Impressions from the Cypriot students:
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Impressions from the English students:
My Trip to Hungary.
On the 21 February myself and seven other students from St John Fisher travelled from Leeds Bradford airport to Amsterdam Holland and then to Budapest, Hungary. This was
through an exchange scheme set up by an organisation called Comenius that strives to allow children to experience other cultures through the use of the Arts.
Upon arrival we were greeted by other members of the project. These were students from Bulgaria and had already been involved in other Comenius projects similar too this
and who fortunately spoke excellent English. Then, as a group we travelled by coach to the city Debrecen where we would spend our next five days.
After a long coach journey we finally arrived in Debrecen. We were greeted by our lovely exchange partners and taken back to their homes in order to unpack, eat and get to
know one another. My exchange partner was Nikolett aka. Nicki and although there was an obvious language barrier I believe we got on very well.
The following days were a mixture of sightseeing, experiencing Hungarian culture and outings. For example, on the Wednesday we visited the famous Debrecen theatre
where we were given a private tour of the theatre and told of its History. The tour also allowed us to visit the costume department and have wigs fitted. This was interesting
as we saw a part of the theatre that I myself had no prior knowledge of.
Furthermore, we also experienced a lot about the school life of the students in Hungary. We visited the school numerous times so as to see different aspects of Hungarian
culture including Hungarian folk dancing and singing and various welcome meetings. It all gave me a complete insight into Hungarian life both old and new.
Finally, the most important thing to mention would be our production. We wanted to present an example of the English arts. We chose the legendary Canterbury tales,
as we believe this was both funny but would give our hosts some sort of insight into British culture. I believe it went very well, some of the jokes may have been
overlooked because of the language barrier but the sentiment was definitely there. We also watched the student productions representing the other cultures
who visited Hungary with us - Bulgarian, Italian, Cypriots and finally the Hungarian students themselves.
Overall, I really enjoyed the trip and believe I learnt a lot about Hungarian culture and the people there. I am already looking forward to a visit from them in April.
By Niamh Brookes
Impressions from the English students:
My Trip to Hungary.
On the 21 February myself and seven other students from St John Fisher travelled from Leeds Bradford airport to Amsterdam Holland and then to Budapest, Hungary. This was
through an exchange scheme set up by an organisation called Comenius that strives to allow children to experience other cultures through the use of the Arts.
Upon arrival we were greeted by other members of the project. These were students from Bulgaria and had already been involved in other Comenius projects similar too this
and who fortunately spoke excellent English. Then, as a group we travelled by coach to the city Debrecen where we would spend our next five days.
After a long coach journey we finally arrived in Debrecen. We were greeted by our lovely exchange partners and taken back to their homes in order to unpack, eat and get to
know one another. My exchange partner was Nikolett aka. Nicki and although there was an obvious language barrier I believe we got on very well.
The following days were a mixture of sightseeing, experiencing Hungarian culture and outings. For example, on the Wednesday we visited the famous Debrecen theatre
where we were given a private tour of the theatre and told of its History. The tour also allowed us to visit the costume department and have wigs fitted. This was interesting
as we saw a part of the theatre that I myself had no prior knowledge of.
Furthermore, we also experienced a lot about the school life of the students in Hungary. We visited the school numerous times so as to see different aspects of Hungarian
culture including Hungarian folk dancing and singing and various welcome meetings. It all gave me a complete insight into Hungarian life both old and new.
Finally, the most important thing to mention would be our production. We wanted to present an example of the English arts. We chose the legendary Canterbury tales,
as we believe this was both funny but would give our hosts some sort of insight into British culture. I believe it went very well, some of the jokes may have been
overlooked because of the language barrier but the sentiment was definitely there. We also watched the student productions representing the other cultures
who visited Hungary with us - Bulgarian, Italian, Cypriots and finally the Hungarian students themselves.
Overall, I really enjoyed the trip and believe I learnt a lot about Hungarian culture and the people there. I am already looking forward to a visit from them in April.
By Niamh Brookes
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