The taste buds way to connection

With people from three different countries comes food from three different countries. This we use as a way of getting to know each other’s lives and culture better by mixing many dishes in a buffet. On Thursday evening all the participants of the Comenius-project are having an international buffet. All the students have been asked to bring something eatable and typical from their country. All these minor dishes are to be put together on one big table and the project-participants are able to try new dishes and get new experiences while learning and including other cultures and habits. Dishes that will be presented on the table are, for example “Bullen´s pilsnerkorv” (a sausage from Sweden), curry sausages (from Germany) and “stoofvlees” (from Belgium).

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Ecological cheese farm

To prepare for our dinner on Thursday we went to a local ecological cheese farm. We got some information about what makes the farm ecological, about the animals, how the cheese is made and so on.

When we got there, we immediately were greeted by the friendly owner of the farm and his two dogs. He was very enthusiastic about everything. He told us that they only had sheep, pigs, goats and cows which all help to make delicious cheese. They don´t have any corn fields, only grass which is used as food for the cattle. The fact that they only eat grass, is a part of the ecological concept. The farmer said that the cows give less milk than normal cows but also that they are less ill and live longer.


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Demons in open air

The open air museum Lippisches Landesmuseum shows you the history of the area Lippe in a colouring and alternative way. You get to feel, smell and see the exhibition in a way that no other type of museum can give you. 
The Lippische Landesmuseum is the oldest and the biggest open air museum in the whole of Westfalen-Lippe. An open air museum means that the museum is exhibiting their collection out-doors. The main idea of this kind of museum is to create a believable atmosphere of the historical century that the museum is trying to show. Some open air museums also have actors who impersonate characters from a certain time, this is called “living open air museum”.

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A visit to a biological fruit farm

This Tuesday the pupils of our cooking group went on a small trip to a biological fruit farm. When we stopped at the farm, we saw a small barn with a shop attached to it. The keepers of the farm sell vegetables, fruit and drinks. The fruit and some oft the drinks are homemade, but the vegetables are from other farmers.

The farm itself is quite small. It’s only 20 hectares in which only fruits are cultivated. They don’t plant any corn, only fruits like strawberries, raspberries, cherries, apples and pears.

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Workshops - an overview

During these three days we have been working in different workshops and we have noticed the importance of co-operation and working together. As we have been together during these days we got to know each other and some of us even became friends. In the following article you can read more about the workshops we did.

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Comenius groups working

Now we're on our way! 65 Students and eleven teachers are eagerly working in our COMENIUS meeting. There are several workshops turning up:

• cooking and ecological questions on food (excursions to market, bakery, fruir shops and biological cheesery)
• working on an ecological garden
• music: the European dimension
• theatre: developing of a common piece of stage play
• arts: photography and collages on ecological topics and on inclusion
• journalists: documentation of all activities in textes, photos and videos

After all you can find the results here in this blog. We'll build it up with snippets of the original textes and photo teasers. Behind it you'll be able to link yourself to the complete articles.

Have fun and thanks for your interest!