Papa is small and peaceful

town. I really liked it because its streets

were clean, the street-lighting was really

good and there were many beautiful

sights. The number of the churches in

Papa really impressed me – there were

so many! I liked the most the Great

Church in the main square – it’s a beau-

tiful Roman Catholic building but in

Papa there are also many Protestant

churches.

At the beginning I said that the

Hungarian town is full of beautiful

sights. Esterhazy castle deserves to be

mentioned here. In the castle there’s

such lovely furniture. While I was walk-

ing in it, I felt like I am queen.

But one of the most fascinating

places we visited was the Blue Dyeing

Museum. The museum, which was a

workshop before, is compounded of two

buildings with a sunny garden between

them. In the buildings, there is a huge

variety of machines, which were used for

dyeing fabrics. The indigo plant is one of

the basic ingredients in the method of

blue dyeing.

We were shown the steps of blue

dyeing but the special technique of this

method is still a secret. There were even

books, where this secret was written with

a confidential code. Safe, isn’t it?

After all, I really enjoyed the

time in Papa. This town is a place that I

want to visit again.

Kalina Pekova, Bulgaria

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April 2015

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IMPRESSIONS FROM PAPA

Inside this issue:

Impressions from Papa 1

The Blue Dyeing Museum 2

The Esterhazy Castle 2

NATO Airbase 3

A trip to Budapest 4

Activity Games 5

Easter in My Country

Easter is one of the

most beloved, most beautiful and

most joyful religious holidays. It

is the most important festival for

Orthodox Christians. Indeed, the

joy fills your mind when you hear

the church bells sing to the world:

"Christ is risen!" This holiday is

one of the most cherished in our

country as symbolizing the rebirth

of all living things and has many

unusual and distinctive traditions.

Preparation for Easter starts seven

weeks before with the advent.

Most people don’t eat meat and

animal products.

Palm Sunday, the week

before Easter is known in Ukraine

as Willow Sunday. People bring

home willow branches which

have been blessed in church. The

week is dedicated to preparing for

Easter.

One of such traditions is the pre-

paring meals, of course, and now I

would like to tell about some of

the traditions of Easter dishes which

have been prepared for many centu-

ries.

Of course, the most impor-

tant and the most delicious meal of

this day is Paska (Easter bread).

Paska is baked almost in every fam-

ily and it is not only a symbol of the

Resurrection but also very delicious

thing. It is sure to be on the festive

table. By the way, in most regions of

Ukraine Paska is sweet, but only in

Transcarpathia it is like bread and is

served with eggs, meat and salads.

One more important ingredient is

cheese which can be served with

butter, sugar, raisins and fruits.

The Thursday before Easter

is called Clean Thursday. According

to Ukrainian tradition everyone

should take a bath before sunrise on

this day. The house must be clean

too. Good Friday is the day that the

woman of the family bakes “paska”,

Ukrainian Easter bread.

Easter eggs are called py-

sanky. Pysanky shells have been

found in archaeological sites more

than 3000 years ago, and many of

those designs are still being used on

pysanky today.

After the long Lent the hostess pre-

pares a lot of delicious meat dishes.

Among these there has always been

the traditional jelly. Residents of

many villages unanimously testify:

"It's not Easter without the jelly”. It

can be prepared differently and have

many tastes.

The Ukrainian Team

Easter in Ukraine

Recently I visited The Esterhazy Castle in

Papa, Hungary, together with my mates and stu-

dents from 6 different countries, including Hun-

gary .

The castle is located almost in the middle of

town and it has an irregular shape. It has a “U”

shape, which was made to protect and isolate

The Royal Family for the attacks of the enemies.

When I entered inside, I was fascinated by the

multitude of the pictures.

There are more than 100

pictures with all the fam-

ily, beginning with the

oldest relatives and end-

ing with the youngest

people, their wives or

husbands and so on.

The architecture was

very impressive too. In

some rooms, the walls

were covered by wallpa-

per that was hand-made.

I had the chance to touch

a sample of that wallpaper and I saw that it was

so well made, that the model was printed on the

back of the textile too. The furniture was carved

and covered with gold. They had a room for

every mood like a thinking-room, a dressing, a

dining room, a game room and so on. The guide

was amazing. She explained me everything I

asked and she was very communicative with

everybody.

It was a great ex-

perience to learn

something new about

an old family that had

a big impact for that

town and to visit the

place where a Royal

Family lived more

than 300 years ago.

Daiandra Daju,

Romanian Team

P a g e 2 E S C A P E N E W S L E T T E R

“It was a great

experience to learn

something new about

an old family that had

a big impact for that

town and to visit the

place where a Royal

Family lived more

than 300 years ago. “

The Blue Dyeing Museum

I have never seen a

place like the Blue Dyeing

museum before. There were

clothes made by blue-dyed

fabric which I found for

pretty nice and different

strange machines. Almost

everywhere I could see the

typical blue cloths with dif-

ferent yellow patterns.

It was very interest-

ing how they had been han-

dled. First the fabric was

dipped in warm water and then

starched. When I saw the ma-

chines people had to use I got

really impressed and started

wondering how they could use

them because the whole proc-

ess seemed to be very difficult.

However, after that comes the

coloring where people have

used indigo to make the beauti-

ful blue color of the fabrics.

When I found out how they

had been dried I just said

“wow”. On the upper floor

people had hung them really

high, practically from the ceil-

ing, and it has been so risky for

the workers to bring the wet

and very long cloth with them

on this huge height. I just got

goosebumps as I heard it. The

interesting was that there were

special rooms for every step

of the process and that’s

why the building was so big.

Actually, I was sur-

prised that there was second

building also with many ma-

chines with different usage

which amazed me, too. Be-

tween the two buildings

there was a nice sunny gar-

den. I really liked it because

it was so beautiful on the

background of the cold and

ancient buildings. Which I

really enjoyed was the little

wooden bridge in the middle

and the benches and the

trees completed the amazing

view.

Loreta Lazarova, Bulgaria

The Esterhazy Castle

Tuesday—NATO Airbase

N O . 4 / a p r i l 2 0 1 5

On Tuesday, 24th

March, our day started as

usual. We woke up and went

to school, where we were put

in groups. All of us were in a

different group so we could

get to know other students

better. We had a lot of fun

because we also played some

games and talked to each

other. After that we were free

to go to lunch.

After lunch it was

time for us to go to the NATO

air base. When we arrived,

one of the soldiers checked

our ID's and after that we en-

tered the base. First we lis-

tened to their presentation and

work. After that we saw one

of the biggest plains C-17.

We saw its landing and we

were also allowed to take pic-

tures. All of us were really

impressed by the plane.

Then one of their sol-

diers introduced their work

and showed us what it's like

to be in the helicopter, we got

the chance to sit in it and

imagine what it’s like to be a

pilot. That was really awe-

some and we all liked it a lot.

And at the end we saw one of

their »cars« which goes up

and down with the help of a

ladder. This is the thing we

were most impressed by be-

cause we've never seen some-

thing like that before.

The Slovenian

Team

world. With their continued growth focus,

we are a company where employees can

express ideas, make a difference and build

their future.

Their workplace emphasizes integrity and

ethics. They are customer-focused,

continually looking to innovate and

enhance their products, service and

solutions.

To help their employees grow, we believe it's vital to

strengthen their engagement and develop their skills and

leadership capabilities. This is done an environment that

welcomes diversity of thought and experience.

Power Solutions is the global leader in lead-acid automo-

tive batteries and advanced batteries for Start-Stop, hybrid

and electric vehicles.

Automotive Experience is a global leader in automotive

seating, overhead systems, floor consoles,

door panels and instrument panels

The excursion gave us an interesting in-

sight into a globally operating enterprise

and its production techniques. Maybe one

day we will use one of the

dashboards produced there.

Deborah Zela, Austrian Team

On Thursday, 26 March 2015 we paid a visit to JOHNSON

CONTROLS, which is a global diversified technology and

industrial leader serving customers in more than 150

countries.

We were split into 2 groups and shown around the factory.

As we were not allowed to take pictures, we cannot provide

any topical photos from that visit.

In 1885, Warren Johnson inspired the future, launching an

industry focused on energy efficiency and a company

poised to explore new ideas and enter new fields. This foun-

dation has ignited the customer-focused innovation of thou-

sands of employees for more than 125 years. "The man who

devised the thermostat…in my private opinion, was a hero

comparable to Shakespeare, Michelangelo or Beethoven."

-- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), 20th century journalist

We nurture an environment in which everyone understands

and values the similarities and differences among their

employees, customers and communities.

Johnson Controls is also dedicated to

working collaboratively with historically

underutilized suppliers to strengthen their

supply chain and expand their business

base.

The success of Johnson Controls is enabled

by the commitment and dedication of their

170,000 employees around the

P a g e 3

Johnson Controls

The man who

devised the

thermostat…in my

private opinion,

was a hero

comparable to

Shakespeare,

Michelangelo or

Beethoven."

-- H. L. Mencken

(1880-1956), 20th

century journalist

P a g e 4 E S C A P E N E W S L E T T E R

„All of us

enjoyed the city,

its great buildings

and history. We

hope to come back

one day.“

A trip to Budapest

On Wednesday we visited

Budapest. It is the capital of Hungary

and also the biggest city with almost 2

million inhabitants. We learned a lot

of interesting facts and visited beautiful

places. We had a guided tour across the

city by bus and on foot.

At first we found ourselves on

the Heroes' Square. Construction of the

square is associated with the

celebration of the millennium

occupation of the Carpathian Basin by

Hungarians. It has the statues of the

greatest Hungarian kings. In the

middle square dominates the

Millennium Monument with a statue of

the Archangel Gabriel. Opposite are

representative buildings of the

Museum of Fine Arts and the Art

House. After it we went across the

Andrássy Avenue, we saw Astoria

Square and Oktogon Square too. On

our way we passed numerous spas

which have been there since the

Roman Times.

Then we went to the Castle of

Buda. To get there we needed to cross

the Danube. We walked around a

historic castle, the former palace and

the seat of the Hungarian kings, called

the Royal Castle. There is also the

residence of the Hungarian president

now. We had a beautiful panorama

view over the city of Budapest and the

river Danube. We could see House of

the Parliament and Széchenyi Chain

Bridge, whith separates Buda and

Pest. After we saw the Church of

Mathias, Sándor Palace and

Fisherman's Bastion. In the end

we had some free time in

Vörösmarty Square and Váci

Street.

All of us enjoyed the city, its

great buildings and history. We

hope to come back one day.

Tereza Nejdrova,

Czech team

P a g e 5 N O . 4 / a p r i l 2 0 1 5

„During this, we

started talking to

each other and

getting to know

each other more.”

Activity Games

Getting to know each other is always a new thing for every people, especially, if you come from other coun-tries and never seen each other before. This is the main reason why we were being separated into groups, which were mixed with pupils from other countries. In my team there were students from: Aus-tria, Bulgaria, Czech Re-public, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slo-venia. Mr. Miller gave us the in-structions during the whole activity. At first we got a paper, with some basic phrases. The objective was to translate the phrases into our languages. For me the Romanian lan-guage was the strangest so far. During this, we started talking to each other and getting to know each other more. When all the teams finished, one student had to stand up, and give a short introduction of its group members. After it, we were asked to pro-nounce the phrases in the foreign languages. What can I say, it was fun. When all the groups finished, some teams were joined

together and had to stand on a carpet. It was a so called ,,magic carpet”. The objective was to re-main on the carpet and turn it to its’ other side. At first we thought, that it might be impossible, but we managed to win this one. Here comes the part, which was my favorite one: We were separated again, but this time into 2 big groups. We had to

make circles from chairs, and sit on them. Mr. Miller pulled out a pack of cards from his pocket and explained us the rules. Everyone got one card. We had to memorise the color. Then, he started pulling the cards out one by one from the deck. If he showed a red heart, and you had a heart card at the beginning, you had to

move to the chair on your left. If someone was sit-ting there, no problem: you had to sit on him/her. So actually sometimes we even formed giant towers, like 4-5 students sitting on each other. The winner team is that team, when someone made it back to its’ original seat. We won this one too. We laughed a lot during this kind game. And here comes the last

task: Mr.Miller gave us two huge ropes. We had to make knots on it, but without releasing the rope. Again, seemed impossi-ble, but

actually it was possible to make it. Unfortunately the other team was quicker this time. So these were the activity games. I think that everyone enjoyed it

that much, as I did.

Daniel Gardenő, Slovakia

P a g e 6 E S C A P E N E W S L E T T E R

On Saturday night,

people go to the

church to celebrate

The Resurrection

of Jesus and they

follow the priest,

walking around the

church three times

and having candles

in their hands.

Romanian Easter

In Romania, Easter, together with Christ-

mas, are the most important celebrations of the

year. Each family prepares well in advance by

a period of 48 days before Easter, when peo-

ple don’t eat animal products.

In Romanian, Easter is called

“Paste”.

There are a lot of old Easter

traditions in our country.

On Friday, women cook

sponge cake and paint eggs in

different colours, especially red

(The colour that

symbolizes blood of Jesus), but

they also use green, blue, yellow

or purple. Women also prepare

lamb and cabbage rolls for

Easter.

On Saturday night, people go

to the church to celebrate The

Resurrection of Jesus and they

follow the priest, walking around

the church three times and hav-

ing candles in their hands.

Starting from Saturday night, people say

“Christ is Risen!” ( In Romanian-Hristos a

inviat!) to the persons they meet and the others

answer “True Risen!” (In Romanian - Adevarat

a inviat!).

Although this celebration represents The

Resurrection of Jesus for all the Romanians, it is

a bit different from side to side.

In the West Romania, where our town is situ-

ated, people eat bread with wine from the church

in the first Easter morning. Girls usually put

basil under the pillow so as to dream to their

handsome future husband.

In the North, boys usually give flowers to the

girls they like the most and the girls

also give them red eggs.

In the East Romania, the persons

that go to the church on Sunday

morning have to make a circle in

front of it and wait for the priest to

sanctify their painted eggs.

In the South, people take a white

rooster to the church on Saturday

night and the luckiest family is that

whose rooster sings the first.

Cristina Dragoi, Romanian Team

Easter in Bulgaria

Easter traditions in Bulgaria are a deriva-tive of the Eastern Orthodox Church ritu-als. As the Bulgarian name implies "Velikden" (Great Day), Easter is one of the most significant holidays in the Bul-garian calendar and starting with Palm Sunday, the holy week leads up to the Great Day. In tune with worldwide Ortho-dox traditions, bright red colored eggs and

Easter breads known as "kozunak" are the prominent

symbols of Easter in Bulgaria.

At midnight on the Saturday be-fore Easter Sunday, people gather at the church with red painted eggs and bread. The priest pro-claims three times "Christos voskrese" (Christ has risen) and

the congregation replies "Vo istina vosk-rese" (Indeed He has risen). After a spe-cial sequence of services, the clergy blesses the breads and eggs brought

by the people.

The Bulgarian good luck crack is a unique Easter tradi-tion in Bulgaria. Eggs are cracked after the midnight service and over the next few days. People take turns in tap-ping their eggs against the eggs of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbroken egg is believed to have a year of

good luck.

Bulgarian team

P a g e 7 N O . 4 / a p r i l 2 0 1 5

„Spring is a great time for holidays

and traditions.“

Easter in Slovenia

The Slovenian name for Easter is Velika noč, which means “Great Night.” It’s also a great holiday for eating after weeks of fasting. Slovenes are ready to tuck into the palette of foods that await the

traditional table.

Easter has in Slovenia many

colourful traditions and customs

dating centuries into the past. It

has been important feast for the

people of Slovenia. The biggest

Christian feast brought about the

end of a long fast, which started

on Ash Wednesday, and at

Easter the table of the average

inhabitant

of this

country

was laden

as on no

other occa-

sion. The

essential ham, bread, horseradish

and a special Slovenian cake,

potica, are at this time of the

year accompanied by colourful

decorated eggs, in Slovenia

called pirhi, pisanice, pisanke,

remenice or remenke.

On Palm Sunday at the begin-ning of Holy Week, bunches of spring greenery are blessed. The Christian custom of plait-ing bundles dates to the 9th century, and probably derives from a custom known through-out pagan medieval Europe. These bundles, of different shapes and sizes, are known by different names in different parts of Slovenia. The most special of all bundles is the

‘Ljubljana Bundle’. They are renowned abroad for being the only bundles of their kind. The easiest way to acquire them is to go to Ljubljana’s flower market, near the Cathe-

dral.

Good Friday remains a strict

day of fasting. In some areas

the fast continues on Saturday.

Until recently a special ‘fast

dish’ was eaten on Holy Satur-

day which was intended to re-

mind people of the times of

severe hunger which plagued

Carniola in 1529. This dish is

called Aleluja and was made

from turnip peelings. On Holy

Saturday in most Slovenian

towns and villages people bless

their Easter meals.

Slovenian Team

Czech Easter

In the Czech Republic we call

Easter "Velikonoce“. We´d

like to describe most popular

folk traditions and meals of

this time.

From Thursday to Saturday

boys walk around village

houses and

make a noise

with their

wooden rattles.

Girls paint

eggs and bake

an Easter cake .

On Easter Monday boys and

men go caroling and

symbolically whip girls and

women with an Easter whip

(in the Czech language –

pomlázka). The whipping is

supposed to bring women

beauty and freshness through

the year. After that girls give

boys colorful eggs or some

sweets. But sometimes the

girls pour water on the boys.

It´s fun.

Some typical Easter dishes

are rabbit meat with nettle

stuffing or our traditional

Czech Easter

cake "Mazanec".

Lots of people

bake an Easter

lamb(a kind of

sponge cake,

often covered with

chocolate). Spring is a great time for

holidays and traditions.

Jana Drdova,

Anna Horka;

Czech team

Papa School Anniversary

With the support of the Erasmus+

programme of the European Union

The European Commission support for the produc-tion of this publication does not constitute an en-dorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsi­ble for any use which may be made of

the information contained therein.

Pápai Gazdasági Szakközépiskola és

Kollégium (Pápa Secondary School of Econom-

ics) is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in

the academic year of 2014/2015. The building is

115 years old but until 1939 it was home to a

teacher training college. Ever since it has been a

school of trade, public administration and eco-

nomics.

The highlights of the special year were

between 23 and 27 April at the same time with the

second training event of the

Erasmus Plus ESCAPE project.

The main events of the

week were:

school history exhibition

oreign language talent

show

sports championship

flash mob in the Main

Square of Pápa

physics experiment

regional and international Business English

competition

regional competition on economics

mobile planetarium

economics conference

former students’ presentations

gala performance

Participants of the ESCAPE project took

part in the foreign language talent show and the

business English competition.

They attended the presentation

of the mobile planetarium and

the gala performance.

(Ferenczi Balázs 13/D,

Hungarian Team)