The World

In Africa woman is washing herself in Nile

And trying to keep on her smile.

Children are imagining a food's smell

And wishing a bonbon of caramel.

Men are sailing far, far away

The same as it was yesterday.

The ground is becoming more and more dry

And saying: Life, goodbye.

In Europe workers are building a tower

On a place where yesterday was a flower.

Children are eating hot dog

In front of the stall in town's smog.

Grown-ups are all depressed

Cuz of their worries about how to get dressed.

Boys are keeping their fight

And destroying a wall which was recently white.

Girls are buying a new shampoo

And wondering which make-up is true.

But we are forgetting to sky-blue,

To laugh which we can do.

There are still around us sunflowers

And waterfalls which can give us showers.

There it's not everything sad,

So try to be oftener glad.

We have to forget yesterday

And live for a new day.

Katjuša Lanišek, 9.b

SARAJEVO

Here I'm going to tell you more about ACES Kick-off meeting in Sarajevo which I was a participant of. I went there in September with my Geography teacher. The subject all things, which we did there, was volunteering.

The first day we came there all tired of long journey. Fortunately there it wasn't a lot of program and we had enough time to meet each other and to rest.

And that's the reason for so tiring next three days. On Monday we had an official opening and then we drove to old part of Sarajevo. There we did sight-seeing and it was funny to search for meeting points all over the city. We had to ask people to show us the way to churches and fountain. In the afternoon, when we came back, we proceeded with storytelling around (candle) fire. We shared our expressions and made new friends.

The second day was really nice day, too. We had bazaar of learning in the morning and excursions in the afternoon. Bazaar was a type of fair with ideas about volunteering … Everything was well organized. In the afternoon, we went to Sarajevo again – but that time to excursions. Our guide told us a lot of stories on interesting way: D.

Wednesday was the best day: we had workshops through all day and party in the evening. My morning workshop called ''Play to learn''. We played some different social games there. It was interesting but not as much as workshop in the afternoon. It called ''Sit&stroll''. We went outside, blew soup-bubbles at the river side, had picnic in the park, colored patterns of the city, played kings and queens … It was sooo funny :D. There I met one of my best friends – Eszter from Hungary.

But the real entertainment began in the evening at the party. First we danced and then we started to talk with Alexandra, Milan, Nika, Urška, Simeon, Valentina, Dorian … And we talked all evening … We talked at midnight … and we went to bed on Thursday morning …

Thursday was our last day. Unfortunately … It was hard to say goodbye, but we did it. With a help of song – Don't worry, about the thing, cuz every little thing is gonna be all right … (Bob Marley) And we've stayed in touch – with a help of gmail :D.

My trip to Venice

 I did a lot of things last summer. I went to the seaside twice, to one camp, I visited my friends… But here I'm going to tell you more about our one-day-travel to Venice.

 I travelled there with my family by ship. It sailed out from Piran and after 3 hours we came to St. Basilico's port. My first expression was: ''It's so hot!'' It was really hot there in those days. The temperature was nearly 40˚C!

  First we went to St. Marco's square. There we saw what it means if there is a lot of people on one place: music sounds, people talk, babies cry, pigeons flying… We did a sight-seeing around the square and then we went to the bridge Rialto.

Because we wanted to avoid the main street (and the shortest way to Rialto), we went around, using the narrow streets. After 40 minutes (the shortest way is 10 minutes of walking) we came to Rialto. What a surprise! There were even more people! We took some photos and crossed a bridge. On the other side there was a market. A biiiig market with souvenirs. We stopped at the first booth where we bought Venice's masks, fan and some post cards.  

  Then we went back to the ship – this time on marked way. By the way we ate pizzas (they weren't so expensive as other things in Venice). After 45 minutes of walking we came to our ship. It sailed out in the late afternoon. We all were tired but full of new experiences.

And for the end: A lot of people says: ''Venice is the most beautiful city on water.'' Do you know why? Because it is the only city on the water. J                                

Katjuša Lanišek 9.b

My summer holidays - The Netherlands

My summer holidays were very interesting. I met a lot of new people at the seaside and in our camp; however I will write you something more about the Netherlands.

First day we drove there and we stopped in Koln to visit a huge cathedral. There are a lot of glass pictures and especially a lot of tourists. It's interesting because during the 2^nd World War German enemies bombarded Köln bur they didn't bomb the cathedral.

Next day we visited village Marken which is famous for its characteristic wooden houses and we also drove along dyke to Edam. Edam is known for good cheese called Edam. We bought 3 different types of cheese and I must admit it is great.

Next day we went – according to my opinion – to the best place in our journey– Amsterdam. We woke at 8 o’clock  and went to Amsterdam by car. We parked it in a garage and went to the centre by tram. First we visited Ana Frank’s museum house. She was born on 12^th June 1929 and died in early March 1945 in Bergen-Belsen in concentration camp. She moved from Germany to Amsterdam and her house is now a museum. It is very detailed, but there is one thing missing – there is no furniture! Afterwards we walked down the streets and over the bridges and visited Van Gogh museum. We saw lots of his pictures and my favourite was Cherry tree and a Skeleton that smokes. We bought some posters and relaxed in a nearby park.

On our way home I bought a pullover with Amsterdam word on it.

The third day we went cycling. We rented bikes and drove 30 km. At the end I was very tired and hungry.

Our last day we visited Volendam. It is port in North Holland. We went sightseeing and the main street is very beautiful. All the houses are the same. Houses here are usually not very tall and they are made of red bricks. We also went to the other part of town and there were lots of stalls. People were selling lots of things like waffles, pancakes, souvenirs etc. We bought some waffles and they were very delicious.

Our next stop was Delft. People there are very talented painters and they create pattern on different types of ceramics. They made lots of wonderful plates, vases etc. and one artist made a replica of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. 

Our last stop was in Nordwijck. We visited ia space museum. We could see and hear almost everything about space. At first we calculated our weight on Moon, Mars, Neptune and all other planets. Then we visited spacecraft and read some facts about global warming and ozone hole.

To sum up, Holland is an outstanding country and I would like to come again to Amsterdam and visit other museums… 

 

 Zala Kanc