From
June 6, 2022 to June 12, 2022, a short-term exchange of groups of students took
place in the Czech Republic, focused on art. During the week, the students visited
MUZIC - a regional museum, where the lecturer showed them several documents
about the creation of the museum. The creative workshop, in which students
created different types of cars and the Tatra model, was beneficial for the
groups of students. Pictures of the Tatra car and 3D Tatra car were made from
corks. Together they visited the Tatra Kopřivnice Technical Museum. They saw
more than 60 models of Tatra cars and trucks. The second stop was Hukvaldy
Castle, the third largest castle ruin in the Czech Republic. Its history began
in 1285. Currently, it is a natural monument "Hukvaldy Castle Hill".
The music composer Leoš Janáček was an important personality associated with
Hukvaldy Castle. They visited the historical center of the city of Olomouc, where
they saw several fountains - Jupiter's, Neptune's, Arion's, Herkul's, Caesar's,
the town hall building - Orloj, the Holy Trinity Column. They visited Štramberk
and Štramberská Trúba. The view of the Beskydy area was magical. This small
town is called the "Moravian Bethlehem" because of its beauty. They visited the
"Wallachian Museum in Nature", which represents the folk architecture
of the Moravian region. The wooden town shows the way of life in the village at
the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The core of the museum complex
consists of the "Town Hall, Bill's Burgher's House and the pub
at Vašků". At the traditional
festivities of the "Radovánky", children presented prepared dances.
The Slovaks showed how to dance the "karička", the Czechs danced the
"polka", the Portuguese taught their partners "dame um
beijinho" and the Spanish taught the students "sevillanas". In
the evening, the students had a meeting with their families, where they spent
several unforgettable hours. The students returned from their families full of
new experiences. At the end of the week, they sang these songs together: Za
gorami, za lasami, Beskyde, Beskyde, Ó malhão, ó malhão, Madrid, Odam še
neodam.