"Europe on film" - Youth in Action program in England

Andreea Lazarescu,Ioana Enea, Cezara Suman,Marta Palade,Raluca Adascalitei,Alin Latu insotiti de Andrei Corduneanu- coordonator tineret PTPI Roman Chapter, au participat in luna august la un proiect Youth in Action in Anglia la invitatia unor parteneri ai organizatiei People To People International.


Here you may read some last minute impressions:

Now that I`m trying to write a short retrospective , there’s a phrase that still chases my mind “ It was just meant to be “ … so amazing .
May the story begin… .It all started with four days in one of the most cosmopolite city in Europe , London .A place that keeps on surprising me even at my third encounter with its beauty .Every moment spent there was absolutely unique , one important aspect was probably that I had my best friends around me all the time .
To be honest after London kept me in a constant mood of amazement , I had the idea that nothing could surprise me more. Finally tears falling down during our flight to Bucharest proved me the total opposite because I was about to live one of the most extraordinary weeks of my life .
This exchange was a great opportunity to gather so many different personalities , from artists , that delighted our senses with beautiful song on piano or guitar until the organized and rigorous ones .I’m sure that this was the essence of the success in this experience because we all managed to fit in somehow and to share our best qualities with others . I’m quite sure that this group could participate for an award called “Unity itself “ . Everybody acted like we had known each other for ages . It was absolutely fantastic that we have so many things in common that in the essence we are preoccupied about the same things and that we all had fantastic goals to achieve .
Once again it was proven that distance doesn’t count and that when there is a will there MUST be a way to achieve it . Maybe this is how the PTPI sister chapters from Roman and Varna met again .
I really hope that I`ve left some smiles behind because when I think of Dunfield House , or the great friends that I had the chance to meet , an enormous smile lightens up my face .
In the end I want to believe that this exchange was only a trampoline for creating a new opportunity of seeing each other .
Andreea Lazarescu

“Europe on Film” was the first youth exchange I have ever attended and, like any venture into the unknown, I didn’t know what to expect. My biggest fear was probably that we would be too different and not get along. Upon arrival though, my fear had vanished completely. All the teams were made up of enthusiastic young people, who all shared almost the same passions and vision about the future as we did. To help with the integration process even more, the leaders decided to split us up into more groups in which a maximum of two people of the same nationality were allowed. The workshops contained several team-building games which I enjoyed very much, interviewing local people such as teen-agers, citizens with an interesting life story and even the Mayor of Hereford, but also an art project in which we had to make a mural representing our country’s journey towards the European Union. As we all know, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” so the host country planned fun activities for us such as swimming, a hike through the country-side and a trip to Barmouth, where we got to experience the Welsh seaside. In the end, we were all sad to be leaving, but, thanks to the magic of Facebook we will stay in touch and, of course, we will try to see each other again as soon as possible.

Ioana Enea