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EUstudents in EUwonderland

Fairy tale

Once upon a time,there was a beautiful Kapan girl who lived in a small lovely village in Bulgaria.

Razgrad,Bulgaria

''Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev''Primary school

Mariana was so beautiful!Beautiful like the Sun,the Moon and the stars!

Mariana's beauty spread all over the country.Many men came to ask her father to marry her,but she didn't want anyone.

She had a big house with a lovely garden,her dog and her cat and lots of friends,but she was sad.Very sad!

She stopped going out and meeting her friends.She deeply suffered.She had a dream.To go to EUwonderland!

Her mother would tell her lots of stories about this magical country when she was a little girl.She had always dreamt to see it.

One day,she packed her luggage and she left her house.

She didn't know which way to take but she walked and walked.She was so tired when behind the forest she saw an old tree. She heard something coming from the tree. Oh, what is that! A little girl was sitting behind the tree and crying.

Havsa,Turkey

MELAHAT KİLİMCİ SECONDARY SCHOOL

Mariana: Hi, Who are you?

Ayşe: I am a Thracian girl, Ayşe

Mariana: Nice to meet you. I am Mariana. why are you crying?

Ayşe: I lost my family and I am looking for a place to live. A peaceful place.

Mariana: Come with me my dear. I am going to EUwonderland. The place that nobody is upset.

They started to walk happily while dreaming the EUwonderland. They went over the hills passed the rivers. And then they saw a village. They were really hungry and decided to stop there.

They came in front of a house, knocked the door and started to wait. However nobody opened it. When they decided to turn back, Woww !!! What is that......

They saw a bear coming towards them. They were scared. Oh! It was a very big bear.

ANKARA,TURKEY

KUYUBAŞI ŞEHİT OĞUZHAN DUYAR

SECONDARY SCHOOL

Then, luckily, they noticed

a van among the trees and

ran as fast as they could.

Finally, they could hide behind the van.

While hiding, they talked about their lives and families and although Ayşe was younger than Mariana, they noticed that they had many similarities. First, they were both alone and second, they now had the same desire of finding the EUwonderland. But it was getting dark and they needed a place to sleep. Mariana showed the back of the van and they had a deep sleep in it.

Early in the morning, they woke up with a loud sound. Oh, it was the sound of the van and they were moving. But, where...? They were very excited and decided to enjoy the journey.

On the way, they saw many beautiful villages, rivers, mountains and trees.

After a long journey, they found themselves in a big city named Ankara. It was a fascinating city. And they saw a man walking up the street.

ANKARA

ÖZEL SİNCAN KARACAN ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

The man they saw had a traditional dress , and they wondered and wanted to know.

MARIANNA: Hi,can I ask you something?

Man: Of course!

MARIANNA: Does the dress on you make any sense?

Man; Of course, it does.. This is a special traditional costume worn by the Seymen, one of the symbols of Ankara.

Seymen is the swashbuckler of Ankara, the hero of Ankara. Seymen is a tradition dating back to the 6th century Oguz Turks.

MARIANNA ;Woww! it is wonderful!

Man:If you want, we can show you a Seymen dance to you.

MARIANNA :Yes of course we would be so happy.

Seymens demonstrated a very good show.

Ayşe and Mariana liked it very much.And they are going for another adventure.

ANKARA İS A CİTY FAMOUS FOR İTS SEYMEN AND CAT

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Primary School,Ardeşen/RİZE

This journey is towards Rize where the blue and green meets harmoniously.

After a long long way,they arrived Rize.When they saw the immense Black Sea. They were charmed. Then they saw all sorts of the green and they thought:

" Could Rize be the Wonderland?" 

Ayşe ,Mariana and Seymen got tired because of that long journey but they had to walk again to find a safe place to sleep.And also,they were too hungry.So they kept on walking.Behind the trees,they noticed a village. Ayşe said : Look! there is a village here,let's knock the door of a random house,and ask them for a place to eat something and sleep.

Seymen : Don't! we can't just trust them and go in.

While they were talking among themselves,they heard a nice voice. A girl was coming towards them singingly. It was a nice song they had not heard before. Then they saw the girl with some strange things in her hand.

When the girl got closer,they couldn't help clapping.

Ayşe: Hey!! your voice is amazing!!

Asya: Thanks! But who are you? I didn't see you here before.

Ayşe: I'm Ayşe and these are Mariana and Seymen.We are coming from afar.

Mariana: I'm curious about the things in your hand.What are those?

Asya: Ah,yes.. These are special scissors to harvest the tea leaves. I'm coming from tea harvesting. Anyway,if you want,you can come with me.I want to introduce you my town.

Asya: Let's eat our traditional foods, "muhlama,karalahana soup and corn bread".

Marianna: Yummy.. They look delicious!

Asya: This River's name is Fırtına, means "storm". In summer we do rafting on it.It's really marvelous.

Seymen: It's great!

Mariana: oh my gosh! What's she doing there?

Asya: You can also try to zip-line across the river.It's really exciting.

Mariana: And she?

Asya: She is harvesting the tea leaves.

Ayşe,Seymen,Mariana and Asya became very close friends.They toured beautiful places,eat beautiful foods and learned a lot of things from each other.But now it's time to leave for EUwonderland. Ayşe, Mariana and Seymen asked Asya to join them. Asya wanted to see the EUwonderland,too.They took to the roads again.

Now,they are at the airport to fly to Mersin, another beautiful city of Turkey.

Ayşe Mirici Ortaokulu,Tarsus-Mersin/Turkey

When they travelled, they found themselves quite different from the one they left behind.

Where are we now? It is like we travelled back in time

Ancient Roman Road,Tarsus/Mersin

When they were walking around, they got lost in this ancient city of Tarsus. They didn't know where to go. They felt very tired and hungry. Suddenly they saw a grape.

Hey! There is a wonderful grape over there. Maybe we should eat it because I am very hungry.

But they discovered that it is the fruit for Şahmeran - Lord of the Snakes and they had to ask for permission from her to eat her fruit...

Şahmeran had a demand, if they want to eat her grape, they had to offer something in respond because it was a magic grape that guides you everywhere and keeps you full forever. So Asya offered some tea. Then they moved on with the grape's guidance.

KLEOPATRA'S GATE,TARSUS-MERSİN/TURKEY

Grape said this is a magic portal that lets everyone travel through time and place they want. They all felt excited because their journey became more and more enjoyable.They decided to travel to Italy-from one EUwonderland to another

Istituto Comprensivo Statale Casteldaccia, Italia

Great! We are on an island!

Welcome to Siciliy!

The Sicilian girl was very glad to show them the island and to go around Euwonderland with her new friends.

They admired the Blue Arch also known "Arch of lovers" and then went to Palermo, the capital of Sicily, full of art and rich of history.