October, 28th – November 2nd 2001 (5 Nights)
Topics: The national parks in your country
Daily Schedule
Day #1, Sunday
Arrival of participants
18.00 Lunch
18.30 Free time (swimming, table tenis, relaxing)
20.00 Openning by Youth CaN-ers, working in groups, icebreaking activities, welcome to Slovakia
Day #2 Monday
8.00 Breakfast
9.30 Walking around Tatranska Lomnica (all groups), visiting Tatra mountain national park museum, movie about Tatry mountain
13:30 Hike to Great fall at Hrebienok all groups. Awarded competetion picking up of garbage :), #1, #2, #3, Dan&Tom, winner of competetion ,
17:30 Dinner
18:00 Free time: Options (Swimming, Table tennis)
20:00 Country presentations: Macedonia, Estonia, Czech, Belorus, Ukraina, USA, Hungary, Slovakia1, Slovakia2, (Svetlana, )
21:30 Disco, by DJ Martin&co.
Day #3, Tuesday
8.00 Breakfast
9:30 Visiting Belanska cave (all groups)
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Visiting observatory and meteorology station in Stara Lesna
17:30 Dinner
18:00 Free time: options (Swimming, table tennis, preparing for Children’s house)
20:00 Workshops Each country presents national park and problems there., Macedonia, Czech, Estonia, Belorus,
21:30 Games, songs
Day #4 Wednesday
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Hospitality day – Options:
Group #1 Hike to Sucha Bela and observing problems of this national park (The national park “Slovak paradise”) by bus
Walking at Strbske pleso, (mountain lake). By tram
Visiting Children’s house and playing games, songs with kids, Spissky Stiavnik by bus
15:00 Free time: Options (Swimming, table tennis, playing games outside).
17:30 Dinner
18:00 Free time: Options (Swimming, table tennis)
19:30 Hollywood night: Skits in a bag – 6 groups + teacher group vote for best actor, actress, story
21:30 Disco by DJ Martin&co
Day #5, Thursday
8:00 Breakfast
10:00 iEARN olympics, competetion of funny games
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Options: Sports, preparing costumes for halloween night
17:30 Dinner
19:30 Halloween Party + Pizza Party, Halloween mask winners, closing…
21:30 Disco by DJ Martin&co
Day #6 Friday
8:00 Breakfast and bag lunch
Saying byes and departures
The staf of the camp
The guides: Peter, Pali, Martin, Ondrej, USPCs voluntiers: Siobhan, Dan, Jason, Joko, Lori
Address of the Hostel
Chata Janka Jesenského, Tatranská Lomnica, Slovakia
The hostel is located approximately 5 minutes from the train station. Cross the main road and follow the signs toward the cable car station. The hostel is on the right-hand side of the road leading to the cable car station.
Telephone: +421 52 400 0438 (reception)
E-mail: camp@iearn.sk
Mobile: +421 903 974 941
Recommended Arrival: October 28, by 18:00 (dinner)
Recommended Departure: November 2, in the morning
Accommodation
You will share a room with students from other countries. It will not be possible to share a room with your classmates or students from your own country.
Our hostel is not a luxury hotel, so please bring personal items such as a towel, soap, shampoo, etc.
You are required to bring indoor shoes, as the hostel has carpeted floors and we are expected to follow this rule.
Meals
Meals will be served in the hostel:
Breakfast
Packed lunch
Afternoon snack
Dinner
Weather
Although the weather in Slovakia is usually pleasant at this time of year, please bring warm clothing such as a hat, gloves, a winter jacket, sunglasses, and hiking shoes.
In the High Tatras, temperatures may range from -10°C to 20°C. The weather is very changeable — within a single hour it may be sunny, cloudy, snowy, foggy, or rainy. I’m not joking! 🙂
Working Groups
All participants will be divided into 4–5 working groups.
Each group will be accompanied by a guide who will provide explanations and assistance in English.
Group Activities
Mountain biking
Hiking
Visiting observatories
Visiting the Tatra National Park Museum
Collecting litter and helping to clean the environment
Country Presentation
Each country should prepare a short country presentation consisting of a fun and creative 5-minute performance, such as a dance, game, song, or other entertaining activity.
You may bring CDs, videotapes, board games, or table tennis rackets.
During the afternoons, there may be an opportunity to go swimming. If you would like to swim, please bring a swimsuit.
Halloween Party
At the end of the camp, we will organize a Halloween party. Don’t forget to bring a funny mask or costume for this special event!
