Last suitcase day

The fifth day of the project welcomed us in a charming and colorful Melitopol. During the discussion with students of the State Pedagogical University we had to tackle plenty of their doubts on the slowness of the process of Ukraine’s eurointegration. Our task was to rather pluck them out from negativity and kind of self-pitting. As our inspirational speeches were greeted with a great enthusiasm most of the times, I arrived at the conclusion that our mission here has been fully completed.

I was also very much enjoying the time in Berdyansk, where we arrived late afternoon. What really attracted me during the meeting with high school students that day, was their immense activity and curiosity. They were the very first group getting enough courage to ask us inconvenient and troublesome questions. We stirred the very serious subjects, such as communism, nazism and its heritage in contemporary world. On the other hand, they were not afraid to inquire about our private experiences and hobbies. Unofficial atmosphere of the debate brought us a lot of satisfaction and – hopefully – allowed for our audience to better understand issues happening currently in Europe.

After the meetingm we had a good fortune to spend a magnificent evening at the seaside, drinking wine, chatting and laughing a lot. We left Berdyansk tired, but with great remembrances and many stories to tell.

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