My First Journey Abroad

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My First Journey Abroad

• by Katarina Vicentijevic

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Hungary

• From 5th to 11th of June I went to Hungary with
  my teacher Mira and three other friends Nevena,
  Stefan and Danilo.

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Hungary
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Hungary

• During the trip we saw
• Gyor, Balaton Lake,
• Budapest and many
• churches. We also had a
• chance to meet our friends
• from Bulgaria, from the
• capital Sofia.

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Bori

• We were accommodated at Gyor, with families.
  The hosts were children whose teacher Tunde was
  organizer of the whole project. My host was Bori.
  She is 15 years old. We had a great time
  together. In this picture, she is the girl on the
  left in the front row. I had great luck to be
  with my friend Nevena in the same house.

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Gyor

• In Gyor I could see many
• historical monuments. I
• was surprised to see how
• big their City Hall is. I
• could also see many storks
• which were standing in
• their nests on light posts.

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Pannonhalma
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Pannonhalma

• On the second day we saw the monastery at
  Pannonhalma. There we saw a film about the life
  in monastery and boarding-school, which is part
  of the monastery. In the centre of the monastery
  there was a huge hexagonal library with 450,000
  books. During the Second World War there were
  many refugees there because it was protected by
  the Red Cross.

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Pannonhalma
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Balaton Lake
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Balaton Lake

• I liked the trip to Balaton Lake.
• It was really cosy there because
• the day was pretty hot. There
• were many ships there and
• tourists who came to see the
• sea of Hungary. We also saw a
• beautiful white swan there. We
• took plenty of photographas and I
• especially like the one in front of the
• statues of King Stephen and Queen
• Gisella in which Nevena held her
• hands as if she was praying.

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Hungarian Parliament
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Hungarian Parliament

• We had the honour of seeing
• the interior of the famous
• building of Hungarian
• parliament. There we heard
• many interesting details about
• the building. For example, the
• match-stick model of the
• parliament was so big that the
• architects had to knock down
• part of the house so that they
• could bring the model out.

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National Crown

• We could also see the
• crown which had been
• taken by Hitlers army in
• the Second World War and
• was it was only in 1978 that
• it was finally returned by
• the American government.

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Gyor Swimming Pool

• On the last day we went to Gyor swimming-pool
  with our hosts and their teacher Tunde. We had a
  nice time together.

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Friends

• When I now think about everything, it was
  wonderful. This was my first trip abroad and it
  was really special. I think that my friends had a
  great time, too.