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Activities in Switzerland:
Day : Travel Travnik-Neuchâtel by bus by the Bosnian group
Day: Arrival of all participants to Neuchâtel. Meet together at the lakeside. Little welcome-ceremony. Getting to the guest-families.
Day: Neuchâtel and surroundings; Morning: First exchange within the whole group. “Braking the ice”- rituals. Presentation and discussion of the week’s program. Discuss rules, creation of a common “Charta”. Lunch: Picnic at the lake or lunch at Maison des Associations. Afternoon: Introduction to Neuchâtel and Switzerland: Personal tour through Neuchâtel in small groups with a focus on history, important places, gymnasium, natural spaces, ... prepared and guided by hosting volunteers. Back to the lakeside: Return and share on the city-walk. Time for diary-writing. Present the program of the next days. Discuss possible changes of the official program. Supper and over-night within the guest families.
Day: Excursion to river Areuse. Topic: river protection. Get by train to Champ du Moulin. Workshop to prepare the program for children of J+N Pro Natura Neuchâtel. Lunch: Picnic in Champ-du-Moulin. Hike along the river Areuse to Noiraigue. Visit the hydropower plant and the karst spring in Noiraigue. Evtl. visit of the chocolatier Jacot. Get by train to Neuchâtel. Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. (Maison des Association) Supper and over-night within the guest families.
Day: Hike in Jura-mountain, Workshops on nature protection and work with children. Morning: Travel by train Neuchâtel-Les Hauts-Geneveys. Hike to the Jura mountain lodge La Menée (ca. 2 ours of walk). Lunch: Picnic Afternoon workshop: Preparation of the children’s program. Cooking in small groups. Supper: typical swiss dinner cooked by the participants. Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. Evening around the fireplace. Over-night in the mountain lodge La Menée.
Day: Children’s program. Morning: get back to Neuchâtel. Lunch: Picnic or dinner at Maison des Associations. Afternoon: Program with children at the river Areuse/Doubs/Seyon. Topic: Biodiversity in and along water courses. Observation of water fauna. Collection of plastic along the river. Get back to Neuchâtel. Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. (Maison des Associations)
Day: Public evening. Morning (Maison des Associations): Preparation of the public presentation of the project and of the film “The blue heart of Europe”. Lunch at Maison des Associations. Afternoon: Preparation of the swiss-bosnian apéro. Evening: public presentation. Over-night within hosting families.
Day: Evaluation of the week, travel Neuchâtel-Zagreb; Morning: Preparation of the luggage. Get with all the stuff to Maison des Associations near the train station. Evaluation of the week in little workshop: individually, within the participants, within coordinators, and all together. What have I learnt, what could we do better next week, discuss expectations, fears and hopes of the coming week. Time for diary-writing. Lunch: Common picnic at the lakeside; Afternoon: Relax at the lake, in the city of Neuchâtel or surrounding, free time, little leaving ceremony at the lakeside, photo of the group. 16h: Get to the train station. Travel Neuchâtel-Zurich; 20h40: Night-train: Zurich>Zagreb
Activities in Bosnia and Hercegovina:
1. Day: Zagreb-Pecka; Arrival to Zagreb at 10h48. Little walk through Zagreb in small groups. Lunch in Zagreb. Get by bus to the visitor centar Pecka. Over-night in Pecka. Evening: Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day.
2. Day: Workshops on permaculture, solar energy, river Sana in Pecka. Moring: workshops on permaculture with Boro from Pecka or solar energy with Nestor Ruiz from CZZS. Lunch in Pecka. Afternoon: Visit of the source of the river Sana by bicycle. Cooking in small groups. Supper: typical bosnian dinner cooked by the participants. Evening: Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. Little Bosnian evening-party, evening around the fireplace.
3. Day: Travel Pecka-Travnik; Morning: Transfer to Travnik, via Jajce. Visit of the city of Jajce and the museum of the foundation of Yougoslavia. Lunch: traditional Burek at “kod Sejo”, the best of Travnik; Afternoon: Introduction to Bosnia and Travnik: Personal tour through Travnik in small groups with a focus on history, important places, gymnasium, natural spaces, ... prepared and guided by hosting volunteers. Evening: Return and share on the city-walk. Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. Discuss the program of the following day. Supper and over-night within hosting families.
5. Day: Hike to Vlasic and Guca Gora; Morning: Excursion to mountain Vlasic. Hiking-tour to settlements Bukovica, mountain-house Konska, Guca Gora. Biodiversity of mountain meadows. Observe and discuss similarities and differences of the landscape, agriculture, flora and fauna of Jura and Vlasic. On the way, explanations on development of the settlements on Vlasic mountain and surrounding in relation to recent war (1992-1996), by participants of Bosnia. Lunch at the mountain-lodge Konjska; Afternoon: Hike to Guca Gora. Evening: Time for diary-writing. Feel-good-round. Feed-back on the day, discuss the following day. Discuss the program of the following day. Supper and over-night within hosting families.
6. Day: Public evening; Morning: Preparation of the public presentation of the project and of the film “The blue heart of Europe”. Lunch in town or at CEM. Afternoon: Preparation of the swiss-bosnian apéro. Evening: public presentation. Supper and over-night within hosting families.
7. Day: Free time in Travnik, good-buy ceremony; Morning: Evaluation of the project: individually, within the participants, within coordinators, and all together. Time for diary- writing. Lunch in town or at CEM. Afternoon: Free time in Travnik. Evening: Little party in CEM.
8. Day: Travel Travnik-Zagreb; Morning: Little good-buy ceremony, get to the bus station. Afternoon: Little walk through Zagreb. 18h38: departure of the train Zagreb>Zurich
9. Day: Arrival to Neuchâtel; Morning: Little good-buy ceremony, get to the bus station. Afternoon: Little walk through Zagreb. 18h38: departure of the train Zagreb>Zurich
