POETRY, DRAMA AND CLASSICS Project Blog | Page 12

Monday, 26th of November All participants of the project arrive at Rīga Secondary School No. 31. Pupils from the school gives all the participan ts a nice and warm welcome concert. The guests are welcomed by both the school choir, the school orchestra and the school theater. The school theater shows a performance based on Raini’s "Fire and Night" motifs. In a small presentation, guests recieve information about how Latvia celebrated its 100th anniversary. After lunch we went to see the seaside. Despite of struggling with the big wind, the guests took photographs, after than guests warmed up in a nice and cozy cafe near the seaside. A cultural palace "Ziemeļblāzma" is also being visited, where girls from Rīga Secondary School No. 31 introduce guests about the history of Vecmilgravis and the rooms of the "Ziemeļblāzma". At the end of the day, we visit the dance group "Bitīte". Dance group "Bitīte" taught Latvian dance steps, showed the most beautiful Latvian dances. After that together we danced Latvian dances, Turkish dances and Italian dances. Tuesday, 27th of November All night long it was snowing. Morning began with a snowball fights and taking photos of the snow. Some of the project participants have never seen snow. For one and a half hour in a long excursion, we all walk all around the Old Town of Riga. Then we go across the Daugava River to the National Library. The National Library impresses with its spacious rooms, with book hills. In the afternoon we walk to the National Museum of Art. Each group is looking for their most beautiful and interesting paintings. New strong impressions has been made.