Hello to all the Crossroadies,

Here is the Catalonian group. We met twice so far to organize the exchange. Topics that interest us in general are teatre, music and dancing, and what we would like to share with you during the exchange are our thoughts about our worries (but also the things we like!), learn about your customs, get to know which spaces are there in other countries for young people...

What we would like to do during the exchange is offer a theatre workshop or grafitti and prepare a hip hop choreography... Maybe that could be one of the evening activities.

That´s who we are (on the foto are just Nuria, Jonathan, Cristian and Nadine, there will be a fifth face as well!), soon you will also find here some personal presentations.

Anyway, looking forward to getting to know you soon!

Lithuanian Group: Here we are!

Julija:
Hi! I'm 17 years old. I live in Salcininkai and go to scool there. I like study, but other my liking is dancing, because I'm very energetic. But the biggest passion - communication. I have a lot of friends, don't avoid new contacts, I take all that life can me give. I've just been admire eyes and smile in other person, I think it's people's mirror. So I'm always smiling. Noticeable: I like sweets, flowers and extrimism!

Juste

I’m Juste 18 year old. I’m from Švenčionėliai (little town of east Lithuania).
I’m school girl (11 class) J I participate everywhere, where I can. I like to be in action.
My interests are: books - I love reading! (My favourite writer is P.Coelho); Music and dance – I haven‘t favourite group or something like that, but I can‘t live without it. I like to help people, it is very easy to me and creates a lot of good emotions.
Things that I admire in other person are frankness, communicativeness and smiling!!! I think that the most important thing is enjoying of small things, like the small child enjoy of everything
I like to do funny things, because I‘m jolly girl!

Monika

My name is Monika. I'm 17 years old. I live in Lithuania, in a small town. it's in the east of my country. there are a lot of lakes around Švenčionys.
What i do in my life? well... maybe just live. And other things are just particulars. I like talking, keeping silence. reading, travelling, sometimes drawing. watching in the blue sky without any clouds. And when i'm fed up of everything, then i like kissing. mmm? Important. for me the most important is the person. people. I feel empty without people. My minds remain without any form.

My hero: Oooo - hero. I think, that my hero is a god. Do you know why? It's simple, because there aren't any god, but he is so powerful. Don't think wrong, i don't trust in god. that's the point - the non-existent thing becomes in time more real than such reality.
Also reality is, that in other people i admire charm. I could not say other than I did. Person is charming or not. But single lineament, oh, they are useless. Like a blossom, like a book, which has never been opened.
I’ve made no refference, that I also like to party. To do something I’ve never ever did, to relax and to give up to imagination. To go mad. I’m still a child. I never go to the limit of sanity because i just don’t have anything like that. Life is easy and simple, only we complicate it. “The beauty will save the world” – one day Dostoyevsky has said. Let’s save each other.

Ramunas

My name is Ramunas.
I’m 18 years old student and I’m studying at 12 grade.
I live in the small city Lentvaris near the Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.
I love almost everything that is connected with music. Also I like non-commercial cinema.
The most important things in my live are vision and final destination.
Things that I admire in other person are: perseverance, innovation and creativity.
The ways we have fun are very different. Every time we try to find something new and more interesting than it was before.

Youth Exchange Program

Last Friday, 19 of January, we meet and defined the program. We listed the sugestions we had (from Portugal, France and Lithuania) and we tried to include them, in this program. Before going into the daily ideas here are some important points:

1. The programme in closed in terms of visits and where things will take place, because we need to start now with the logistical work (renting buses, meals, booking activities). However, the methodologies within each session and who does what, is still open for all of us to discuss;
2. The daily schedule will be defined in the APV, together with all the partners, for now, we just divided morning, afternoon and evening sessions;
3. The venue will be an old building by the sea between Lisbon and Cascais, we will be sleeping in big rooms of multiple beds;
4. You will notice that there is a lot of moments that happen out of the venue, this is because we came from 5 different neigborhoods and we all want to show you where we live and include other youngsters from this places. So, the solution is to go to visit them all. But, dont worry, most of them are 15-20 minutes away from the venue and we are trying to have private transport for the group, to make it easier. We are not intending to make big excursions inside the neigborhood;
5. We tried to include some radical sports, however this is not confirmed yet and, they wont be in a difficult level, if some one in the group doesnt want to do it, of course they dont have to;
6. One way or another, we all mentioned that it would be nice to use photography during the YE, we agree but still we dont know how or what...
7. In green we marked the activities that can be developed by any of the partner groups (see: Who wants to organise?). Until the APV we propose that each group:

• Choose which sessions you would like to prepare and animate;
• Start to think about methods to use, in order to discuss concrete proposals during the APV;
• Choose an Intercultural evening to be part of and, together with the other partner of that night, decide what to cook. In the APV we will need to finalise the list of all food and materials to buy, so bilateral preparations should happen till then;
• To keep on posting pictures and information about eachother in the blog;
• To have other ideas of what to do until the APV ;)

30 of March, Friday

Afternoon: Arrival of participants, Discovering the venue and around

Evening: Welcome evening (who wants to organise?)

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31 of March, Saturday

Morning: Presentation of participants and program (who wants to organise?)

Games for group building and building a common dictionary (who wants to organise?)

Afternoon: Going to the neigborhood of Trajouce, getting to know the locals, and maybe playing futebol, other activities to be defined.

Evening: Intercultural Evening with 2 countries, including 2 groups making dinner together, other activities to be defined;

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1 of April, Sunday

Morning: Paintball or another group challenge;

Afternoon: Going to the neigborhood of Galiza, getting to know the locals, and debate about the Role of Youngsters in the Local communities;

Evening: No activities planned here yet; (who wants to organise?)

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2 de April, Monday

Morning: Radical Morning (Canooing and Climbing)

Afternoon: Going to the neigborhood of Torre, getting to know the locals, other activities to be defined;

Evening: Intercultural Evening with 2 countries, including 2 groups making dinner together, other activities to be defined;
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3 of April, Tuesday

Free Day (optional activities to be defined)

Evening: Group Activity in the Beach

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4 of April, Wednesday

Morning: Playing a Simulation Game about Citizenship and discussing this topic;

Afternoon: Going to the neigborhood of Flamenga, getting to know the locals,

and doing activities in the street on the topic of Citisenship; (who wants to organise?)

Evening: Intercultural Evening with 2 countries, including 2 groups making dinner together, other activities to be defined;
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5 of April, Tursday

Morning: Satying in the venue, activities to be defined; (who wants to organise?)

Afternoon: Going to the neigborhood of Brejos, activities indoor to be defined;

(who wants to organise?)

Evening: Evening together (place to be defined)

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6 of April, Friday

Morning: Talking about Europe and Crossroad opurtunities (who wants to organise?)

Afternoon: Talking about the future ( how to keep in contact, what to do back at home...)

(who wants to organise?)

Evening: Godbye party (who wants to organise?)
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That's it, sorry for such a pig post

Hope to see your big posts soon too ;)

Some Portuguese Faces

Hello Friends

The last 2 Fridays we've been meeting to prepare our exchange. Here are some of our faces. Not all participants were on the meeting where the pictures were taken. Later we will add them. Also, some of us that are coming to the meetings, will not be "full time" participants, but we are supoorting those who will.

Some information on Who is Who:

Name: Rasta

(yellow shirt)

Age: 20
What I do: Student

What I like: Music, Singing, Football, Dancing, making friends

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Name: Sergio (white n brown shirt)

Age: 20

What I do: Trainer of Junior Football, Work with Kids on the Weekends

What I like: Football

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Name: Angela (white and black jacket)

Age: 26
What I do: Work in a Restaurant

(Supporting Participant)

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Name: Cadija Baldé (brown jacket)

Age: 19

What I do: Junior Programmer

What I like to do: Read, Movies, Computers and walking around

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Name: Lito Jacinto (brown hat)

Age: 23

What I do: Student, President of Novos Horizontes 404 Youth Association, Monitor on a Volley Club

What I like to do: Laught, meet people, being with friends, Football

(Group Leader)

finally our faces on the net

Our present to the happy new year the photo of the french team...
After is to you to find who is who....
as we have some change of role inside the group: Marcianne will be our coordinator, and Corine, Sebastien and Alexande are the 3 of the french participant...
the last but not the least partcipant will be Vincent... you just have to wait a bit to discover him

again happy new year