Comenius 2013-2014
The taste of Holland
Comenius is an international
project with the meaning of: ‘
New activities and innovative
methods in the field of
geography and science
education as a support for the
school teaching process’.
There are four partners: Italy,
Turkey, Poland and Holland.
This project is based on
science and geological
research, supported by a
special program : ‘Virtual
Globe’. The exchange week in
Holland was from the 30th of
September until the 6th of
October
Monday.
The first impression
Today was the day of arrival,
for the Turkey, Italian and
Polish students! Of course the
Dutch people welcomed them
with a special ‘Tulpendans =
Tulip dance’ at the airport in
Amsterdam (Schiphol).
Everyone took their Polish,
Turkey or Italian partner home
and showed them their living
area. In the evening some of
the participants went to the
centre of Zevenaar to a café or
a restaurant to talk about their
lifes and make new friends.
Tuesday
A nice bike ride
Today all the students went to
the school in Zevenaar named
‘Liemers College’. When the
students from Poland, Italy
and Turkey came to school,
they were pretty impressed
by the number of bikes! Most
of the students went on their
bike to school, so the
students know how the traffic
and this bike system in
Holland works. At school we
watched some presentations
from all the countries, to
know how every country is.
After the visit and tour
through the school we went
for a bike tour to
‘Doornenburg’. Some of the
students had some troubles
with the bikes, but bikes are a
symbol for Holland, so that’s a
typical Dutch thing. We went
to a castle in Doornenburg.
Wednesday.
watery lands
Today we went to Zeeland, one
of the twelve provinces in
Holland. Yrseke is a famous place
for the mussels and oysters, we
learned a lot about the mussels
and oysters over there. We went
also to the Deltaworks, this a
very famous system to keep
Holland safe for seawater.
Because Holland is at some
places lower than the water
level. After de Deltaworks we
had a little stop in ‘Zierikzee’,
and we had dinner in
‘Scheveningen’.
Thursday,
Rotterdam
We kicked of the day by
visiting ‘Kinderdijk’ to see its
mills. After that we visited
Rotterdam, the acclaimed
‘port of Europe’. We then
took a water cab to cross the
‘Maas’ to get to the
‘Euromast’ before taking a
walk through the city to reach
the old harbor, visiting the socalled ‘kubuswoningen’ on
our way. That evening we
had dinner in an Italian
restaurant at the beach in
‘Scheveningen’.
Friday.
Amsterdam
On Friday we went to
Amsterdam. When we
arrived we went to see the
‘museumplein’ and the
‘Rijksmuseum’ before going
to the ‘Dam’. Everyone then
got some free time to have
lunch and explore the city.
Later we went on a cruise
through Amsterdam’s canals.
That evening we could
choose where we wanted to
have dinner by ourselves, as
the students and teachers
dined separately.
Saturday.
On Saturday the students had
the entire day to themselves
to organize fun activities for
them and their students. In
the evening everyone,
including the Dutch students’
parents, had a big barbecue.