day we went to the Cappadocia to visit the different caves and rocks of there. We went to buy ceramics things and visit a jeweler so expensive. The next day we stay in the school, and we have fun with the girls of the school

I was very excited when our friends came to Turkey. I tried my best to welcome them well. I behaved them hospitably. Learning different cultures, religions, beliefs was a very good experience for me. Making new friends from different cultures and communicating with respect to different cultures and persons has improved me very well. Thank you erasmus cultures on palette!

The last day we have done a big dinner to say goodbye to the other counties. In my opinion we have enjoy it a lot, the food was so good and the people so pleasant, One thing that I don`t like the most is that we have spent a lot of time on the school, however we could make more excursions to visit better the countries and enjoy it more. The place i like the most is the mosques because there are so beautiful and so big, the buildings and all the public things are so amazing and so comfortable.

My Turkey Experience I had an amazing experience. I really liked traveling and seeing new places. My favorite place was the salt lake. I would definitely want to go back again.&nbsp;The food we ate was amazıng, I got to try stuff I personally had never tasted before. The trip to Cappadocia was also great, we got to explore underground cities from years and years ago.&nbsp;

MY TRIP TO TURKEY Hi, my name is Noa and I'm a student from Spain and I stayed one week in Turkey. During this week, we meet new people, new cultures, different traditions and enjoyed the gastronomy. The first day we visited the school and made some funny and interesting activities with all our partners, we also meet students from the Turkish school and made friends with them. And on the afternoon we visited Ankara with the Turkish girls. The second day we visited the ancient city of Ankara, we visited a museum of the Turkey history and the went to eat lunch. After lunch they gave the students free time to go shopping some typical decorations. On the third day, we all went to Cappadocia to visit the ancient city and the ancient houses were people used to live. We went to a Turkish pottery craft workshop, where we could try the experience and buy pottery. We also went to a jewerelly shop to see uniqueprecious stones of Turkey, and then the took us to a lookout to see the city of Cappadocia and the the teachers went to a wine tasting.

I was very excited the day I learned that we were going to Cappadocia. Because I've never been to Cappadocia.I was a little nervous when we got on the bus in the morning.The first place we took a break was the salt lake.We took off your shoes and entered the lake.The lake was really cold.When we arrived in Cappadocia, we had the opportunity to see the fairy chimneys closely.It was very beautiful and impressive.Finally we went to the Underground city.There we saw the places where the ancient people lived.My favorite place on this trip was the Underground City.Because there I went through a tunnel and everybody started following me.At the end of the tunnel was a small room with no exit.Everyone came and the room was starting to fill up.No place to set foot.And we started to leave the room.My friends are frozen because I left the air conditioner on and slept.They're still a little bit mad at me about this.As a result, we had a really nice and funny journey with our friends from different countries.The fact that we live in other countries does not prevent us from being friends.

When I saw my friends from other countries back in Turkey, I felt really happy. I was also happy to see some new friends. I felt so excited to show them our culture and spend great time together. Also the dinner I had with the Spanish team at my house was amazing! I will never forget how fun it was

Eleri Estonia

The week in Turkey was one of the greatest for me. I really enjoyed it. Everyone was really nice and the landscape of Turkey was breathtaking. I liked the trip out of town most, because I like long bus rides. The caves and pottery were fascinating, the weather and atmosphere was amazing! The trip around Ankara was also fun!

The night in the family was really pleasant. The family were really kind and sweet towards us and the dinner was most delicious. The Turkish cuisine is probably one of my favorites now. Seeing the culture and traditional things from inside were also a highlight for the trip. Everything was really different from Estonia and it was a good experience. I think the only thing that bothered me a bit was the long waiting for bus and early mornings, because days tended to get really long and we got back to hotel quite late. And at times I wished that there would have been more time to look around. I’m glad I had a chance to go to Turkey, especially because I met some old friends I hadn’t seen since the trip to Greece and I also got some new and wonderful friends.

My name is Osato and I was in Turkey for a week. The people, the food, and the way they treated us were also incredible. people from other countries like the Turkish and Greek girls were fascinating people with whom we had very fun moments personally I had a great time that I would repeat when I have the opportunity On the first day we had a great welcome from the Turkish school where I was received with a big smile, and I felt welcomed, and they showed us the school and its different facilities that were incredible The second day we went back to school to carry out various activities that among them I highlighted the videos we made about the different traditions of different countries, and I was able to learn about the differences between cultures such as the Spanish and the Estonian I was able to see the differences between the two cultures was enriching

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Personally, the best of the trip was the dinner at a Turkish family’s house. We arrived there some minutes before the end of the Ramadan, so we could see the previous of the iftar. The family prepared plenty of traditional dishes, which were delicious and treat us like kings. It was memorable.

The students were very happy and think we will always remember the week in Ankara.&nbsp;

The fourth day we stayed at the school, were we made more activities and then a group of men came to dance typical Turkish dances and we all danced together. In the afternoon we went to visit a mosque and visit more places of the beautiful city. The last day we made more activities at school and played a lot of games. At the night all the Erasmus kids had a farewell dinner were we ate typical turkish dishes and danced to some music. In general, I enjoyed a lot this trip, it has been the best week of all courses and what I have learned during this week i will never forget. We all had so much fun and became friends with a lot of people from different cultures. Thanks to everyone for making this week possible.

Erasmus trip was an amazing expierence that i will never forget because in thatweek i met amazing people from Greece, Turkey, France, and Estonia. The first day we arrived at the hotel and we met french and estonian people. French people Zumra, Zia, Lylou Rianna and Mariana, they introduced themselves and showed us the hotel. The next day we met Turkish and Greece people they where very kind with us and Marc and I where impressed that the school was only for girls but the girls were amazing very kind and happy.

It was&nbsp; amazing. With the people we met, games we played and places we went its made me so happy. I don’t think that I would forget that ever in my life. People were very nice and friendly to us. It was an honour for us to host them in our country and in our school

Experience in Turkey

The mobility in Turkey was so exciting from the beginning. Since we were the hosts we wanted everything to be perfect. First day they came to our school and we relized how much actually we missed each other. All week we had lots of fun. We had iftar which is a traditional and religious meal at our homes.

The next day we went to a wonderful trip. The place we went was Kapadokya, it was my first time there and it was lovely. First we had a open buffet breakfast full of delicious meterials. And then we wondered around the city. We saw fairy chimneys and the places our anchestors had lived in. We got into caves and saw lots of interesting things. We got to do ceramics in a wheel chair! It was really interesting. Then we had a lunch and got back home. All trip was full of laughters, fun and lots of photograps. And the last day we had iftar in our school, celebrated the birtday of a teacher of us, made a traditional dance and other things. And it was the time for everyone to go. The sad moment was there again. Presents, tears, hugs and promises were everywhere you may look at. Then they got into their bus and what's left to us was pouring a bowl of water behind them. I miss everybody already and can't wait to see them again, one day in the future...

One week in Ankara &nbsp; We arrived in Ankara at night, some time before dinner. We took a bus to go from the airport to the hotel. The hotel was an old big building which remind us of the soviet architecture. We spent the first day in the Turkish school. Everyone was very excited and all the Turkish children were very happy to meet us. We met the students and teachers from the other countries, and we made a tour through the school. We were very pleased.&nbsp;

Marta Estonia

It was a very awesome week, I loved being in Turkey. On the first day we had a school tour, presentations and Turkish snacks. The food was very good and I loved it. On the second day we went to Ankara Old Town and castle. I loved shopping. We also had a commercial competition. My team didn't win but it was funny. The third day was very funny and awesome. We had lots of fun, I took lots of pictures. The Salt Lake was very beautiful. We sang on the bus again and did lots of things that I liked. On two last days we had workshops. We also enjoyed the performance of Turkish dancers. After the farewell dinner we cried a lot and said goodbye to the Turkish students. I really enjoyed the trip. It was full of interesting places and thanks to Turkish people I drink tea every day now :)

Meribel Estonia

This was a very nice week in Turkey for me. I really enjoyed it. On the first day we listened to other students’ presentations. It was very interesting to learn about the traditions and customs of other countries. On the second day we went to Ankara. I really liked Hamamönü Old Town where different and very beautiful things were sold. There were so many cats and dogs. On the third day we went to Cappadocia and Avanos. It was a very long trip but I liked the views there.Tthe underground city in Avanos was a very interesting place and I liked the pottery workshop a lot. We had workshops for the last two days. I liked the Ottoman mether band show and Turkish Traditional Art Ebru. It was really sad to leave Turkey. Turkey is the best country I have ever been to.

I was excited in the first days as it was my first time in a multicultural environment. But when I started talking to people and sharing something, I was no longer excited and I started to enjoy the moment. It was a great experience for me because I learned about different cultures from all over the world. Also it was an opportunity to meet new people from different countries and improve my speaking skills. That was an unforgettable memory.&nbsp;&nbsp;

I went to Cappadocia and Cappadocia is beautiful.We went to the Underground City.It was amazing.In the Underground City we have a small room and we went to a small room. I was scared in the small room because all the Erasmus group came to the small room. So I was afraid we would be out of breath. The day I went to Cappadocia was very nice. On thursday I met a lot of people.On friday we showed traditional dances to foreigners.We had a farewell dinner on friday night On friday night all of the erasmus group&nbsp;cried.

The third day we went on an excursion to Cappadocia where we saw various desert landscapes which had a great story about how the people of that area lived before, I loved it The fourth day we went to break the fast with a Turkish family since they were in Ramada it was a very nice experience the food was incredible the family was amazing, they were very nice to us after that we played some board games, and we had a great time.

On the fifth day we carried out different activities and once again we broke our fast with the school. It was a sad and emotional moment since we had to say goodbye to a wonderful person with whom we had created very strong ties that week. I am not going to deny that I had a few tears, and we were all sad until the hotel on the bus we hardly even spoke because we were crying. This trip has been one of the best things that has happened to me for everything in general thank you very much to the EU for this opportunity I will be eternally grateful.

We went to erasmus in turkey with different countries in europe to share our cultures. We stayed in a hotel the whole week becouse the turkish people were in ramadan and it will be easier for everyone. Almost every day we went to the turkish school and made activities to know each other better. We also did turism, one day we went to the capadoccia and another day we went to the old part of Ankara and made some shopping. The other days we went to different malls to do some shopping. We went to have dinner in a turkish family’s house to know a little bit more their culture and to meet the family it was a very nice meal. We also went to two mosques, the first one with the turkish students and the second one was the biggest mosque in ankara. The last day we went to visit the tomb of Kemal Atatürk only the spanish ones. I enjoyed so much this trip.

In Ankara, we visited the Anatolian Civilisations Museum, with the old stones from the Hittites and the tools from even more ancient civilisations. Then we went to the citadel, in the middle of the city. From there, the highest hill of Ankara, we could see a fantastic panoramic of the skyscrapers. Ankara is so big that we couldn’t see where it ends.&nbsp; Next day, to reach the beautiful region of Capadocia, we had to do a 3 hour trips by bus and wake up very early at morning. Capadocia is a very special region, with underground cities, cave villages and houses sculpted in the mountains. We visited a traditional pottery factory, a high-class jewellery shop and a wine cellar. At the end of the day, we were tired but we could see the landscapes (endless steppes) of Anatolia.&nbsp;

We also learnt about muslim culture cause they were also in ramadan. The most exciting expierence was to pray in a mosque i Love it, in summary was an amazing expierence that i will neve forget.

We also played futbol with them. We also went to the capadocia and it was amazing the people there hide in underground citys to be protect from attacks also they bulit the houses inside the mountains cause in summer the caves was always at 20 degrees.&nbsp;

I did enjoy it when they came to Turkey. They were so kind and friendly. It was a good experience to talk English with them. I hope we can meet again.

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