Thank you COMENIUS by Coralie Josserand, Margot Jonckheere, Héloise Guyon, Léa Gilgen.

From the 26 November 2012 to 2 December 2012, we hosted 30 people from different European countries like Germany, Spain, Hungary and Czech Republic. As we waited for the group of foreign students at the train station, we hoped that they would have a good welcome and we were really excited to meet them. The official program was very full: First, on Wednesday, all the students presented their region and their schools. In the afternoon, we went to Chambéry to visit the city in groups with our partners, this visit was a real adventure and great fun, and it allowed us to talk and to share an experience with the foreign students. On Thursday, we had a debate about one of the subjects of the Comenius’ Project, “Youth Unemployment”. It was really interesting because we could see how other countries experience the same problems as us. On Friday, we went to Geneva to listen to a conference about the subject at the ILO, and then we visited the old town which taught us a lot about the history of Geneva. And on the last day, we went skiing in Le Revard, which was really funny and a fantastic experience. But added to the official program, we did activities with our partners in our own time. We went to the ice rink on Thursday evening, we had a lot of fun, laughed and we all enjoyed this outing. We also went to Laser Game with a group of other students, it was really funny too! About family life, it was very interesting to welcome a foreign student in our house. We could speak English with all our family. We could give them a taste of Savoie specialties like Fondue or Tartiflette and show them the French way of life. Our feelings about this week are very positive, for most of us it was the best week that we’ve ever had! We met kind, friendly students we got on very well with. We really thank the Comenius Project and all the students for this amazing, funny, fantastic week! Coralie said that this week allowed her to improve her English because she had to speak English with her partner and that it was a very pleasant moment because she met amazing people. Héloise said that this week was incredible! Margot said that she managed to create friendly relationships with European students and she wants to keep in contact with them. Léa said that this week was amazing, that she made friends with foreign students, that she learnt so much but also had a lot of fun. THANK YOU EVERYBODY !!!