Infosheet
Arrival date: 25th August 2012
Departure date: 4th September 2012
We can refund you the travel costs also if you’ll arrive 1 or 2 days before, or if you’ll leave 2 days after, but you should provide your accommodation.
You can’t take a flight after the 25th August and before the 4th September.
Participants: 30 à per country: 4 participants + 1 leader
Age range: 18-25 years old
Countries: Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Spain
Terminals: Bari or Brindisi airport is two hours away
Financial conditions: the project budget cover 100% of food and accommodation costs, 70% of travel cost – you just need to pay 30% of the travel costs: we’ll refund you during the youth exchange COLLECT THE RECEIPTS in order to refund you!!
Living conditions
Accomodation
The participants will be accommotated in religious institute, that in the past was a school.
The houses will be equipped with a big kitchen, common sleeping rooms (one for girls and one for boys), several bathrooms and showers, teather, playgrounds, common spaces for games.
You can find all the pictures here.
Food
We will arrange kitchen teams, so everybody gets the chance to cook and prepare the meals with other young people and leaders. There will be a equipped kitchen to cook for the group. All the food will be provided, if you need some special ingredients for the international evening we can try to get this for you too or think a menu with the ingredients from here. Tell us if you have allergy or can’t eat something
Money
Food, travel, accommodation are included for the duration of the exchange. You can bring a small amount of pocket money for things you want to buy.
How to get to Istituto Salesiani (Cisternino) in 2 steps:
From Bari Airport
First step: from Airport –> to Bari train station
From the airport, you have to take the BUS n°16 of AMTAB company: direction “Piazza (Square) Aldo Moro”.
In “Piazza (Square) Aldo Moro” you’ll find the Bari central station.
The bus service from Airport starts at 5 am and ends at 9,30 pm. Average waiting time is 40-60 minutes. Travelling time: 30 / 45minutes. Ticket price: € 0.90
Timetable AMTAB linea urbana n°16: http://ro.autobus.it/TP/amtab/stampa_linee.aspx?codlin=16&dataval=20120724&op=b4vivpzpx2zhl0avgtw2mz55
Second step: from Bari train station —> to Cisternino city
From Bari central station you have to take a train to “Fasano” station (you need more less 40minutes – you can check the train timetable on internet: http://www.trenitalia.com There’s a train every 2 hours more less).
From “Fasano” station, in the square outside the station, you should check a bus to Cistenino City (STP company): http://www.stpbrindisi.it/index.php/fasano/226-cisternino-stazione-fs-di-fasano.html (in this page,down on the left, push to “scarica l’orario sul tuo pc”)
Remind to punch all the tickets in apposite machines before to travel 😛
We can refund only tickets for travels in second class .
In order to pick you up, and to provide you more detailed and useful travel information, send me an email to travel information (time arrival-departure) when you’ll buy the fly etickets.
What to bring
– Solar cream, hat, swimming suit,beach towel, Flip flops (there’s a day off, the beach is 15km away)
– mosquitos spray
– Toiletries (tooth brush, tooth paste, shampoo, shower gel)
– SHEETS
– For the free time: Some games, musical instruments (if you have it)
– video/photo camera (if you have it)
– Enthusiasm, positive spirit, smilies, desire to do sport activities and to know about social inclusion
What to search before the youth exchange:
– some general information about the immigration in your country (for the workshop)
– some traditional sports or/and games: each national group will lead one workshop about national/traditional sports and games.
You can ask to your parents and grandparents to receive this information, and organize this moment with the rest of the national group.
– Each national group will organize one intercultural (national) evenings with dinner and party. So you can bring pictures, music, traditional items, flag, national/tipical food from your country to share it with the other groups
Language
The language of the exchange will be English.
Bear in mind that English language isn’t so common in Cisternino.
Find below a table with basic Italian:
|
yes/no |
si/no |
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thank you |
grazie |
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your welcome |
prego |
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excuse me |
mi scusi |
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please |
per favore |
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good morning |
buon giorno |
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good afternoon |
buon pomeriggio |
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good night |
buona notte |
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left /right |
destra/sinistra |
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straight on |
dritto |
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street |
via/strada |
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ticket |
biglietto |
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I don’t understand |
non capisco |
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I don’t speak italian |
non parlo italiano |
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hot/cold |
caldo/freddo |
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no problem |
nessun problema |
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hi |
Ciao |
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good-bye |
arrivederci |
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How much is it? |
quanto costa? |
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where? |
Dove? |
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when? |
Quando? |
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yesterday |
Ieri |
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today |
oggi |
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tomorrow |
domani |
In Italian every written letter is pronounced. You should remember this useful rule and without thinking in a while you’ll be speaking Italian 😉
Emergency contacts
Magda: +39 3803682072
Aysha: +39 3452333310
Barbara: +39 3287050635
Mail: puglia@you-net.eu
….THAT’S ALL!
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..and looking forward to meeting you 😉
YOUNET TEAM
