20th of June Last day :(

The day started with making conclusions of the project, what everyone learned and what impact it had on them. Afterwards every country did their dissemination plans to reflect the project in their own countries. For example some decided to write articles for various newspapers, some organized to have an event to talk about the project or spread their experiences in different places such as their school, workplace, camp etc. Later that day the Romanian team, who was very experienced in writing projects, gave us some tricks and tips on how to write a project ourselves and what is necessary for that. As we had learned about the theoretical part from the Romanian team, the Greek team put our skills to a test and we actually tried  practically how it would be to carry out a project.

 In the evening  we guessed who our secret friend was by touching them blindfolded. After that it was time for the youthpass ceremony. A person had someone's youthpass and by describing him/her the owner of that youthpass was revealed. It was very emotional for everyone but nevertheless after the official part was over we spent the night having our last chats and dances with people, who in such short time had become a big family.

19th of June ...Tartu

After having delicious breakfast, like usual, we got into the bus and headed for Tartu. First of all we went to the old town. There we got a lot of eyes on us by doing a couple of energizers. To keep our spirits lifted, we all sung the song ,,Happy''. And finally we started giving out free hugs, some of us even tied the eyes with a cloth, which was a lot of fun! After that fun experience in the old town we went to have lunch at Big Ben. Later that day we had lots of free time, so everyone could do what they wanted. Some of us went sightseeing in different museums or just strolled around the botanical garden, various parks, local shops etc. The time flew by really quickly and it was time to have pizza for dinner. After having our stomachs full, it was time to drive back to our accommodation. Since we weren't always together in Tartu spent the whole evening talking because we had loads to discuss about!

18th of June - preparation for campaign

After breakfast we finished our clay project that we started a few days ago initiated by the Portugese team. We made something out of clay that represented us and left it to dry. And now it was time to do the final touch-up by coloring them. Later that day we created an action plan for the following day at Tartu. We agreed on doing some of our favorite energizers such as ,,i want to ride with my big fat pony'' and ,,i want to go to the seaside''. The next thing we agreed on was that we would sing ,,Happy'' all together. And finally the most support got the idea of free hugs. Everyone did themselves a sign that said Free Hugs. Many of us wrote it down in multiple languages and drew the flag of their home country. The signs came out beautiful and everyone was really exited for the next day.

17th of June Canoeing ;)

The day started with a refreshing 4 km hike from our accommodation to the nearby river to go canoeing. We divided quickly into groups and the fun began! At first the weather was a bit chilly but as soon as we started paddling, it was fine. As the hours passed the sun came out too and it was really great, too great even because many of us got burnt by the sun. Despite that, everyone really liked getting physically active in beautiful Estonian nature. We ended that short trip by having packed lunch by the riverside and then hiking back to our sweet home-Marja Talu.

  In the afternoon we got to relax a little bit, then we had a brief feedback session. Since everyone's muscles were pretty sore, we decided to end the day with another sauna night.

16th of June - Adventure Park

We spent the whole day outdoors, it was our first trip since the project began and we were all super excited about the adventure park. Otepää Adventure Park is a place that can offer you real thrills. It has 6 trails full of challenges set up to let us climb and swing between heaven and earth! There is a 7th trail, also known as "Trail of Challenges", and it's the most difficult one, definitely worthy of its name. After we received our personal safety equipment and instructions, the fun began!

 

The trails became harder and harder and the obstacles increasingly difficult, but we all did our best and we had a great time! Some of us even successfully tried the 7th trail and they won bracelets to remember their achievement. We all agreed that the best trail was number 6, a huge zip line that allowed us to fly 300m above Linnamäe Valley. In the end, we were all super tired but satisfied with ourselves.

Then, we walked to Pühajärve, we arrived at the beach and we relaxed by the lake. We had the chance to witness and cheer for the people participating in the IRONMAN 70.3 Otepää 2018, a triathlon festival that includes swimming, riding a bicycle and running. We returned home just in time to discuss about our day, share "battle" stories and show off our wounds from the adventure park. Overall, it was a great day full of new experiences and a lot of burned calories! 

15th of June - Estonian Night!!!

The day started with the Spanish team trying to wake us up with a bunch of fun and energetic activities. Then, the Romanian team took over to take us out of our comfort zone through a blind cooperation activity. Everyone participated and as a group we did a great job to pass our limits and step out of our comfort zone. During the lunch time, the Estonian team had a unexpected request, since tonight was the Estonian night, they wanted as a preview to help them cook and serve pancakes for desserts! Of course, we were all very happy and willing to help with such a sweet activity.

After our bellies had filled, the Portuguese team taught us to express ourselves through art. We used clay to create whatever we wanted, whatever we could imagine, something very suitable to the activity's name "I can". After we finished, we gave our object to our buddy to add something, and then our masterpiece was complete!

 
                                                                                                          

We left our clay to dry in the sun and we discussed about the major dilemma that came up about what we were going to do tonight, watch the football game Portugal vs Spain or have the Estonian Night? We managed to meet halfway and do both! We started by watching the game, the final result 3-3 left everyone satisfied, and then we continued with the Estonian night. The team had prepared videos, music, a mini quiz and amazing food. It was a full day stay tuned for more!

14th of June - Sex and much more!

We started the 7th day of our project with a nice energizer called ninja. After that, we had self-defense session. Priit and one other guy came from 3D Treening to talk about self-defense and it wasn't what we expected at all. Priit was a great teacher - he told us why self-defense is actually pointless, why we don't need that at all and why it's always better to run away. After we had learned a lot about why we don't need to learn self-defense, he actually started to teach us some good technics. We learned a lot and most of us really loved this session.

After self-defense, we had a session about what type of people we are. We could be either owls, turtles, sharks, foxes or teddy bears. We learned what are the strengths and weaknesses of each type to perform better in our lives.

Our afternoon activity, we had really exciting workshop: sex education. We had a debate about vaginas and penises, their pros and cons, then shared a lot of experiences.

Day ended with nice games that made us come out of our comfort zone and get closer to each other.

Eliisa, Herkko, Razvan, Liane, Roberto