The last day. This did not mean much: making suitcases and traveling back to Belgium. At school the time had come to say goodbye. We enjoyed our last joint singing moments and conversations with the class. We quickly arrived in Bucharest to return to Belgium by plane. It was weird to go back to our normal lives, because this journey...

Our last full day had begun. This day we also obtained basic products and then made food packages of it. We went to a gypsy village to hand out these packages and soccer shirts. We were allowed to take a look at their houses and see what viorel does for them. In the end we spent some time together. Then...

When we arrived at the orphanages, our first task was to find some contact with the orphans and to do some things together such as dancing, playing football, made some bracelets... We then went to the zoo with them. It was a very nice day that we could spend with them. The smiles that appeared made each of us happy....

From this day on, the educational section started with the purchase of basic products that we could give to the old people's home, orphanages and the gypsy villages. Then we went to our first stop, the retirement home. There we gave the things that we bought for them and we played bingo, sang, talked and danced both with and for...

In the morning we had the final preparation time for the presentation that we had to give in the afternoon. In the afternoon we had some free time and went to the Citadelle to rest and enjoy good company and the view of the Tâmpa and Brasov. Once back at school we have to give our presentations. In the evening...

In the morning we had time to prepare our presentation with the romanians. In the afternoon we went on the Tâmpa, without the Romanians. We went up with the cable car and went down on foot. The view was spectacularly beautiful and will always stay with us. It was a very nice afternoon full of conversations, games, music, ... We...

Today was the day we went to our host families, which was very exciting. We also got a tour in Unirea (College of Brasov) and they gave some presentations about Brasov, Romania and we about Ostend, Belgium. At school we received some information about what the project and the teachers expect from us and also about the group work we...

After months of preparation, the day had finally arrived: our departure to Romania! It was an early morning and a long journey but we finally arrived at the airport in Bucharest. Once we had our suitcases it was time to leave with a small bus to Brasov (+/- 3 hours' drive). The first night we stayed in a youth hostel...

We almost go back to our correspondents. Monday the 6th of may we are going to Romania, Brasov. It has been a while since we have seen each other and have really looked forward to this moment. We recently received 500 euros from women's movement Zonta and 350 euros from former student Jasmin Muls. We are very grateful to everyone...

Today we did a breakfast and game night to collect money for the orphanages. We already know that the breakfast brought us 160 euros. It was a lot of fun and there was also a tombola with prices that are linked with Brasov. For the people who have helped with breakfast, it was an early morning (7 am). In the...

Today was the day that we sold our pancakes and hot chocolate. We went to the store to pick up the stuff that we needed (such as 24 bottles chocolate milk, eggs, butter,...). We made pancake dough and tried to make the first pancakes and ate it. They were good (well some of them because some of us can't make...

Every year we collect money for the orphans and bring it with us to Romania. This year we were also brainstorming about what we want to do. We have a meeting every Monday where we discuss what the plans are, what we have to do,... We learn how to collaborate and we get to know each other in a different...

It was a very early morning this morning. We had to be in Bruges at 8:30 am at the railway station. Their bus arrived there to take them to the Charleroi airport. It was really weird to leave from home and knowing that we don't come back with our Romanian correspondent. Many people didn't really realize that this was the...

We had to be at school at 10 am for giving our presentations. They were all really good and interesting. We learned a little bit more about each other culture and other stuff. It was nice listening to the others, sometimes we were laughing with funny facts but still everyone payed attention. A lot of us were nervous but after...

Today we could sleep longer because we had to be at 10:30 am in the library. We had to finish our presentations today because the next day we going to present our presentations. After this we went eating again at school. The Belgian people had to leave the Romanian people because we had a political debate on our school. While...