Labas visiems,
Christmas
time means present time and as a gift to our children as well as to ourselves
we organized a trip to Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-biggest city, to the
“Miegantys Drambliai” climbing hall. “Miegantys Drambliai” is the project of
three other EVS volunteers we got to know in the meantime: Leonie from Germany,
Alex from Romania and Milko from Bulgaria. For December they sent out a special
invitation for all kinds of organizations working with different social groups
to come to their hall for a free climbing lesson. Our “Panevėžio ‘Šviesos’
Specialiojo Ugdymo Centras” took this amazing chance and together with Rasa,
Kristina, Artūras and eleven youths we volunteers went there on the 11th
of December. And we had an amazing time there.
our group with Leonie, Alex and Milko
The whole
program during our stay was planned and led by the volunteers themselves,
starting from some stretching in the beginning over some games for warm up and
of course the actual climbing. For our school it was the first time to do an
activity like that so you could tell that the youths were all very excited
about it. They definitely enjoyed their time at “Miegantys Drambliai” even
though the climbing might have been quite a challenge for some of them. Of
course for some it was scary in the beginning to go that high up basically only
being secured by a rope but with the excellent support of Leonie, Alex and
Milko they all gave it a try. For me it was very nice to observe how
differently the youths took the task and how some progressed in just this short
time we spent there. There were some who merely dared to go high up in the
beginning but later just tried on their own without hesitation. And of course
we ourselves also gave it a try, I’ve only been climbing a few times before but
I definitely always enjoy it.
After this
great experience and having to say goodbye again we took the chance of already
being in Kaunas and went to the city’s old town to take a short look at the
Christmas tree there. You know, before we had heard a lot of things about how
fancy this tree apparently is for it’s not a normal tree but a very aesthetic
piece of art. I’ll spare you my honest opinion on it but I can tell you that
special really is the word that hits it best. Anyway it was a nice stroll
through the old town that offered us a first short glance at the city.
in Kaunas
For this
day we not only enjoyed a great activity but it was also special in that way
that it was the first time that we sort of worked together with other volunteers
from a different project, and this first time definitely was a good experience.
If you want to know more about their project or are simply interested in
climbing, take a look at their homepage: www.miegantysdrambliai.lt
Viso gero,
Monika
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