Let’s go to Chios City! For us volunteers in the south of Chios this is a normal activity on Saturdays, and we like to go there from time to time. But on one Saturday at the beginning of February 2018 we started a new experiment: Would it be possible for […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
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On the long weekend from 17th to 19th of February we volunteers had the opportunity to visit Turkey. First we went to Cesme by ferryboat and afterwards we took the bus to Izmir. It is an impressive city, located around a huge bay and surrounded by beautiful mountains. We got […]
In February the children in the kindergarten learned a lot about the carnival in Greece which is called “Apokries“. For us volunteers was it a great possibility to experience a new kind of celebrating carnival. The preparations in the kindergarten started in the second week of the carnival time with […]
What would I say if I had to describe Carnival in the primary school with three words? Colors, food and dances. We started this exciting day with two more or less calm lessons where the children could craft their own masks and listened to Carnival music. But today they were […]
It is carnival time in Greece. During the last days the children of the Second Primary School of Vrontados prepared masks and different handicrafts already. At Friday, the last school-day before the long weekend, our school had a great carnival celebration. Until 10 o’clock in the morning each class had […]
Yesterday we took part in a really interesting Greek celebration – the Τσικνοπέμπτη which means literally translated Smelly Thursday or Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat. On this day they eat Souflaki because they celebrate it as the last day where they can eat meat before they will fast […]
The “Tsiknopempti” (Greek: Τσικνοπέμπτη) is a traditional Greek celebration which takes place in the beginning of February anually. It can be translated as the “dirty Thursday” of the carnival-time. The carnival-period is divided in three parts, one of them is the “Kreatini” (Κρεατινί). It contains the word “κρέας” – meat. […]
Tsiknopempti (in Greek “Τσικνοπέμπτη “) translated to English means the “Smelly Thursday” or “Barbecue Thursday”. This Thursday got its name from the smell of grilled meat in the air and is part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival in Greece. In general in Greece there exists the three weeks of […]
On the 31st of January 2018 the 2nd primary school of Vrontados went on excursion to Daskalopetra. Literally translated Daskalopetra means “teachers stone”. According to the ancient story the Greek philosopher Homer teached his students here. In addition to that the place, located nearby the Agean Sea, has multiple playgrounds […]
How not to take advantage of an almost spring day in Chios island to visit and discover some beautiful places set in time like the medieval villages of Mesta and Pyrgi, located in the south of the island. Mesta has an architecture dating back to the Byzantine era as we […]