Skills for a Better Future

Skills for Better Future

We spent most of the first day of the project traveling. The first group traveled by train and minibus. The journey was incredibly long. The first problem occurred on the TATRAN train, where one of our group members misplaced her backpack. We panicked because the backpack was left in Trnava. Fortunately, the boys from the second group went to retrieve it, as they were traveling by car. Once all project members arrived in Biely Dunajec, the fun began. We arrived around 6 or 7 PM. Dinner was served immediately. After dinner, we had some team-building activities and then went to bed.

21.4.

The next day, we did a lot of team-building activities. We woke up around 8:45 AM because breakfast was at 9:00 AM. After breakfast, we had about a half-hour coffee break, and after the break, the workshops began.

The first one lasted 3 hours and consisted mainly of team-building activities. After the workshop, we had lunch, and then the second workshop began. It was called "Mission Impossible" and was full of fun activities. The last workshop took place before dinner. Its title was "About Us: Why We Came Here." And that helped us understand what the whole project was about.

22.4.

On this day, we only had 2 workshops because we went to the thermal pools in the evening. These workshops were mainly about why some businesses are successful and why some are not. But the highlight of this day was definitely the thermal pool. We could see the High Tatras directly from the pool.

23.4.

On this day, we woke up a bit earlier because we were going to the town of Zakopane for a folklore festival and also to visit the Tatra National Museum. But even before that, we went on a quick hike to see the waterfalls in the High Tatras. When lunchtime arrived, we were tasked with getting to know local businesses.

Upon arriving at our guesthouse, we had time to unpack and then had dinner. After dinner, we had a workshop based on a debate about the differences between local and global businesses.

At the end of the day, we had the first cultural evening – Polish. It was fun.

24.4.

On this day, we did about 4 long workshops. But the 2 most interesting ones we did were on the topic of "What Makes a Great Entrepreneur." We created a large chart with competencies and skills, and it was fun. In the second one, we tried leading workshops ourselves, which we practiced after the lunch break. At the end of the day, we had a cultural evening. We really let loose at this one. We filmed a special video about our Zobor hill to the sounds of a typical Slovak instrument – the fujara. We also read a poem by Samo Chalúpka titled "Mor-ho!" We played a typical Slovak pop song on the guitar. We had a fun presentation about Nitra and much more.

25.4.

On this day, we went to the salt mine in Bochnia. It was very interesting, but the journey there took more than 2 hours, which was probably the only boring part of the trip. The mine itself was amazing. The tour and guide were great. The salt there was very salty.

26.4.

This was our last full day. We only had one workshop, but it was much longer than the other workshops. In this one, we tried to come up with our own business. We had to think through every detail of it because at the end of the day, we had to give a full presentation about it. It was fun. The people from the Czech Republic had the honor of hosting the last cultural evening of our program. They did a good job.

27.4.

We said goodbye and went home.

Skills for Better Future