Seminars and Projects
The Last Judgement
After meeting representatives of different religions we all thought there was nothing more that could impress us any more. And of course, we were wrong! 🙂 A whole new world invaded our minds when we arrived at Bachkovo&#... (more)
“This is absolute nonsense!” – visiting the synagogue in Plovdiv
The next group, represented by Đśeta, Martin, Nikola and Benjamin, visited the Synagogue in Plovdiv. That is how they experienced the interview: “We met the guides early in the morning, and walked around the city o... (more)
“Only the peak of the iceberg” – visiting the mosque
The last, but not least group spent the morning researching the Muslim community: “Today (even if it was a rainy day) was a special one for us concerning the topic religion, taking into account that we all belong t... (more)
A city in the city – the Armenian community in Plovdiv
Mara, Alina, Nils, Jane, Ida who visited the Armenian church share their experience: “The Armenian Church is located in an idyllic area of Plovdiv, just next to the Armenian school. We were introduced by a very kin... (more)
It’s worth its weight in gold
Thursday started with a raining morning, but there was no time to think about how not to get wet. It was the day when we starting discovering different religious communities and overcoming some religious myths. Research ... (more)
Love or Religion? The eternal dilemma
What was life like in the 19th century in a small multi-religiuos town from the Balkans? Since this morning our Eustorians already know that. They all spent the morning playing their special parts in an astonishing role ... (more)
How religious is Europe?
Tuesday morning was gloomy but after our international energizing games we were all feeling enthusiastic. Although there were clouds outside we had a sunny atmosphere during our morning discussions. Everyone finally got ... (more)
From a cup of good mood to a deserved dessert
Good morning Guys, it is time for your morning coffee! We are having our cup of good mood in our World Cafe and now we are ready to start sharing some experience on how to join a Youth Academy. What motivated us? What to... (more)
Here we gooooo! :)
Hi, virtual Eustory friends! We are Mila and Vaya from Bulgaria – the EUSTORY alumni who are going to keep you in touch with everything going on this week during the last but not least EUSTORY Academy for the year ... (more)
Final countdown
Today – after the arrival of the 17 participants – the last EUSTORY academy of 2010 will start. We expect here students from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovaki... (more)
It is time for our EUSTORY Academy from Bulgaria to start!
A small country (approximately 7,5 million people) situated in the South of Europe, part of the Balkan Peninsula and one of the newest members of the European Union, Bulgaria has an interesting culture and a fascinating ... (more)
Grazia Scuol… Your celebrities :-)
We all had a great time in Scuol and the other villages of the Lower Engadine, like Ftan, Lavin, Vná, Tschlin and all the others. All the people were very open, friendly and hospitable. So we want to give Scuol a memory... (more)
Day 7: Until next time, Eustorians!
Since we didn’t really go to bed the previous night, it’s hard to draw a line between where the academy ended and this new day began. Probably somewhere between cleaning the mess on the ground floor and takin... (more)
Day 6: A day to savour
We spent our last day working in Bad Scuol. In the morning, we were separated into four groups and had to roleplay a debate between various organisations on whether or not McDonalds is allowed to branch out in the Engadi... (more)
Day 5: There will be cheese…
That day was promised to be the “food processing” day, so we expected lots of possibilities to have something to eat. In the morning we went to a cookery course in another town, where we had the opportunity t... (more)