Reflection by LISA SUPINO

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This is my first Youth Exchange and my first experience as leader as well, and of course I had some expectations about it, but I didn't expect it would be so amazing. I had a lot of worries about leading my group, because maybe I didn't feel I could be able, but after the first days we managed to create the right balance between us. Actually from the very first day, a great nice group has been created, maybe it helped the fact that we were more or less of the same age. About the activities, I really loved the ones in which we cooked all together, especially because just a few of us were aware that actually could do it. This made everything even better, from my point of view. I liked very much the activity in which we prepared pizza, because, despite Italian people are very jealous about their pizza (included me), this time we were willing to mix our ingredients with those from other countries. At the end, the important thing wasn't the result of what we had cooked, but the process and the enthusiasm that we all put into doing it. I feel really lucky to have taken part in this project, obviously I will stay in touch with many of the participants, hoping to see them again. A big thank you to the organizers for giving me this opportunity, and another thank you to the hosting people, from the resort and the kitchen. As leader, if I can, I would say that this experience was really worthwhile. Except for one component of my team, the others were at their very first experience in a Youth Exchange; and, even thought at beginning they didn't easily mix to the others, day after day the situation changed and they finally enjoyed the experience sharing with me and the others enthusiastic feelings.

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Reflection by ERIKA MARRARA

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This  is  my  third  Youth  Exchange, and the  theme  based  on  foodimmediatly  impressed  myself. THE  think  food  is  able  to  unite  anyone, and  that's  what  happened  in  this  Exchange.  The  entire  staff and the  participants  were  able  to  devise  very  beautiful  activities  thatinvolved  everyone.

This  was  to  great  opportunity  to  learn  and  cook  recipes  from  othercountries, and  to  understand  the cultural and  traditionalimportance  that  they  represent.

in  this  exchange  THE  met  people  really  out  of  the  ordinary  (in a positive  sense)  who  made  this  experience  unforgettable,  every  daywas  an  opportunity  to  learn  and  have  fun  especially  with  the  energizers. The  activities  were  well  structured  and  respected  the  theme  of  the  exchange,  it  was  fun  to  cook  with  the  otherparticipants  and  exchange  the  ingridients.  Another  activity  thatstruck  myself  particularly  was  the  visit  to  the  elementary  school,  where  together  with  the  children  we  had  to  lot  of  fun  learning  withthem.

THE  thank  the  organization  and the staff  for  giving  me the  opportunity  to  participate  in  this  exchange  and  to  have  made  this experience  unique.

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Reflection by FABIANA BORRATA

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This Is my first Youth Exchange, i learned a lot of things, i learned about other cultures, i knew a lot of people and about their recipes, we created special community. i loved all Kind of activities that we have done, more specifically the activities about the others countries's recipes; the most important thing was enjoying when we cooked the food. Another activity that i prefered was meeting the children at school, It has been important to know children's view about the others cultures. Im very proud to have taken part in this Project, It has open my mind, i met a lot of friends i hope that i will meet again. I have to thank the organization, the staff and participant for this experience.

Thank you to kind people from resort and the kitchen.

Best regards 

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