S-LAROPA IV finished

SLAROPA IV 27. June morning finished. We spend together 12 beatiful days, we create nice friendship between us and now we are all loking forward to meeting again in Chile 2010 :)

Uruguayan team on the way

Some from the last information before Youth exchange

Whether forecast for this week: sunny, 26 - 27 celsia

Do not forget bring your flag and anthem

We will sleep in Austria in sleeping bags, if zou prefer zour own, please bring with you

Important contact: Mirka's mobile: 00421 908913 995

Do not forget: sport clothes, swimming dress, good shoes for hiking, good shoes for sport activities

The most important thing: good mood, a lot of smiles, open mind for new experience :)

Details about participants from Uruguay

CONSTANZA
As what I feel, the most important thing I will gain with this exchange is the personal experience. The possibility of travelling to a totally different place, where I´ll discover a new culture, new ideologies, traditions, people of lot of countries, is great and I really hope to value it . I study Communication and Gastronomy, I feel very happy because I will have lot of information and knowledge to get from this program and from all the nationalities there will got mixed.

RAUL
I want to participate in the interchange, because I think its a grateful experience and is a good way to improve my English. On the other hand I think the travel can open mind because I know other realities, another cultures with different traditional music and a different customs.
Another thing that is really good is that we can know people of different country and I think this is pretty good, because we can exchange some points of the countries and we can make friends in others parts of the word.
In resume want to participate in the exchange because this opportunity is unique.

ANITA
Is an opportunity to meet people from different custom, idiom, definitely different countries! Also in the exchange we can practice our English, because is the language in “common”.
Then is an amusing chance to travel to Slovakia and Austria, because are countries very far from my home, and it wouldn’t be possible to make it without this exchange.
Finally thank to the technology the people we meet at the exchange could became very good friends, that we can introduce to our friend in Uruguay through Facebook, Msn, Skype.

Brasil: Highlights

Chilean group on the trip to "Saint Cristobal Hill"

Fredrik from Norway

Name: Fredrik Roeine
Age: 16
Birth: November 5th
Star Sign: Scorpio
City/ Country: Hokksund, Norway
Course on AI: carpenter
Interest: music, training
Hobbies: Friends
Favorite animal: dog
Favorite color: white
Favorite day: Friday
Favorite sport: Football
Expectations for the exchange: experiences

Uruguayan group - some pictures

BRAZIL: Varginha - MG

Hey you all~
On Monday [27/04] we went to Varginha, which is called by "ET's Town" because some gossips toward this city hehe, and we got our passports \o/
And we taked some pictures there at the sightseeings~ take a look:

Jonas from Norway

Name: Jonas Kaijankoski
Age: 17
Birth: February 1st
Star Sign: Aquarius
City/ Country: Steinberg, Norway
Course on AI: carpenter
Interest: data, computer games
Hobbies: Friends, data, cycle
Favorite animal: Dog
Favorite color: Black
Favorite day: Friday
Favorite sport: Biking
Expectations for the exchange: get to meet new people, get new friends, get to travel

Jan- Vegard from Norway

Name: Jan- Vegard Enlien
Nick: Janni
Age: 17
Birth: October 23th
Star Sign: Scorpio
City/ Country: Horgen, Norway
Course on AI: carpenter
Interest: Friends
Hobbies: data, friends
Favorite animal: ferret and parrot
Favorite color: black
Favorite day: Friday
Expectations for the exchange: experience, meet new people

Motto: “never give up”

Benetikte from Norway

Name: Benedikte Toeftum
Nick: Dikte
Age: 17
Birth: December 25th
Star Sign: Capricorn
City/ Country: Solbergelva, Norway
Course on AI: car and welding
Interest: Computer games, x-box
Hobbies: Friends, downhill skiing, cycle
Favorite animal: cat and spider
Favorite color: Pink
Favorite day: Saturday
Expectations for the exchange: get to know new people, learn something new.

Mariah from Norway

Name: Mariah Karlsen
Nick: Max
Age: 18
Birth: March 17th
Star Sign: Pisces
City/ Country: Ormåsen, Norway
Course on AI: media
Interest: my animals, dog, cat and ferrets, and exchange
Hobbies: movies, music, skydiving
Favorite animal: Wolf and ferret
Favorite colors: blue and black
Favorite day: Saturday
Favorite sport: football
Expectations for the exchange: meet new people, see new places, and learn something new.

Motto: “no rush”

Anett from Norway

Name: Anett Cathrin Vang Lindberg
Nick: Anett, Affe, lilleøre
Age: 17
Birth: January 9th
Star Sign: Capricorn
City/ Country: Vikersund, Norway
Course on AI: Media
Interest: Football
Hobbies: Football
Favorite animal: Cat
Favorite color: Black and pink
Favorite day: Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
Favorite sport: Football
Expectations for the exchange: Going to be awesome. Fun getting to know new people.

Some pictures from last year Social soccer championship

I hope that pictures from this year will be from our teams

Brazilian Team

Name: Lucas Kato
Nick: Kato~
Age: 16
Birth: 10/08
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Favorite Color: Black, white and red
Best day: Friday
Something about me: I’m a funny person and crazy. I really like to listen to music, something like rock, punk rock, and asian songs, I like too much asian songs. I like American and British bands like Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, Paramore, Fall Out Boys, Sex Pistols, etc. I use to spend my weekend watching movies with my friends or going out at night. I have a sarcastic and ironic humor, then, be patience with me, I’m trying to change it.
Hopes to the interchange: I think is very important to us to know what is happening on the other side of the world, I want to know the culture, the people, to practice my english and have a good experience.
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Name: Laís Neves
Age: 15
Birth: July 12th

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lucky number: 12

Favorite colors: Red, pink, white.

Favorite day: Friday!

Favorite Foods: Chocolate, ice-cream, “cheese-bread’’, pizza, fruits, iogurte…

Qualities: Kind, modest and funny.

Defects: Perfectionist, anxious and afraid.

Hobbies: I like to watch movies, reading, listening to songs, going out with friends and traveling.

Hopes to the interchange: I think the interchange will be an unforgettable experience and that it will influence in my future. I hope to improve my English, make good new friends and get a lot of cultural knowledge. I wish to feel me next to the world and the world next to me.

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. Name: Isabela Bauti

. Nickname: Isa / Bela

. Country: Brazil

. Age: 17 years old

. Birth Date: February 20th

. Zodiac Sign: Fish

. Favorite sport: football

. Favorite Animal: Birds, because they’re the symbol of the freedom.

. Best day of the week: Friday

. About my personality: I can say that I’m a few sensible, very responsible, independent, sociable, affectionate, patient and imaginative. I’ve some negative things in my personality as I’m disorganized and a bit jealous, but this isn’t a problem, because anybody is perfect.

. Loves to: cinema, waterfalls and chocolate!

. Favorite subject: Biology

. Doesn’t like: wars, injustice and beer .

. Motivations for this project: to know better the cultural differences between my country and the others.

. Expectative for this project: improve my English and new friends.

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Name: Gioconda Cristina Afonso de Souza
Nickname: Gi
Age: 17
Birth: 12/11
Zodiac sign: scorpio
Favorite day: Friday
Sport: volleyboll
Animal: dog
Hobbies: I like movies, songs, books, series and friends
Hopes to the interchange: I think is important to know the culture, to meet people,
pratice my english, to have a good time and a new experience for my future.

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Name: Sany Bastos

Age: 17

Birth Date: November 18th

Zodiac Sign: Scorpions

Favorite colors: white, purple

Favorite subject: Literature and biology

Best day: Friday

Loves to: cinema, music, books, movies and chocolate

Doesn’t like: insects, false people

Qualities: Funny, honest and responsible
Defects: Disorganized, anxious

Hopes to the interchange: I think the interchange is a great opportunity to make new friends, to know other cultures and countries and I want to improve my English.

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Name: Diego Adenir Ferreira de Paula Carvalho
Nick: Scott
Age: 18
Birth Date: September 17th
Zodiac Sign: Virgin
Favorite colors: black and blue
Favorite subject: history, literature and english
Best day: Saturday
Loves to: cinema, music, books, movies and go out with my friends
Hopes to the interchange: This experience will be very good for us, because it´s impotant to talk with people from diferents places and know your view about the things. In the interchange I wish to make new good friends. To know other cultures and improve my english. :D

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Name: Roger Ananias Gama

Age: 18

Birth: December 31th

Star Sign: Capricorn

City/ Country: Lavras, Brazil

Interest: human anatomy

Hobbies: computer, swimming

Favorite animal: cat

Favorite color: White

Favorite day: Sunday

Expectations for the exchange: Improve my english, meet new people and places.

Ahoj, I am Lucka, 18 years old. Im one of 7 young people who are Preparing amazing S-LAROPA programm And am looking forward to spending Nice time wiht you together. Im a student and this year i hope i will Finish my secondary school succesfully.
I like meeting people, especially friendly and Nice, wiht sence of humour, witha lot of crazy Ideas and optimistic view of life.Im sure that S-LAROPA will give me not
Only people like this, a lot of experiences, incredible moments and funny memories as
Well. I grew at my grandma in the small village and maybe thats why I adore nature, animals(cats), walking throught green trees and colour leaves,…
Im interesting in improving my language skills, organizing activities like S-LAROPA, talking to people,… I really enjoy listening to the good music-especially reggae, michael jackson, celine dion. And one of my the most important thing is to always have smile on my face and to give good mood and nice memories to the others .
And sth about exchange- I would like to work in some organisation like KERIC and I consider idea of S-LAROPA as a good beginning to make my dream real.
And dont forget that: „Smile is the second best thing you can do with your mouth.“
See u

Veronika from Slovakia

Hello. My name is Veronika Kondeková. I´m 18 years old. This year I will finish secondary grammar school and the next year I´m going to university- to study economy.
I have 2 older siblings- 1 brother Pavol and one sister Jane. But they don´t leave with us yet.
My favourite sport is volleyball and I have been playing it for 9 years. I really love it because it´s a funny team game and I can meet friends who I like. But I also admire other sports like football, florball, swimming, cycling, roller scating,...And in my free time also I watch movies- especially commedies, horrors and true stories. Or I´m keen on reading books, but now I don´t have a lot of time to read them, because I have a lot of duties. I am tend of romantic stories. And at school I like languages- English and French and Maths.
And why am I participating on S-LAROPA? Because I like meeting people and knowing new people. I want to know something about their culture, life styles,about them,... And I want to improve my English as well. And I have one experience with exchange similar to this and it was so perfect that I´d like to go to another =))))...

Matej from Slovakia

Name:Matej Majtan
Nickname: Matej
Age: 19 years old
Birth Date: January, 6 th
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Favorite Sport: hockey
Favorite Animal: dog, panda
Best day of the week: friday
Loves to:books, cinema, friends, movies
Doesn’t like: potatoes, cep:)
Motivations for this project: I would like to know the cultures of other countries, know people from other parts of the world.
Expectative for this project: I’m learning English . I want to be better in English and new friends.

Erika from Chile

Name: Erika Jofré
Nickname: Erika
Age: 17
Birth Date: December, 19 th
Zodiac Sign: sagitarius
Favorite Sport: swimming
Favorite Animal: racoon
Best day of the week: Saturday
Loves to: I love rock music, poem books, to be with my friends.
Doesn’t like: mediocre people, snails
Motivations for this project: To know new people and their diferent cultures. Also, to know Europe 
Expectative for this project: I think that it will be a amazing experience, I very excited
Experience so far: the exchange is a great oportunity to know other cultures and enjoy good moment with diferent persons.

Jakub from Slovakia

My name is Jakub Vlček.I´m sixteen years old and i live in Čadca with my family.(one brother and two parents:D) I love our national food „Halušky“ with chees. My favourite place is Čadca :D. In my free time i listening music,go swimming,bicycling,playing football and going out with my friends.I´m learning English language and i want meet any new people and improve in my english : D

Chilean team and their preparation

We have been working a lot, specially in English and collecting funds for the exchange. We have organized Hot dog party´s and also some few bingo´s. We are all preparing ourselves very much for this experience and waiting for June to arrive quickly

Name: Ricardo Antonio Rojas Hernández
Nickname: Shori.
Age: 17
Birth Date: August 6th
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Favorite Sport: I like the Formula 1 and football, but I don’t play so much.
Favorite Animal: My favorite animals are hamster and dog, because they are my pets.
Best day of the week: Sunday.
Loves to: I like to watch movies, to play videogames, especially “The Legend of Zelda” and read.
Doesn’t like to: I dislike ... well, I don’t hate anything really, only I accept the differences.
Motivations for this project: The interest about the foreign culture and the desire to know other country are my motivations.
Expectative for this project: I want to meet people, learn about the culture of the other countries and, enjoy!
Experience so far: The experience has been incredible, I can share with my friends, learn english and know about my country.

Nicolas from Chile

Name: Nicolás Ramirez
Nickname: Niko
Age: 16
Birth Date: June 6, 1992
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Favorite Sport: Parkour
Favorite Animal: all mammalian
Best day of the week: Saturday
Loves to: Learn anything, watch movies, philosophy, psychology.
Doesn’t like to: hate.
Motivations for this project: know Europe and people from different countries and cultures.
Expectative for this project: make friends and present our country
Experience so far: really good, I have learn so much. It has been difficult with all the projects and the money and organization of my time, but it’s a great experience :D.

Nicole from Chile

Name: Nicole Andreé Nickname: Petty
Age: 17 years old
Birth Date: March 30 Th
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Favorite Sport: Dance
Favorite Animal: dolphin
Best day of the week: Friday
Loves to: I love dance, listen to music, live new experience, stay with my friends, and know new persons.
Motivations for this project: My motivations are to know Europe, to know different cultures and to share with persons of different countries.
Expectative for this project: I hope know other cultures, new persons, new places and of course make new friends. I want to live new experiences and to learn so much of the persons, like of your countries.
Experience so far: the exchange is the best experience that someone can live. It’s incredible to share with my friends, and to work together like a team.

Javier from Chile

Name: Javier Alfredo González Carquín.
Nickname: I haven’t one.
Age: 17 years old.
Birth Date: 22nd of september of 1991.
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Favorite Sport: Maybe treeking, or freestyle of swimming.
Favorite Animal: Ouh! I really like the animals... Dogs, Hamsters, Bunnys, Ducks, horses...
Best day of the week: i think... the Sunday, because is my only one free day.
Loves to: The literature, play guitar and learn new things about everything. Also, i like the music, films (i really love it!) and photography, talk with my friends about everything and walk on the grass among brown leaves.
Doesn’t Like: the science class, have a bad night without sleeping.
Motivations for this project: I wanna know about other cultures and people, share experiences and makes me more social and wise.
Expectative for this project: i wanna make friends and live a unforgettable experience.
Experience so far: it is so cool! My partners are really nice and everyones share the enthusiasm and nerves. Know them has been one of the best thing of this last

Helga from Chile

Name: Helga Guerrero
Nickname: Pucca!
Age: I’m 17 years old.
Birth Date: October 22th
Zodiac Sign: Libra and Scorpio
Favorite Sport: Basketball
Favorite Animal: Dolphin
Best day of the week: Saturday
Loves to: I love to talk with my friends, go to the stores  , play basketball, go to PENTA :D and meet people. I looooovee! To watch anime!! I don’t know why…but I really like it ^^.
Doesn´t like to: Talk with my parents because they’re so boring. I don’t like lazy people.
Motivations for this project: My motivations are for especially meet other cultures… learn more about other countries  and have a nice experience with some friends that I have.
Expectative for this project: I want to have a pretty experience. I hope that the other people learn about my country and show them on many ways how it is. I want to know the people with whom I have spoken in msn xD. Finally know other places far away from here.
Experience so far: I have been very happy because I have know more about my friends… before I wasn’t talking a lot with them like now… We have passed wonderful moments being united and gathering funds for the trip. In addition we organize very well.

Carlos from Chile

Name: Carlos Mauricio Vera Liempi
Nickname: Carlos
Age: 17 years old
Birth Date: July 20^th
Zodiac Sign: cancer
Favorite Sport: swimming
Favorite Animal: dog
Best day of the week: Friday & Sunday
Loves to: listen to music, watch TV in the night, eat a lot, doing sport, etc.
Doesn´t like to: eat rice, getting up early.
Motivations for this project: I would like to know the cultures of other countries, know people from other parts of the world, etc.
Experience so far: This is my first time in an Exchange, and it’s been amazing.