Our ride has
begun! As our first task, we went to the city center of Eskisehir and spoke to
the local people about the Terracotta Symposium. We interviewed several
people but most of them had never heard of the Terracotta Symposium. We later realized
this was because the Turkish, and more familiar name of the event is Pişmiş Toprak Symposium!
Interviewing the local people
Eskisehir is safe,
beautiful and friendly to foreigners. We were very much welcomed! We were shown
how to make a true Turkish kebab and we even received dancing, singing and
skating lessons for free!
Making a Turkish Doner
Making a Turkish Kebab
A video showing what we did:
Now it is time
for the event to actually start, so to everyone involved - Break a leg!
But maybe not literally like one of our volunteers!
Although, no worries, tea is always there - even in hospitals, which are very good, by the way!
United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungaria,
Romania, Austria, Italy - There are ten of us. The EVS (European voluntary
Service),
DeM organisation, and the Eskisehir Tepabasi Municipalityhave enabled us to be here in Eskisehir and to gain
new experiences, to do something meaningful and have fun at the same time.
In this blog, we would like to show you not only how we perceive the art of the
Pismis Toprak Symposium but also the beauty of Eskisehir itself. We all come from different places and have
different opinions yet we are already really enthusiastic about the Turkish
Symposium and spending one month in this beautiful city.
