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In May all of the countries visited us in Slovenia. It was a very nice week with lovely weather and good company.



On Monday there was a little welcoming party for the foreign friends in front of the school.

Later there was a celebration in school's gym.



Later there was a short meeting where the visitors gave us very beautiful and useful presents.



In the afternoon we visited the commune of former drug addict who welcomed us real nicely, told us a bit about their way of life and offered us homemade tea and a snack.



Then we took them to our most famous curch of Kostanjevica, where French dinasty Bourbone is burried. Here's a bit about their history: **'T**he tombs of the last members of the French royal family of the Bourbons can be found in the crypt of the Church of Kostanjevica. These nobles were exiled from France in the revolution of 1830. At first they found refuge in Edinburgh, Scotland; from there they went to Prague, in the current Czech Republic. Finally they came to Gorica where they were received as the guests of Count Coronini. When they died, they were buried here and for this reason Kostanjevica is known as the "Little St. Denis".' //(http://www.samostan-kostanjevica.si/en-bourboni.htm)//



At the end visited a former garden of monastery where they grow Bourbon roses. It is one of the biggest and most complete collections of Bourbon roses in the world. Hence the symbol of Nova Gorica is a rose.



We ended the day with a delicious dinner at a Casino Park Hit.

On Tuesday we took our visitors to see some of Slovenian most famous and beautiful turistic attractions - The island of Bled and the capital city, Ljubljana.









We also visited the most famous factory of si equipment, Elan, and they gave each child a very special souvenir - a ball!

Wednesday was a working day. We had a meeting where we presented the work we have done in the past months and we made some plans for the future acivities.

For a bit of entertainment the girls from 8th grade prepared a very nice play about healthy food which they have translated from Slovenian language themself and have been practicing all school year.



We also had a lection about colon (cancer) with presentation.



Since this day was 'A day of Europe' we took our visitors to the main square when the 'European willage' event was going on. We have this event every year - each school from the region prepares a presentation of one European country and the children can go from stand to stand to learn about traditional custums, food, learn a bit of a language etc.



In the afternoon, we went to the Holy Mountain, a famous sanctuary. A very nice and entertaining priest told us a bit about the hitory of the place and later we had a delicious dinner at the restaurant near by. The principle made an amazing surprise for all of us - she invited one of Slovenian most famous opera singers, a winner of the show 'Slovenia's got talent who is actually a former gym teacher of our school - Julija Kramar. Watching the sunset, we were enjoying in her amazing voice and that really was an amazing experience.



On Thursday there was an all day trip to the Slovenian seaside. On the way there they stopped to see one of the most beautiful Slovenian caves, Škocjan cave.



In the afternoon they visited Slovenian coastal towns Pirana and Portorož.





On Friday we had another meeting to decide about future plans. Slovenia gave some presents to our guests and we all wished to see each other again in the future.









More photos Comenius visit in Slovenia, May 2012

//text & photos Mojca Furlan (if not stated othervise)//