OUR FIRST TRIP IN BERLIN - 9-16 / 4 / 2011 (part 7)

Report written by Natalia Mantikou

   This year I took part in a very interesting Comenius Project, called "Europe Without Prejudices". At first I had expected much less from it and didn't  have any idea about its success and the impact it would have in my life. But meeting after meeting I realized that it is not just for fun, relaxing and spending time with friends; it has a deeper meaning. 

 The greatest part of it -for me at least- was the trip in Berlin, which will stay in my heart forever. I not only had a great time and made new friends (which may sounds like a very common thing to say, but I truly mean it) but also managed to "demolish" every slight highlight of prejudice I had. I mean it! After that trip everything is different for me. Everyone's attitude was perfect, the Germans were great hosts and all the participants were close to each other. This is really hard to happen when talking about different groups traveling together. Usually there are unfilled gaps, which render the participants uncommunica- tive. But as I said, this didn't happen in our case.         

   I will not refer to any things we did there because I am sure all the others will do that. The most important thing for me is that the friendships we developed there are strong enough for the students to travel to their new friends' countries for the summer holidays, and host each other!  I already expect a participant of the project as a guest in Greece this August! 

  

                                                                                        To sum up, I believe that the combination of having fun while broadening our horizons and seeing beyond prejudices is the key for a fair and better Europe.