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I might learn about the world from a distance, but I can understand the world by touching people's hearts.

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I might learn about the world from a distance, but I can understand the world by touching people's hearts.

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I believe that Erasmus+ gives us a huge advantange to meet each other and enrich our hearts, lives and minds with unbelievable experiences.

This whole week was an honour to see you engaged, smiling, interested and eager to learn and experiment. Thank you for being so friendly, warm-hearted and involved. That is the best gift for us. I hope that you will bring a piece of Lithuanian hearts to your homes as well as some ideas and memories about the experiences you had here.

Thank you to our students and their parents for taking a good care of our guests, for being equally engaged and creative. I wish you to never lose the interest in international programs!

Teacher Zuzana, it was pleasure to get to know you, to spend the time with you. There was always someting to talk about, as if we had been friends before. I hope you will bring plenty of ideas for your school and continue to participate in Erasmus. Don't be shy- you are wonderful!

'The future belongs to those who have an interest in culture - their  own and that of other peoples. So, cherish your own culture. Share it with others. Be open and willing to embrace what those on the other side of the cultural fence can offer you.'

We have a wonderful headteacher, who helps us realize our dreams. Thank you!

I have a dream team - there are many people who envy me. Thank you Gitana, Aistė, Sandra, Silva.

From the bottom of my heart,

Irena Urboniene,

Lithuanian Erasmus team coordinator.

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Playing a Slovak card game with a very confused Lithuanian boy.

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I have found great pleasure in setting off on a variety of adventures, and the individuals I have encountered have contributed an unmatched depth to these experiences. Specifically, Lithuania has weaved its beauty into my recollections, making a lasting impression on my heart. Every excursion was enhanced by the group's togetherness, which transformed ordinary events into treasured recollections. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have had such an amazing bunch of people with whom to explore Lithuania's charm. The laughing, the scenery, and the cultural exposure all combined to create a mosaic of happiness that I will always cherish.

By Džejn <3

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With an open heart and an open mind, one's capacity for learning knows no boundaries.

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With an open heart and an open mind, one's capacity for learning knows no boundaries.

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Hi. Firstly, I want to thank my parents for letting me participate, and for everyone who participated too. You were all so warm, keeping up conversations was very easy. I'd like to think that we will remember you for a long long time, and perhaps even meet up sometime again. Meeting new people is always nice, but this was truly special. Even though you were all new people and from a different country, it felt like we were already old good friends, which makes me believe it more and more - everyone and everything is connected. So let's embrace it!

• Timas

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I chose this picture because it shows reality. These bracelets are not the only thing that unites us. We are mainly united by a similar culture and our traditions. We may be different on the outside but inside our hearts we are the same. This week was amazing, I met new people, gained new friends and gained new knowledge and insights. I learned a lot about Lithuanian culture and traditions. When I heard that we were going to Lithuania, I thought that it would rain here all week, but in my opinion, a miracle happened because during the whole week we had wonderful weather, but of course a little colder than in Slovakia:). I hope that I will have the opportunity to visit Lithuania and Mažeikiai one more time, because this town has grown close to my heart and I have started to feel like at home here. Thank you very much to all the teachers and especially to my new friends and their families for the wonderful week I was able to experience here.

Majka

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Life is long but there are moments we wish that would last forever. We cherish those moments, we like to think about them and most importantly we learn from them. Learning about other cultures is a important part of our history and future, and I'm really thankful that I had a opportunity to do such things. I consider myself lucky to be able to travel to Lithuania with Erasmus+ project. It, I believe, gave us all a lot of new experiences, knowledge and friendships for hopefully a long time. The best part of the trip was spending time with friends (from Slovakia and Lithuania) throughout the whole time, the lessons in school, the trips, the workshops and the free time. No matter cold weather and the lack of time, our friendships were always there, like trees together stand in a ruthless wind. I can't wait to show off our country in the best and worst of what we have.

Farewell, and see you soon in Slovakia. <33

Sofi

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I really enjoyed this experience in Lithuania. In my opinion it was very unique especially because it was my first exchange programme and it couldn't have been any better than this and that is because of you all.

I think it affected me in many good ways for example I had to learn to not be afraid of speaking in front of others and I was feeling more comfortable with it each day. I also really enjoyed the activities that you prepared for us, I think that they all gave us some memories that we'll remember for a very long time. My favourite activities that we had in school were the arts in chemistry,physics and actually all of the others because the people preparing it really put their heart into making it a good experience for us and I'll remember it for a long time. All the teachers and also students were very kind to us and I think we couldn't have gotten better host families. I'll also never forget the trip to Kleipeda and visiting the sea in November :).

The chocolate factory was a unique, fun and tasty experience that I think we'll never forget. I'm alredy looking forward to meeting you again in April and thank you all for this erasmus project! <3

-by Leona

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I must say, I came without any expectations, but I never could have even thought about how many great people I would meet here.

I enjoyed the trip from the first day to the last. First I would like to thank Žygis and his family for the provided home and food. I felt like I was a part of their family.

Second I would like to thank to Timas for teaching me guitar the first day and for the jokes. Bazaras.

Third I would like to thank to everyone involved in the erasmus+ for making it possible to meet amazing people and see some beautiful sights of lithuania.

The most enjoyable experiences for me were the tradiotional making of bread, the delfinarium and the cold war museum.

Once again I would like to thank everyone for making this mobility possible. I really enjoyed my stay in Lithuania and would definitely visit the country again.

P.S.: I hope you won't forget the rules of BANG!

With regards,

Jakub Lukáč

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A week spent among peers. These five days made me realise how different the world is, how many different cultures surround us. I am very happy that I was able to get to know a new culture - the slovak culture. Meeting new people has made me realise how different every moment, every trip and every adventure can look to other people. It taught me more tolerance and understanding. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to be part of this project - to interact, learn and discover. I am sure I will remember this experience for the rest of my life!

I can't wait to come to Slovakia!

Eneida:)

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This week was amazing. It was a pleasure to communicate with such friendly, open hearted people from Slovakia. Sofia was the nicest guest I could have wished for:)

I think all of the activities we participated in were interesting and helped our guest to understand lithuanian culture. Personally, I enjoyed visiting Klaipėda the most, becouse in my opinion the Baltic see is one the most beautiful places people can visit in our country.

This week passed by very fast, it was an experience I definetely enjoyed. I’m happy I got to participate and I look forward to going to Slovakia.

Liucija

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I’m very happy that I joined Erasmus+ project and I had the opportunity to learn about Slovakia their culture, their communication. This week was challenging and interesting. It was fun to travel, explore new places and get their opinions on the places they visited. Photo from Wednesday at Smilte's. It was very interesting evening. A lot of emotions and most importantly we were all together. I think I could have talked more, but I think it went great and I hope we will keep in touch until the trip to Slovakia.

Auksė

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Dear Slovak students, thank you for coming to Lithuania! I spent such a great time with you but sadly, the week is almost over. I really appreciate your friendliness and help in every situation. I am very grateful for the opportunity to meet all of you. Each of you has something special and unforgettable. The memories that I created with you will always be remembered by me. I learned a lot from you and you gave me a chance to get to know your culture more. I hope that you liked spending time with us too. I would gladly extend our time together even longer.

Thank you, Dear Teachers! You perfectly involved us in the activities and allowed us to gain even more experience! What an amazing week we had.

For me, it was a wonderful time, thank you for helping to create it!

Eivilė ;))

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This week was a very interesting experience. I have never had a stranger enter my house and live with me for a week. In those 5 days I got to know the Slovakian culture, differences and similarities. I found out that “cebule” or “cebulia” has the same meaning for us and them. These days brought me some light and I was delighted to meet such a wonderful and heartwarming person like Lenka. I enjoyed to listen to every of your story, whether it was about physics or your personal life. I found out some similar things and became closer to you. I could say that the stranger who entered my house became my friend. I was also very glad to meet other people from Slovakia. Sofia is incredibly good at drawing and has a soft heart, Jane is funny and has interesting perception about the world that makes her stand out ( in a good way obviously). Maria’s smile lighted up the whole room and Jakub showed me that there could be more gentleman and natural people in the world. I learnt a lot about my classmates, saw them in different perspectives. I think that this week was a spark in my life and I’m very waiting to meet them once again. I’m very thankful to my mom for helping me and the teachers for the opportunity to participate and gain more responsibility.

Looking forward to the last moments in the present with all of you. From the bottom of my soul.

Rugilė

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During this amazing week, I realized that a simple question or joke can bring a lot of people together, and I'm glad that I had a chance to meet all of you and spend a whole fun and adventurous week! I think the bread path education was one of the interesting evenings we had. We learned about bread's history and danced traditional Lithuanian dances. It was sweet when some of y'all tried to order coffee or food in Lithuanian! Had a fun experience learning how to play the BANG game! But most of all, I loved Wednesday evening we spent together. I think that evening brought all of us together like one big family who loves music and dance!

I'm so glad to meet all of you and see you soon!

Smiltė

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Traveling is a passion. One that i have in my heart. This experience meant a lot to me. My passion is to travel new places, and with this trip I not only got to know new places but also a whole new culture and new people. When you go on vacation, you don't often learn as much about a country as I did on this trip.

Meeting new people, connecting with them and sharing stories is really fun. Thanks to them, I learned a lot about their culture and the country as a whole. The program that was prepared for us was beautiful and very informative.

I will have many fun memories, adventures and experiences from here.

I thank the teachers and students for the program they prepared for us. I felt comfortable here. I take away new knowledge, memories and adventures.

I laughed a lot, we have beautiful group photos (a whole lot of them 😂). I would recommend Erasmus to every student.

By Kika ;)

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Getting to know new people and new country.

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Getting to know new people and new country.

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Why did i pick this photo? It's because in a pretty short time we Slovaks and Lithuanians got kinda comfortable with each other and we were more and more shameless around each other. I want to thank you all for getting to know you and your country. I learned many things during this trip and i don't regret anything. I really liked all of the workshope. Your school is nice😌. It was a great idea that you took us to the chocolate factory cause we didnt expect it and the chocolate was really tasty(i guess when i'll come home i will probably have some strict diet cause i feel like i gained so much weight but it was worth it🤣). I also really liked the idea of the arts in chemistry workshop cause i got a little bit creative finally and also i really am not good in chemistry so i didn't know we can create those colors that easily.I am so glad that i met all of you and that we became friends. I liked everything from day one. I felt very pleasantly with the family i stayed with. Really suprising was, that u prepared for us many things and we saw way more things than we thought we would see. I hope that when you'll come to Slovakia you will feel same as us here and that you will see a lot of new things as well.

-best regards, Mirka

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This week was full of fun, entertainment and also wonderful time together. It was my second time having someone to arive at my home, school, city from the project. I’m not saying that the first time was bad but this second time was much better because of the friends that arived. They were all friendly and we had pretty good time together from the beginning while traveling around lithuania or just being at home with out families. Meeting them was a nice experience for me and my family also. I fully enjoyed their staying and I really don’t mind if they stay in Lithuania for another weak or two. I will probably participate in every erasmus project from now on because with every time i gain more experience and have a lot of enjoyable time.

Žygis;)

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I had a great week. I think that Erasmus+ gives chance a to meet new wonderful people, and have unbelievable experiences.

This whole week all the students were smiling and wanted to learn something new. I liked all the days but for me, my favorite day was Monday because we got to know more each other and we went to Bread Path.

Thanks to everyone for being so friendly. I hope that all of you liked this week. For me it was amazing 😍

Kotryna

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Erasmus+ gave me a chance to meet wonderful people, get to know different cultures and became a better person.

This whole week was amazing. Slovakian students were wonderful and very friendly. At first I thought that  will be very awkward to be and talk with older people, but it was the best experience of my life. They put a smile on my face and showed that age doesn’t matter.

Every activity made us closer and closer. We got a chance to communicate and get to know each other even better.

I’m very thankful for this week. It made me very happy.

See you soon in Slovakia❤️

Guste

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It is a well known fact that people are very social beings. And every time I meet new people and make friendships with them I realize how important it is for us to be kind and help each other.

When we came to school on Monday morning I was feeling very nervous about how everything will go. But from the very first moment you welcomed us with open hearts, smiling at us and willing to help us in any situation. Throughout the whole week you showed and shared with us various aspects of your culture and customs. From visiting Klaipeda and the Baltic sea with beautiful views from the beach, to workshop in the chocolate factory, I enjoyed every single activity that you’ve prepared for us. It is difficult to say which was the best, every single one of those experiences expanded and enriched my knowledge in various ways.

But what is even better about this week are the friendships and connections we made among each other that will hopefully last for a very long time. We laughed together, talked about our dreams and passions and learned new things from each other.

From this week, I’m bringing home dozens of memories that I will remember for the rest of my life. It was an amazing experience to meet you all and spend this time with you🤍

And I would like to say huge THANK YOU to Rugilė and her mom, who were my host family for this week and took care of me as if I was their real family🤍

Lenka :)

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Best Erasmus+ program I have ever experienced 

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Best Erasmus+ program I have ever experienced 

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This week was amazing. I loved the communication with people in English, I really enjoyed it.

I really liked visiting different cities and communicating with people, it just lets me live the life, feel what is actually a life, it clears my mind and makes me happy.

My favourite day was friday because it was my first time in chocolate factory and also I saw the Cross hill for the first time. I love chocolate, so it was really fun and exciting for me. Cross hill was very impressive, I have never seen something like that with my own eyes, it was very unique and I liked energy there.

This was the best Erasmus+ program I have ever experienced because foreigners were really friendly and communicative.

Emilija

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Erasmus plus programme gave us colourful week with many beautifful and creative people. I am happy that I had an opportunity to visit Račkauskas Merkelius Gymnazia in Mažeikiai.

The biggest impression left a visit in Cold War Military base. It showed us that peace and happy life is not guaranteed. Telsiai and Samogitian history helped us to improve knowledge about Lithuania.

As I am Physics teacher, lesson about light was very inspiriting . Yes, we can learn the whole life.

Sweet chocolate dot was funny.

Many thanks our Lithuanian hosts.

And my message after this time for others : Don' t be affraid to grab your chance even if you are sixteen or sixty :-)