Report of the first meeting in Den Helder at November 2nd 2006
This first meeting of the project "Our
Square Mile took place at "De Strandjutter" school in Den Helder,
Netherlands.
Unfortunately the weather was not very clement. In stormy and rainy weather, we
collected the partners who came by train.
Before the lunch we had coffee or tea
with Dutch biscuits like the "stroopwafel" and "pepernoten",
typical for this time of the year.
Present were:
from Finland: Minna Kinnunen
from Lithuania: Liudvika Norvilienė, Lina Petrauskienė, Jolanta Gilvonauskienė, Vaidutė Mažeikienė, Ilona Stonienė and Vanda Valantinienė
from Spain: Antonio Barreto, Mª Carmen Piñel and Eva Medina
from Slovenia: Zlatko Kauran, Zora Kauran, Andreja Košti,
from Bulgaria: Velkov Angel, Tsvetelina KilitaNova, Ana Rabadzhiyska and Tsvetanka Plachkova
from Italy: Giuliana Caperna and Patrizia
from the Netherlands: Gerard Oeljee, Hans Walrecht and René Hamstra
Near the wall: Andreja, Minna, ana,
Tsvetanka ,Angel, Tsvetelina and Giuliana |
Tsvetelina, Giuliana, Joke, Patrizia, Hans,
Antonio, Eva, Vanda, Ilona and Vaida |
left, in the distance: Zlatko and Zora | |
Angel, Tsvetelina, Giuliana and Patrizia | Joke prepares the lunch |
After that moment we had a lunch in the auditorium:
Minna, Liudvika and Zora | Ilona, Lina, Vaida, Jolanta |
René, Titia, Lina, Vaida Jolante | Lina, Vaida, René, Vanda, Jolante and Liudvika |
Antonio, Hans, Eva, Gerard and Zlatko | Marjan, Ana, Tsvetelina, René and Melissa |
Melissa, Angel and Tsvetanka | Giuliana, Patrizia, John, Antonio and Eva |
Zora, Minna, Marjan and Melissa | Jolante, Hans, Liudvika, Ilona, Vaida, Vanda and Lina |
Tsvetanka, Joke, Ana and Titia | Gerard and Zlatko |
Then it was time for the real stuff:
This was a long but productive meeting. We stopped late in the afternoon, when it was already dark:
In the evening we had a dinner in the Waterworld restaurant at the old navy dockyard. Unfortunately we have no photographs of that event. At the end of the evening everybody travelled to Amsterdam again for a deserved night rest in the hotels.
The next morning Gerard organized a city walk through Amsterdam:
Zlatko near tulips from Amsterdam | Rembrandt turns himself in his grave... |
A passage with old masters on the walls | |
The person on the painting keeps looking at you. | |
The Begijnhof, where it is not allowed... | ..to take photographs, as a lady in a window stated loudly. |
All streets are worthwile to visit. | Everybody on board for the sightseeing trip
through the Amsterdam canals! |
Besides
sightseeing, we had many conversations about our project and others.
At the end of the day we had to leave, unfortunately and said goodbye to each
other. We are looking forward to the spring, when we will have our second meeting in
Lithuania.
Left: what the paper wrote about our meeting |