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The participants of our project came from Hungary, England, Italy and Poland. Here is the diary with pictures. See pictures by clicking the link-button.

In the kota.

May, 11th

Picture Our guests arrived in Helsinki. We had a short sightseeing tour by bus in our capital. The weather was windy and cold and it finally started snowing. The day before the weather had been 15 degrees warmer!

May, 12th

Picture The first school our guests visited was Ahonkylä Primary School.

May, 13th

Picture The official meeting of our project was held in Ilomantsi, near the Russian border.

May, 13th

Picture After the meeting we had lunch in a Lappish hut in the Easternmost Point of EU.

May, 14th Sunday, Mothers´ Day

Picture We spent Mothers´ Day at Koli, the national scenery of Finland. This scenery has inspired several famous Finnish artists, both painters and composers, including e.g. Sibelius.

May, 15th

Picture The first school to visit on Monday morning was Viinijärvi Primary School.

May, 15th

Picture The pupils of Risti Primary School sang Finnish children´s songs for our guests.

May, 15th

Picture All our four Finnish schools got lots of presents from our European partnership schools.

May, 15th

Picture Afternoon coffee at Käsämä Primary School. The Parents´ Council  had made delicious cakes and buns for our guests.

May, 15th

Picture "Row, row, row my boat..."
On the last evening of the project meeting our guests rowed along the river Taipale in Viinijärvi. The Finnish lakes and rivers and forests were a unique experience. Our guests certainly had a lot to tell their pupils and colleagues about our country, which none of them had visited before.