A few months ago nobody could imagine that 12 unbelievably wonderful participants from Spain, Greece, Finland, Belgium and Serbia would gather in Saint-Petersburg to celebrate AEGEE’s anniversary together! We, the organizers, showed them different sides of cultures in Russia, the cultures that came one after another, enriched our history and changed our identity: culture of the tsars’ time, soviet times and modernity (when AEGEE appeared). We strolled through the picturesque parks of Peterhof, took an imaginary trip on the Russian cruiser “Aurora”, explored the Soviet architecture, dived into the white nights, walked many kilometers to the unknown, became young pioneers for a moment and prepared delicious Russian meals… Of course we could never forget that it was AEGEE that gave us such an incredible opportunity to meet each other. We had a workshop “How AEGEE changed me”, where we played a quiz about AEGEE and discussed what are the new things it brings to our life every day. Another workshop was devoted to the life of Soviet people and the way it differed from today’s life. On the last day of event we blew 25 candles in a huge cake in honor of AEGEE =)
-Tamara Petrova, "Back to USSR:before&after AEGEE" coordinator-
"Many thanks for introducing us to this great city and for all the lovely hot summer days we spent together! All has been excellent and the long walks were really worth it!"
(Alex, Greece)
"I had a great time in this wonderful city. You made my time in the city really beautiful. Now I want to come back to visit you and discover the rest of Russia."
(Francois, Belgium)
"Thanks for everything, for being so sweet to us, for showing us this wonderful country and even for training us and our legs! Besos!"
(Carlos, Spain)
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