“Connections are made with the heart, not the tongue”.
After the successful first web – based meeting of the Erasmus+ partners of the project “Let’s build Europe together”, the coordinator organized the second meeting due to Christmas period. Students and teachers thought the need of exchanging wishes for Christmas, proving this way the deep and sincere connecting bonds of friendship that the partners have developed through this project.
Therefore, οn Thursday the 21th of December 2017 all students and teachers taking part in the Erasmus+ project “Let’s build Europe together” from Austria, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Greece celebrated the upcoming Christmas festival with their 2nd web-based meeting.
Between 10:00 am and 10.50 am (CET) the students met each other with joy, being more talkative to each other compared to first time, since they have introduced themselves during the first meeting. Talking about their favourite school subjects and their most memorable moments from 2017 the students created a friendly, warm and happy atmosphere. Initially, there were some connecting problems but at the end all 5 schools manage to connect and feel the Christmas spirit of the meeting.
The students sang songs, and a pleasant and happy atmosphere were all over the 5 schools. Every now and then the students from one country would sing a song in English or their mother tongue and sometimes even accompanied by instruments, the songs always followed by applause from the other groups.
Since communication and learning about other cultures is very important in the Erasmus+ project, meeting for a little Christmas celebration and wishing each other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year was a very good way of spending time talking to each other.
The Austrian and the Greek team: Mary Papachristou, Eleni Kokkinou and Waich Antonia
