1. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Monday, April 8th On Monday morning, we met our
partners at the hotel. We went by bus
to school. The Director, Egils Blums, at
the "Alternativa Jurmalas Skola" gave
us a visit. The students had prepared a
welcome concert.
Welcome to the city of Jurmala by the
director of the tourist office was very
pleasant. After visiting the
Kindergarden Jurmala, we discovered
the Baltic Sea.
In the afternoon, we
were involved in the
activities of folk
dance. The guided
tour of Jurmala is
made under the
snow, it was
beautiful.
Home Dinner in
a raw food
restaurant

2. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Tuesday, April 9th
With Arthurs, we participated at
the activity to develop
team spirit.
Then we worked on our project
"Eat smart, work more and be
healthy “
before the drama activity.
In the afternoon, guided tour of
the old town of Jurmala
through games on
the symbols of the city.
Dinner in a
design coffee
"Galerija Istaba"

3. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Wednesday, April 10th
Departure for Liepaja and
visit a traditional Latvian
bakery (making black bread)
"Bakery Laci."
The after noon, we visited
this military town (Tsar and
USSR). The visit Karosta
neighborhood (USSR) and
the military prison was
very impressive.
Dinner in a "Three chef" gourmet
restaurant, run by a popular television
cook Latvian Martins Sirmais.

4. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Thursday , April 11th
Departure for Sigulda, one
of the most picturesque
cities of Latvia. We visited a
workshop of amber
jewelery "Magic of the
baltic amber." Then we work
on the project: creation of a
quiz and posters.
The after noon,
we visited a traditional
factory wooden spoon
Goodbye Dinner at the "Innocent Cafe"
where our guests gave us beautiful gifts:
honey, berries, chocolate, ...

5. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Impressions of the meeting
The latvian hospitality :
We were greeted by Inga, a professor of English at the Alternativa Skola of Jurmala, on Monday morning. She followed
us throughout the week in various activities and parties. The director of the institution, Hegels and many teachers are
occasionally added, including Wolf, and Einars Arthurs, professor of sport.
The welcome was very friendly and professional, each participant had prepared their speeches and nothing was left to
chance.
Students at the school were all of our arrival and were also very welcoming, they participated in the tour of the school
and some activities throughout the week. They had also prepared home combines music, singing and sports a
demonstration show.
Activities in school:
During our stay, we participated in activities at the school:
- Folk dance: we understand the importance of preserving the Latvian heritage through this activity, but not only.
The competences worked through this activity are many: group cohesion, music listening the coordination,
memory and breath and all through the game
- The "teambuilding" Arthurs, the host of this event, managed through various games to create cohesion between
the different participants (from different countries): the game of rope or how can we get to spend 16 people in a
circle of rope, ... This sequence shows the importance of group work, social interactions .
- The theater in connection with the project "Eat smart, work more, be healthy"), we worked on the will and the
courage to express his views. The aim was to understand adolescents should not be influenced.
Visits:
- The capital Riga (800 000) is a beautiful city with 75% of Art Nouveau architecture. The major religions are represented in
Latvia through magnificent monuments of religion: the Orthodox Church of the Nativity, the Lutheran Cathedral of St. Peter
and the synagogue. The old town is being renovated to becoming next year the 2014 European capital.
- The city of Jurmala, the seaside city, showing its richness through many recent buildings (metal and wood) and sports
facilities .
- The Baltic Sea was frozen , for us it was magical.
- The city of Liepaja, military port, put us to the heart of the history of the twentieth century. The visit of the military prison
and the surrounding areas, have shown us the trauma of the people: the occupation of the tsar, Nazi and Soviet.
- Visiting a traditional Latvian bakery, factory wooden spoon and workshop Amber showed us their desire to preserve their
traditional knowledge .

6. In the afternoon, we were involved in the activities of folk dance. The guided tour of
Jurmala is made under the snow, it was beautiful.
Impressions of the meeting
Meals:
We ate in different places during our stay from the school canteen at the gourmet restaurant: - The school canteen: the meal
takes place between 13:00 and 14:00, the students eat with their teachers. The food is on the table (salad, hot dishes, fruit
drinks), each student takes his plate and cutlery and uses. They always eat the input of raw vegetables (beets, cabbage, carrots,
cucumbers, mushrooms), grilled or boiled meat (mostly chicken) with potatoes or other legumes and fruit dessert. They do not
drink of water but often berry juice, milk or apple juice. They prefer black bread to avoid over consumption. Their meals are very
balanced, we have seen little or overweight people.
- Restaurants: the Latvian team wanted us to discover healthy Latvian cuisine leading us in a vegetarian restaurant. Other Latvian
restaurants have confirmed our observation made at school: a balanced and healthy, low-fat food and sugar. The gourmet
restaurant in the same way, we did find the same types of products (salmon, vegetables, berries, ...) cooked even more refined.
Working time:
During the week we spent two times to work on the project:
-In the school on Tuesday morning we thought about creating a poster that would aim to encourage young people to adopt a
healthy lifestyle. As a first step, we have with students and determined group of healthy and unhealthy lines then we began to
realize the sketch of our project.
- On Thursday, the students created the posters while the adults were the assessment meeting of the project.
Carmen, the initiator of the project, reminded us of the various documents to be made to finalize the Comenius project: common
photo album with various partners, a common slideshow of activities implemented in the different partner countries, creating the
fourth Newsletter, the assessment of the project quiz.
We have created a quiz on the project "Eat smart, work more, be healthy" to be given to students (minimum 50) and teachers (10
minimum) to to evaluate the project's impact on students and adults.
The question was asked to repeat the experience, the situation was the same for the various partners :
- The project has been very rewarding for students and adults discover new cultures, food habits, landscapes, ...
- Difficulties were encountered: shortage of time for better cohesion between the different countries, a very important additional
work for the project.
All partners believe repeat the experiment but not in the coming year to take time to pause and reflect on another theme
interesting year.
The Latvian team was able to show us some of his country, while sticking perfectly with our Comenius project
"Eat smart, Work more, Be healthy!“
We could see their involvement in the project and their students,
the Latvian culture seems to perfectly match a healthy lifestyle.