Program of the mobility in Riga and Akniste

1. Art and Landscape for Adult Education
Programme for AL4ED meeting in Latvia – June 25-29, 2014
Participants:
Italy, Turkey, France, Greece, Latvia, Norway, UK
Wednesday, June 25
TIME INFO from YOU ACTIVITY COMMENTS
Arrival of the
participants at
different times.
1. The time of your
arrival in Riga.
2.Your hotel.
3. No of your
participants.
Vesna has found a hotel in Riga
- Welton Centrum hotel and spa
in Old Town very cheap, only
£47 for double room. It could be
an option.
18.00
The meeting
place – at the
Opera and
Ballet House
Yes or No. Dinner A possibility to have a walk in
Riga on a summer evening – if
you are interested – and dinner, as
well. We will arrange our own
guides for you.
Thursday, June 26
TIME INFO from
YOU
ACTIVITY COMMENTS
10.00-13.00 Meeting in Riga Railway
Terminal at 10 00. Take
the luggage with you –
we will leave it at the
station!!!
Morning of Riga
architecture:
National Opera and
Ballet House, Art –
Noveu quarter, Museum
of Art –Noveu (EUR
5)Amber exhibition
(EUR 2,85)
13.00-14.30 Lunch at the cafe
“LIDO” (Latvian cuisine)
City transport - EUR 0,70 per
person, also going by bus
from/to the airport
14.30-17.00 Visiting Old Riga;
arts&crafts market,
including amber designs
and tasting beer. Riga
panorama from St.Peter`s
Church tower; visit to the
new National Library
17.32 Leaving for the village
near Akniste by train
from Riga Terminal to
Krustpils Terminal -
EUR 4.40)
19 42 Going from the railway
station to the guest
houses in rural area by a
rented bus.
Costs –EUR 150.00 per the
group
20.30 Dinner at the guest house In our rural area there are no

2. Dujas – EUR 7.00 a
person
Accommodation in 2
guests houses:
“Ezerbancani” ( for 9
persons) – EUR 30.00 a
person
“Dujas” ( for 16 persons)
EUR 10.00 a person
You will choose the
guest house when you
come.
hotels – only guest houses.
Friday, June 27
09.00- 10.30 Breakfast in the guest
house – EUR 5.00
Visit to NGO
“Ūdenszīmes” in
Kaldabrunja Village –
20 km from the guest
houses:
– getting acquainted
with the healthy and
protected species garden
and the Meadow
Museum.
We go by a rented
bus. Bus costs for
the whole day/the
group – EUR 190.00
10.30 – 11. 00 Coffee break, EUR 3.00
11.00 We need the sketches
of your designs to be
sent in advance – up
to June 10. Each
country makes 1
sculpture and sends
1 sketch of it so that
we can prepare a
wooden frame
construction before
the activity.
Practical workshop in
the open air –Part I
“Creating Hay
Sculptures”
Coordinators` meeting
– midterm report
Dress code –
proper clothes for
the work with hay:
- T-shirts with long
sleeves;
- light colour clothes
to notice any mites
as they may be
poisonous.
13.00-14.30 Please, send us your
food restrictions for
all the meals away
from the guest house
in Akniste.
Lunch in the open air on
the meeting venue.,
EUR 7,00
14.30-19.00 Practical workshop in
the open air – Part II
“Creating Hay
Sculptures”
We should finish our
sculptures and have
nice photos!
19.00-21.30 Dinner in the open air
on a typically Latvian
farm.
Latvian bath-house.
EUR 10.00

3. 21.30 Going to the guest
house.
Saturday, June 28
09.00-13.00 Breakfast in the guest
house – EUR 5.00
Going to Vipe Village –
60 km from Akniste.
Visiting the Arts& Crafts
Centre “Māzers” (leader
– Inese Bramane):
woodcarving, weaving.
Coordinators` meeting
– about the activities
according to the project
application
We go by a rented
bus. Costs for the
group/per day EUR
250.00
13.00-14.30 Lunch in Vipe Culture
House. EUR 10.00
14.30-19.00 Going to Selpils Village
– 30 km
Visiting the Folklore
festival in Selpils.
Amateur art market.
Concert in the open air.
We go by a rented
bus.
20.00 Returning to the guest
house , dinner – EUR
10.00
Dinner
Sunday, June 29
Early in the
morning so that
we can get to the
earliest flight –
leaving the guest
houses 4 hours
before the first
(earliest) flight
Your departure
times.
Breakfast in the guest
house – EUR 5.00
Departure to the Riga
airport.
All the participants
go by the same
rented bus, EUR
375.00 for the group