2012

Euriell Bienvenu

College Paul Langevin

01/01/2012

COMENIUS PROJECT :

VISIT TO TURKEY !

Sunday, January 8th

On Sunday, we left Sainte-savine to go to Istanbul. The plane was at

9:50 so we had to be ready to go at 5:50 in the morning! 8 people were

going to Istanbul: Mrs Bienvenu, Mrs Dugenest, Maxime Dolat,

Marouan Haddar, Elisa Adeline, Mathilde Dubuisson, Héloïse

Marchais, Aysu Koca.

It was Maxime’s, Elisa’s and Marouan’s first time on a plane! Exciting!

Finally, we reached Istanbul where

Gönül was waiting for us. We

arrived at the same time as the

Polish team. We all took the school

bus to go to our hotel:

Monday, January 9th

Meeting with our Comenius group

Turkish people were really looking forward to meeting us! We

felt like stars as they were shouting when we arrived!

1 A delightful day shall begin with Turkish delights!

A delightful day shall

begin with Turkish

delights !

Looking around the school

The Turkish school is brand new! It’s a very big school with

1,600 pupils from kindergarden to the age of 14. The school is

in the district of

There was a nice exhibition of the work we did together: the eco-

bags, the Xmas card…but also a lot of very nice creations made

by Turkish students with recycled material! Very impressive!

Show at school

Lunch at school

When Maxime eats…he can’t ask question? Or can he

anyway????

Observation of the lessons – students

Bilge: one of

our guides!

Such a nice

girl!

In the Turkish school, there are also pupils from primary

school, so the school is full of their nice work!

Pupils can

play chess in

a special

room when

they have free

time! Thay

can challenge

their teachers!

A room full of souvenirs…of victories!

This nice girl sang a very beautiful song, in English!

Turkish pupils asked a lot of questions!

The very pretty English teacher: Ozlem!

The french pupils were shy, at the back!!!

The

music

teacher

sang a

nice

song !

Maxime sang a song: “Dans les prisons de Nantes!”

the canteen

THE little ones!

traditional turkish art “Ebru”

Activities at school

Disco for students (at school)

Dinner at school

We were served delicious Turkish food, prepared by the

pupils’ mothers.

Pulling ropes, dancing, making ebru…Are you feeling

tired Marouan???

Tuesday, January 10 th

Miniaturk (Miniature Park of Turkey)

Boys feeling like giants!!!!!

Some group photos in front of the

miniatures of famous places in Turkey

Ready? Steady? GO!!!!

They were just relaxing…before watching

real Turkish landscapes!

Pierre Loti Hill ( watching the scene of

Golden Horn) and Lunch

Marouan laughing…as usual!

Nice landscape, nice tea…Happiness!

Elisa was really international! She talked to everyone during

the stay! Well done!

Exhibition of Climate Change

Ready to learn about climate change??? Let’s go!

Here is what talented people can do with enpty soda

cans….Amazing !

Bosphorus Tour by ship

maidEn’s towEr

Learning

Turkish tongue

twisters….not

really easy !

But really

funny!

not an inuit…but mrs dugEnEst!!!!

Dinner by Bosphorus Bridge

Welcome to the restaurant

of course, there was some dancing….turkish people

love dancing, and it was real fun to be with them!

Mathilde and Patricja, the polish girl!

Héloïse found one of the billions of stray cats of

Istanbul

wednesday, January 11th

The Basilica Cistern

mEdusa’s hEad turnEd upsidE down on onE of

the pillars of the basilica

Topkapi Palace

Hagia Sophia Museum

Blue Mosque

Grand Bazaar

Spice Bazaar ( Egyptian Bazaar)

thursday, January 12th

Wake up boys! It’s time to go…

They finally got up! I had to drag them out of bed

and confiscate the blanket!

Galata Tower

St. Antuan Catholic Church

Free time at İstiklal Street in Taksim

Sapphire Tower Istanbul (Tallest skyscraper

in Europe)

Dinner: Fresh fish!

A nice view from the bus!

Whirling Dervish Show ( Sema Show)

friday, January 13th

paper Factory in Halkali

TURKISH TEAM

Latvian Team

People from the factory and French team

Polish team

Romanian team

Visiting Mayor of The township

Visiting Educational Department

İstanbul Aquarium

Music and Dance Show

Dinner at school

Saturday, January 14th

SUleyman’s mosque

La philo de Marouan-Marouan’s philosophy

“Ah non, les embrouilles entre filles il faut surtout pas s’en mêler. C’est comme

le grand bazar, tu riques de t’y perdre et de ne pas trouver la sortie ! »

« You’d better never get involved in girls’ arguments ! It is just as the Grand Bazaar, you might well get lost and never be able to find a way out!”

Les Maximes qui nous maximisent-Maxim’s questions

« Madaaaame…J’ai une question…. »

« Miss, I have a question…. »

« Mr et Mme Delalampe ont une fille, comment s’appelle-t-elle ? EUGENIE ! »

Mathilde, the finest sense of humor :

« Si Maxime avait vécu pendant l’inquisition, il aurait torturer les gens en leur

posant des questions. »

« If Maxime had lived at the time of the great Inquisition, he could have tortured people with his questions ! »

« J’ai mangé les poissons des autres parce que je ne voulais pas qu’ils soient

morts pour rien. »

« I ate the 3 fish because I couldn’t stand their being dead for nothing. »

« Vous savez s’il y a des toilettes ? »

« Do you know if there are toilets around here???”

Héloïse! So pretty and so shy…

“Oh, no picture please!”

Elisa: the most generous and easy-going!

“Would you like candies???”

Aysu: our shopping addict!

“I’ve found a beautiful bag!!!!” (Yes, another one!!!!!)