Easter in Slovakia

Hello dear friends,

first of all I would like to thank our Italian friends for the information about Easter in Italy. Eggs play a very important part in Slovakia too. Those of you, who want to learn more, can watch this video.

I would like to dedicate it to everyone who participates in our project, especially to the families of all school coordinators: Tanja, David, Burcu and Amanda.

Have a wonderful spring:-)

Love,
Ada

Slovak students who are going to Istanbul

Hello,

we would like to introduce 3 Slovak students who are looking forward to mobility in Istanbul.

This boy´s name is Miroslav. His nickname is Miro and he is 15 years old. Miro likes sports, especially skiing, travelling, PC games and reading books. Miro is in the year 9 and he will enter a secondary school in September. He has got one younger brother whose name is Jaroslav.

This girl´s name is Suzanne and she is 14.  Her hobbies include playing the piano, drawing, listening to music, reading and travelling. Her favourite meals are pizza and pasta. Suzanne loves blue colour and cats. She is looking forward to going to Turkey in May. 

The second girl´s name is Alexandra. Her nickname is Sasha. She is 14 and she comes from a fairly big family. Sasha has one brother, who is 3 years old. She also has two sisters. Sasha has a pet dog, a golden retriever called Zara. She (Sasha, not Zara:-)) loves music, volleyball, football, swimming, snowboarding, tennis and going out. She has a volleyball practice three times a week. Like all teenagers, Sasha likes watching TV, facebooking and reading books and above all yellow colour . She loves pizza, pasta, chocolate, ice cream, strawberries. She is looking forward to meeting her host family.

 

All three students can´t wait to meet Turkish students and teachers. 

Bye for now.

Ada from Košice

ITALIAN EASTER TRADITIONS

EASTER

Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament aster is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

The last week of Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday), commemorating the Last Supper and its preceding foot washing.

EASTER BREAKFAST IN OUR COUNTRY

The end of Lent used to be celebrated in Italy with the devouring of many special Easter dishes which had been prepared throughout the previous month. 

A collective ritual which involved cheesecakes and typical sweet Easter cakes all made from excessive amounts of eggs.

Today, the tradition is less dramatic but the eggy cakes still play a big part, but 'cheese cake' is still traditionally eaten for breakfast on Easter Day.

This is not the dessert cheesecake, but a bread made more savoury with the addition of local cheese.  Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus.

EASTER CHOCOLATE EGGS

Easter eggs are decorated eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth.[

AN EASTER TRADITION: DECORATING BOILED EGGS

EASTER IN ITALY: PREPARING A TRADITIONAL EASTER CAKE!!!

Visiting Benito Perez Galdos`s house

Spanish students visit Benito Pérez Galdós´s House.
Benito Pérez Galdós (Las Palmas de gran canaria, 1983-Madrid 1920).
He is one of the best know writer of Spanish languaje, and the largest representative of the realist novel of the nineteenth century in Spain. He was a novelist, playwright and Spanish chronicler.

GAZPACHO TIME AT SCHOOL