Snufkin gets visitors in Kalymnos

Second week of June Snufkin got 13 friends to see how he was doing in Kalymnos. 10 teachers from Finland and three from Poland came to meet him and discover island of Kalymnos.

On Saturday we went to near-by island Telendos and learnt about its history and enjoyed the sea and wonderful seafood in restaurant Kapsoulis.

On Sunday we were invited to school´s festival at school and children performed plays and songs and dances about Greek history. In the end we were also learning Kalymnian dances by live-orhestra.

On Monday we visited another near-by island Pserimos, where only lived about 50 people all-year-around. There we did some walking and swimming. Pavlos also caught a octopus by his bear-hands. In Pserimos we spent the whole day and also enjoyed the lunch on the main-beach. After Pserimos some stayed in Pothia and  town for some shopping and dinner and sight-seeing.

On Tuesday we did the hiking-route from Argos school up the small chappel and over the mountain down to the beach where we stopped for swimming and caught sea-urchins and shells. After the beach we continued climbing up to the cave and discovered stalagmites and some mice :) The path up on the mountains was spectacular and surrounded by herbs such as oregan, thyme and rosemaries.

After the hike we had the most delicious lunch offered by parents of children living next the the school. We ate mousaka, dolmadakia, special Kalymnian salad, stuffed cabbagerolls, tsatsiki, and for dessert cream-filled cake, baked sweets, karbouzi.

On Wednesday we went rock-climbing to Kasteli crag. Our guides were Loukas and his wife Alexandra. Climbing is huge in Kalymnos and even in Summer heat there were climbers all over the world, not even imagining how it will be in October when it´s the busiest climbing months in Kalymnos.

On Thursday we had different options. Some went to museums in Pothia. Some went for hike up to the Arginonta and beyond and some went climbing to Odyssea crag and some did some relaxation by the pool and snorkelling. In the evening some took a hike to Grande Grotta to see the sunset and enjoy the view. We also got-together at night to say good-byes becouse Friday was the date of the departure :( Time went so quickly and it was time to return home. Bye-bye Snufkin!

World Environment Day 2012

On Tuesday 5th of June, Snufkin with the children and the teachers went to the 2nd Primary School of Hora to celebrate the World Environment Day 2012 with a special workshop.

All the chlildren were devided in four groups:
The first group saw the movie "HOME" and then they talked about it and said about the solutions that mankind has today to protect our environment.

The second group painted a big poster with the message "Let's hug the environment".

The third group learned the song "Save the Earth" and then they danced it.

The fourth group painted, in a small groups of two, three or four children, but with sand from Kalymnos.

Finally Snufkin learned how we can recycle our used photocopies and make paper again. 17 trees can be saved for every 1.000 kilos of recycled paper.

Snufkin came to Kalymnos from England

Snufkin came to Kalymnos - Greece from Sunderland- England. Madeleine, Pauline, Maria and Emma came to Kalymnos last week and they brought with them Snufkin.
On Monday all of them visited Primary School of Argos in Kalymnos. They presented to us their school:Saint Michaels Catholic School. Then he visited the Archeological Museum of Kalymnos and he learned a lot about the history of Kalymnos.

On Tuesday Snufkin went to Arginonda for climbing. He was very happy because he saw the children and the teachers climbing, but also he tried also climbing.

On Wensday he visited the medieval castle of Hora in Kalymnos. He learned a lot about the life of the Kalymnians during the medieval years.

On Thursday he walked the mountain path from Argos to Saint Andreas and then to the Cave of Kefala. It was very tiring but it was worth it. He saw all the southwest coast of Kalymnos and he learned how the cave was created and about stalaktites and stalagmites. Snufkin also helped the children collect garbage from the beach taking part at the action Cleanup the Med 2012.

On Friday he sang with the children nice Greek songs froom Hatzidakis and Theodorakis, two famous greek composers.

Cycling trips around Dobrzyniewo region

On 24th May we started the cycling trips. Classes II covered the distance of 33 km in 6 hours. On our way we visited the following villages: Krynice, Obrubniki, Chraboły, Kopisk and Ponikła. It was a great time spent outdoors