Kasia is really sad.....

I have a little depression because of my leaving ...
I will miss Ostrava so much, of course the most my lovely children..
But I am sure that I will be back here soon!!!

Vale, I think that I will need a lot of zubrowka in the nearest future because of my sadness after leaving Ostrava hahaha...


But I don not want to say here about my bad mood today...I will tell you one of the greatest sranda which we had during this two months ;-)

One day at my tabor I played some games with my lovely children. But I noticed in one moment that one girl, Veronika, is not in the room and we need to be all together so I wanted to go and look for her.
But in the same moment when I was opening the door to go outside Veronika was going to our room and I said:
Ohhh, tady jses, a ja te szukalam
I have forgoten that this word, which in polish means looking for, in czech means something totallny different...
It means .... fucking

So I told that time:
I was fucking you.....

Can you imagine how loudly my children laugh?

see you soon

Kasia

Some of the Reach The Rainbow girls in Krakow!

Pity Pity but True that our trip to Krakow is already finished! It was only one weekend, but very intense!

I even got the opportunity to visit Auschwitz...
So, what I know more after this weekend?

• First of all, that Polish people (of course for my experience) are very kind, friendly, hospitable, generous and funny people, and sometimes they get głupawka...

• That Krakow is a beautiful city!

• That sometimes Polish tv broadcasts rubbish-Italian sitcoms with a strange kind of dubbing...

• That sleeping with Irina can be dangerous
  

• That I am a pierogi-lover!
• That Uči's future son (little Mister G) will have a strange Dutch green best uncle..
• That Caterina cannot live without Zubrowka... but well...we already knew that, to není news!;)

• That I am looking forward to seeing all you Reach The Rainbow people!!!!

Big kisses to everyoneeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! {Nadaaaa!! I am missing you!!!}
Vale

some photos from Katka' s camp

http://picasaweb.google.com/k.cieszynska/OstraviceCamp02

Tangersdorf The Video

So, this is the video that i made in Tangersdorf.
My staying there was of course easier with an aim to reach (making the video), and of course it's a present for the children as well :)
Polibek! Valeeee

Upload Video - Top 50 - Get Video Code

P.S. - Some photos...

If you are interested in pictures from Ahlbeck:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shaarka.rainbow

Camp in Ahlbeck: "I will survive..."

Hi to all of you, friends of the rainbow!

The last summer camp has reached its end and I´m back home... Heilbad (healing spa) Ahlbeck was a lovely place to stay again, even the camp was quite tiring this year. However I take it like a very useful experience about working with group with big differences between members and finding compromises. And also fight with big bordel in the organisation. But I think (and hope), that we have prepared nice time for the participants.

Actually there was no time for evaluation at all, cause I had to changed my thoughts very quickly. But time will show and I thing I will take it very possitive at the end. I´m sitting at my table with psychological and pedagogical books since yesterday... I´m looking forward to taking the last rest with you in Krakow!

Dear Valentina, unfortunately there is no exact information about Mister G. His first idea was to stay in Germany to "arbeiten". He changed his mind at the border, while the policeman was checking his "Indian" passport for 20 minutes... But finally he could could arrive to Germany and get the food, drinks and accomodation for free („his family in India would be very thankful for that.“). Except of that he also got some emotional and sexual support from his „děvky“, that he could experience „český ráj“… He tried to become famous in ping-pong tournament, but he only occupied the second place - that was not enough to get the German citizenship. Last message from the German police says, that he was seen in Neptun costume swimming to the Polish border and shouting: "Asupisamas... this is the shortest way home!" I hope we will hear about him soon! :-)

Next written message in three weeks... if I won´t get crazy till then. Enjoy your free time as intensive as I will be learning:-)!

Kisses and hugs from Sha

Valentina čači

Strange title for this post?

I know, but this is the first thing that comes in my mind when I think about Tangersdorf, my summer camp in Germany. I am used to hear people using with me strange nick-names that should sound italian, but actually they're not... like someone at the camp used to call me „muchacho“... (??????). For this reason it was normal for me that one of the Czech children used to call me Valentina-čači all the time.

Only on Sunday, the last day, coming back from Germany, she told me that „čači“ is a Moravian way to say „pretty“. (she comes from Moravia). I was very surprised! With this girl and almost all the participants of the Czech group I didn't have a common language, however I „spoke“ with them a lot. Of course the lack of a verbel language created problems sometimes, but what surprised me it's that despite this big lack we communicated a lot. It's like, that if you want you can develop alternative way of communication, putting verbal language on a second plane. In this case I totally ignored the fact that a person was calling me all the time „čači“, totally ignoring the proper meaning of the word, but feeling at the same time as a friendly mean created to be closer to me.

This second camp was very different from the one in Liberec, for many reason, but now, I feel it as a continuum of it.

The camp lies in the Brandeburg, just into a forrest. The German leaders used to call the place Ass of the World, I agree with them. What we had around was only trees, lakes and wild boars... The children were 2 groups, Czech and Germans. They were very nice and funny, even if in the Czech group someone was sometimes too „lively“... But i liked them really much, and I spent very nice moments with them.... one of the best was of course when everyone in the camp was sure to have lice... It was a fake lice epidemic who created panic in the camp for some hours.. actually it was not true.. but we needed the doctor to stop this panic!

My „disadvantaged position“ to be there alone, was somehow an advantage too: I was like an observer, not German, nor Czech, I could watch from outside the different behaviours of the groups... it was funny!

Cultural shock for poor Sardinian girl:

One day they served Rise with sugar (Alfonso... now I know the feeling that you had in your summer camp).

Ok now I am Prague again, and I am really happy to be back. Even if it was a positive experience, I was very tired at the end, and 14 days are really a lot! But again yesterday, waking up in the calm flat where I live, i felt a bit lost, and somehow i miss the nice mess of the summer camp.

Hey, what about Mister G? Does someone have news from him??
Next weekend i'll leave for a very special WEEKEND !!!!! I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!

And people at Meet At The Freak?? I guess it will be cooL!!!

Hey, I am not joining the working camp in september! Some friends are coming to visit me FROM ITALY! And of course, i want to stay a bit with them ; )

So, I put some pics of Tangersdorf.. i even made a video, that the children appreciated a lot, but it's quite long, so, maybe I'll cut something and I'll load it here!

KISSES FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vale, Tinozza, čači!!!!

All good things come to the end...

Pity, pity, but true – my camp is finished! Now, I am again in Ostrava, but still with my lovely children in Ulice Club where we may meet every day from Monday to Friday.

Those 12 days in Ostravice were great:

Swimming , sunbathing, climbing, playing games, barbecue paries, disco parties, ghosts’ raising, talking in the evenings....

In the shortest way: VELKA SRANDA!!!!
And I have invitation at next summer camp!

It was wonderful time, not only nice moments, but also solving some problems like conflicts in he group or crying children missing home. All experieces are very valuable for me. And everything thanks to my lovely children...Because of them, I know that it will be very hard for me to leave Ostrava...I have spent so much time with my children that I have attached to them very strong.

Anyway, I am happy that I have had possibility to do all this things!

And nearest future seems to be nice for me: this week one of my best friend is coming to Ostrava, at weekend I am going to Krakow (hurrrray!!!) and then workcamp in Karlstejn with Gigi ;-)

Kisses & hugs & greetings
Kasia

Deep inside the Bohemian paradise

NAZDAR HEzky KAMARAD!! !!! :))

I miss you rainbow people..
I was deep in the forest hidden from civilization, in a duha workcamp
called Osinalice with other 10 international volunteers .

The organisation is called DoNitra (that means something as deep inside)
it promotes many different courses with a sustainable and eccological attitude
only vegetarian meals that i loved , i even stopped eating meat at all :))
no water in the pipes, everyday we would need to get water from the fountain
and eccological toilettes that separated the pooh from the pee,
the pooh would go to compost
and the pee to be absorbed by the soil! Quite smart swedish invent,
because the urine has too much urea for the crops.. :))


what did i do?
NaTURE of the area known as the Natural paradise of Bohemia,
i relaxed very very much, no traffic, wandering in my bike :))
i worked, digging, working with cement, making wall, painting, seeding, cooking and other stuff,
i went climbing for the first time,
i tried a Sioux Indian Sauna very mistical and hot experience,
i read some cool books,
i learned something about other cultures, especially about New Zealand,
i practised some Asian Calligraphy,
i learned how to build a camera obscura (the first photo "camera" ever made),
i swimmed in the natural swimming pool with my clothes while rainning :)),
and i met interesting people

i didn't get tired of the isolation i plan to come back to DoNitra in September, i even left my bike there! Still it was cool to come back to the city chaos (and to have a shower)! :))

Paraphrasing Nad, "You allready were strange, now you are even stranger!" :)) now i prepare to leave to Germany next wednesday, i want to buy the material to offer workshop of camera obscura.. :))

Have fun all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joao

Katka je rada na ten tabor ....

jsem velmi rada!

This tabor is like holidays for me...
I really enjoy it despite my duties- it is only pleasure for me!

My children are lovely, every day they ask me new smart and sophisticated questions, and I try to get them answers in smart and sophisticated way, in czech language of course!!!

The weather is beautiful, there is swimming pool next to our building, food is delicious, we have trips every day.... what may I want more?

I have adopted five children! They told me that I would have been "hezka mamka" so I had no choice!

I am sharing my room with Stania and it is really ok for me!

Now, I don' t know if I want to come back to Praha... I have such a wonderful kids here, that I would like to stay in Ostrava ;-)
So don' t be suprised if you don't see me in September hahahaha...

kisses
Katka

Šárka and Mister G are leaving to Germany...

Hi people!!!
I want to say just a short hi, cause my train to Prague is leaving in 45 minutes:-)...
Yeah, me and Mister G we are going to Germany tomorow morning! Well, I hope at least: Luckily Helena from Arabela called me today and she is now sending G back to Prague. They changed the dates of departure somehow and G was supposed to come back to Prague tomorow. We would be gone... So: Everyone please pray for G, that he won´t miss the wonderfull 12 days by the sea:-)...
Anyway, my holiday in Holland was great... I will tell you in September. Looking forward to seeing you then!
Enjoy your camps and projects, guys!!!
Šárka

kasia is going at the camp

I feel in duty to write sth before my leaving at the camp...

Yes, on Sunday I am going with my lovely children in Beskidy Mountains!

I am happy as I really love mountains, but on the other hand I am worry a little if I have enough patience and energy to spent with them all time during 12 days of our camp ;-)

As they ask me every day “Katka , ty rada na nas tabor?”...
and they ask me so many (so sophisticated and smart) questions that sometimes I don' t know what to answer!!!
For example: Do you have a husband? Do you have a boyfriend? Do you have children? How many children do you want to have? Will you raise ghosts with us? Will you live in our room (boys asked)? Will you sleep with us? Etc.

So I suppose that I won' t be bored next days any minute ;-)

I decided to take one bottle of zubrowka if hard moments come hahahaha ;-)

I hope to hear from all of you in the nearest future and see some of you at my camp!

Enjoy wherever you are and whatever you do!

Buziak from Katka ;-)

Chocolate

Very sad.. but yesterday at LAST I got back from the camp ;/ And.. I am fine, thanks :D and how are you all??!! My first blog message was about 6 pages long but I remembered that 'tree' girl told me to not use bad words.. So now its only 1 page long :-)

PEOPLE! You know whaaaaaat?? Few days ago In my camp was an angel! Not imaginary or something but a real one. So It was about 2 o clock in the afternoon, I was sleeping when one of my eyes opened and I saw some mature people arriving at our camp… thoughttt mmmm interesting! But after few minutes they all sat near the table and started to tell their life stories! Borring! So got slept for one hour more! Gigi was so tired of sleeping so he woke up. He was seeing all this people gathered near the table and sharing their experience what people should do and what they shouldn’t do in their life, what is bad and what is good:D So Gigi was running from them! Anddd! My dear readers, yes, including even you;) I saw a girl! She was like 4 years old and all shining in brightness! I was playing with the football ball and she laughed at me non stop for 10 minutes, after we started to play together and she started to laugh even more, she was falling on the ground all the time and standing up if nothing happened, she was even ‘catching’ ball with her head but on every minute of our game laugh was getting more and more powerful. Sometimes when I stopped the game for some time there was no laugh just an incredible huge smile direct to me:D She wasn’t real I guess because I think
that she arrived from some planet to visit me;) Thank you little angel! Unfortunately I don't have any picture of her.
Soo pictures! I will put just a photo of two my best friends in the camp!

On the left side is Barchio(Bara, Barushka) and on the right Honzo!

Also in the upper picture you can see a front picture of Honzo and a piece of the sky I could see through my cage’s hole.

Allll this stuff I was writtening you from DUHA's small office in Ostrava(now I am stealing Kasia's internet SORRY KASIA!;D)

That's all for now;)

So Thank you for
your time and now go to work because job needs you ;-)

G&G

Arabela in Liberec (the video)

Upload Video - Top 50 - Get Video Code

So, this Arabela, the place where I made my summer-camp.
Maybe Arabela will close, because the municipality wants to sell the house.... I can't immagine that this place will die. So, let's hope they'll find a solution! Ciauuu! Valeeee

POMALU POMALU


Back in Prague! There were moments in Liberec tha I felt like I was in exil, as it was a little bit difficult for me to perform „communication“ there. With Helena, the director of Arabela (the home where I lived), luckly there's always been communication, even better, I really had fun with her and the others of „Arabela's family“.
But I was there even to stay with the „children“, and the fact that they were too shy and afraid for trying to speak in a foreign language, made me feel like impotent sometimes at the beginning. And as many know, in order to fill up this lack of communication among humans, I turned to the nature....
I was speaking with Gigi on msn yesterday, and he asked me if I really believe that a tree can hear me... And I think it was the crucial point of everything there in Liberec: one evening speaking with my favourite tree, I suddendly thought that maybe it could not be possible that he understood me, as I used to speak in Italian with him, and actually the tree was Czech. And in that momenti I felt myself lost, lonely and alone. But after I thought that it was an „oversimplified thought“. Com'on, if you wanna communicate with someone you can do it, it doesn't matter if you have a common language.
Pomalu pomalu, it was just happening this in Arabela. Slowly the children realized that I wasn't so alien as I looked like, and almost everyone tried to communicate with me, in different ways.
Sunday morning when I told them BYE BYE, I must admit that I felt really sad to leave them and from their eyes I can say that they felt the same.... And on Monday morning, when I woke up in my very silent and calm flat in Prague, I felt a bit melancholy, as I missed the nice chaos that was in Arabela.
I even meade a video while I was there, and who knows, maybe I'll load it here.
So, my first summer-camp was a very nice one. Not easy sometimes, but for sure unforgettable, in the positive way. Next Saturday I'm leaving for my next camp, in Germany for two weeks! So, please keep in touch! It was very important for me during my „exil“ in Liberec to hear from you, especially thanx to Nada and Caterina, thank you really a lot! And of course it was great to have Joao with me, even for 2 days(you can see him in the picture)!
Yeah, ok ok, long post! But i think it's a nice way to see what is happening in Reach the Rainbow!
Kisses for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!