The third journey of the Comenius project was held in september, 2014, taking place in Hungary. The members of the countries spent 6 days in Tokaj. The participant Hungarian students: Bella Rebeka Bodnár, Eszter Csécsi, Gabriella Csoma, Zoltán Csoma, Patrícia Drótár, Gellért Gyúró, Fruzsina Hubert, Zoltán Kiss, Anita Kovács, Bianka Dorottya Kovács, Enikő Kovács, Melissza Leskó, Erik Tamás Pózer, Regina Soltész, Balázs Stomp, Vivien Szántó, Eszter Szűcs, Dóra Szűcs, Boglárka Tóth, Bianka Varga. Our teachers: Sándor Derecskei, Mária Derecskeiné Nagy, Zsolt Pataki and Boglárka Patakiné Litva. The title of the meetingwas: Climate changes in my country.
The guests arrived to our town on Monday evening, where the hosts were waiting for them.
The professional programs of the project began Tuesday morning, our headmaster, Erika Molnárné Tóth welcomed everyone, while Hungarian national costume dressed schoolgirls offered the paticipants with grapes and cakes. After that, we showed our school to the guests.
The teams were on the road, on a study trip to the Eger wine region. The first stopping place of the field trip was Demjén, where we visited the Korona Winehouse of Eger. Here dr. Professor Laszlo Racz presented their presentation about the winery of Eger region and explained the challenges of the 21st century in the light of climate change. After that, we went and looked at the "Magic Tower" in the college of Károly Eszterházy. The next stop was the castle of Eger, which was liked by all the guests.
On Wednesday we had the opportunity to learn more about the Tokaj wine region. The first stop of our journey was oenological research center of Tarcal, where we have gained insight into the everyday of the center, led by Dr. Zoltan Bihari test harvest was performed.
Our second stop was the Szent-Tamás vineyard in Mád. Our tourist guide told us the history of the area, and the problems caused by climate change he also mentioned some possible solutions. After that, we took a walk around the village and saw the synagogue. Than we arrived to Vizsoly, where Gergő Molnár took a presentation about the relationship of bees and climate changes. Unfortunately, because of the weather we could not as closely examine the Boldogkőváralja castle as we would have liked.
On Thursday we made presentations about the events of the previous 2 days in mixed groups. The project work took until the presentation of János Dr. Mika climatologist. We got a lot of interesting information from his presentation about the causes of the climate changes, the impacts and the consequences. The work was continued in the afternoon. When we finished the day’s work, we intvited our guests to the badminton marathon.
Friday was the most important day of the week, because we held a professional conference that day. The presentations began at noon. Each team performed well, their performances were colorful, focused and interesting.
The Portuguese students made a special chemical experiment on how changes the carbon dioxide absorbing ability of the oceans’ is connected to the global warming. After the students, Ákos Bihari spoke about the climatic changes challenge viticulture, and Katherine Chapman spoke about the farmers market of Tokaj-hegyalja as a good model formenvironmental protection. In the evening we organised a dancehall, where the participants could learn traditional hungarian folk dance. After that, the Portuguese students performed a music programe in the Harvest Parade, which was well received by the audience.
The programe was continued in the dining room of the dormitory on Saturday morning, where we played some interesting games in connection with the environmental protection. In the afternoon, the participants could participate in the harvest parade.
Overall, this week has been very instructive; we learned new things, we used our knowledge of English, we have seen our region from a different perspective, nursed the international relations and concluded new friendships.
Eszter Szűcs, Tokaj-Hungary
The guests arrived to our town on Monday evening, where the hosts were waiting for them.
The professional programs of the project began Tuesday morning, our headmaster, Erika Molnárné Tóth welcomed everyone, while Hungarian national costume dressed schoolgirls offered the paticipants with grapes and cakes. After that, we showed our school to the guests.
The teams were on the road, on a study trip to the Eger wine region. The first stopping place of the field trip was Demjén, where we visited the Korona Winehouse of Eger. Here dr. Professor Laszlo Racz presented their presentation about the winery of Eger region and explained the challenges of the 21st century in the light of climate change. After that, we went and looked at the "Magic Tower" in the college of Károly Eszterházy. The next stop was the castle of Eger, which was liked by all the guests.
On Wednesday we had the opportunity to learn more about the Tokaj wine region. The first stop of our journey was oenological research center of Tarcal, where we have gained insight into the everyday of the center, led by Dr. Zoltan Bihari test harvest was performed.
Our second stop was the Szent-Tamás vineyard in Mád. Our tourist guide told us the history of the area, and the problems caused by climate change he also mentioned some possible solutions. After that, we took a walk around the village and saw the synagogue. Than we arrived to Vizsoly, where Gergő Molnár took a presentation about the relationship of bees and climate changes. Unfortunately, because of the weather we could not as closely examine the Boldogkőváralja castle as we would have liked.
On Thursday we made presentations about the events of the previous 2 days in mixed groups. The project work took until the presentation of János Dr. Mika climatologist. We got a lot of interesting information from his presentation about the causes of the climate changes, the impacts and the consequences. The work was continued in the afternoon. When we finished the day’s work, we intvited our guests to the badminton marathon.
Friday was the most important day of the week, because we held a professional conference that day. The presentations began at noon. Each team performed well, their performances were colorful, focused and interesting.
The Portuguese students made a special chemical experiment on how changes the carbon dioxide absorbing ability of the oceans’ is connected to the global warming. After the students, Ákos Bihari spoke about the climatic changes challenge viticulture, and Katherine Chapman spoke about the farmers market of Tokaj-hegyalja as a good model formenvironmental protection. In the evening we organised a dancehall, where the participants could learn traditional hungarian folk dance. After that, the Portuguese students performed a music programe in the Harvest Parade, which was well received by the audience.
The programe was continued in the dining room of the dormitory on Saturday morning, where we played some interesting games in connection with the environmental protection. In the afternoon, the participants could participate in the harvest parade.
Overall, this week has been very instructive; we learned new things, we used our knowledge of English, we have seen our region from a different perspective, nursed the international relations and concluded new friendships.
Eszter Szűcs, Tokaj-Hungary