Job done.
Just to warn you: this will be a tired post.
A couple of hours ago I arrived in Helsinki from Berlin. It smells somehow really clean and fresh here, the sun shines and the flowers are blooming. I didn't know Finland could be this beautiful. Apparently it helps to be away for a while.
Last impressions
My dear EYP Finland exploring Brussels.
My last days in Brussels were really cool. On Thursday I completed my project and report on the revision of the '94 Timeshare Directive, went to the public hearing and met some lobbyists. I said goodbye to Alex and the people of the office and we went to Place Luxembourg to have lunch together with a British stagiaire, another Alex. That was all really cosy, but sad of course. In the afternoon I went to pick up EYP Finland and JEF Finland from the airport. We had a seminar in the Parliament, I gave them a roundtour, we had a board meeting, dinner and my farewell party in Wild Geese later on. I had a really good time, especially when I realised that the EMYPers Derya (Turkey) and Marijn (Belgium) came and see me there.
Farewell party: Marijn and Derya
The chairs' content training for BLISS in Berlin
At some point late at night I managed to force myself to go home, which resulted in two hours of sleep. At six I took a taxi to the airport where I met Lot, the Vice-President of BLISS - a wonderful girl! In Berlin we headed for the EYP Office where we met members of our brilliant chairs' team and Tapio and Fred, of course. That day was hilarious, really! The board had thought of a brilliant teambuilding excercise, where we had to do crazy stuff in small groups in Berlin. I'll put the brilliant photos here as soon as I've gotten them of Christa. In the evening we went for dinner together, which was really nice.
On the next day we had an expert hearing and we worked on the 'real' content training about our topics. And then it was disco bowling. I kicked the asses of my group! Back at the hostel one could really start seeing that this is a strong team that we have. We started playing truth or dare, spin the bottle etc. and everybody ended up kissing each other - not bad at all! I must say I am missing this group already a lot. Luckily I'll meet a couple of them at the 20th Birthday of EYP in Berlin next weekend. Go us!
Teambuilding. Lovely wet hair like always.
Yours,
Cecilia
