The twinners tell us

Report on the NYSA-ODRA cycling and walking event

 

nysa odra symbol 180The NYSA-ODRA cycling and walking meeting, organized by the Eurojumelages Gorzów section, took place for the 13th time in Bogatynia, the former Silesian Reichenau, between 18th and 22nd September, 2024. The participants were12 jumeleurs from Germany, 2 from France, 13 from Poland and 5 from Portugal, who met at the Rychlo Hotel in Bogatynia on 18th September after travelling privately to the meeting.
Unfortunately, the Portuguese participants left the meeting after the first day. The meeting was officially opened after dinner at 7:00 p.m. by Adam Poholski with the announcement of the program.

Multi-Sectional Meeting in Aachen

14 to 20 October 2024
aachen 180This meeting was organised by the Bonn Section and took place in the border triangle of Aachen. In addition to the partner sections, the invitation was open to all members of Eurojumelages. 82 participants were registered, but the number varied as some people joined the event only on a daily basis. The Section of Darmstadt was represented by Karola and myself. On the day of arrival we walked to the Aachener Brauhaus, where we ate dinner.

2024: German language course in Constance

THE LOCATION

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This year, the German federation invited us to a German language course at the Humboldt Institute in Constance located on the shores of Lake Constance. This is situated in the state of Baden-Württemberg, with its capital of Stuttgart.

The Lake Constance region benefits from a mild climate due to the ‘foehn’, a hot and dry wind coming from Italy. This phenomenon is much in evidence by the vegetation of the Island of Mainau, also called the Island of Flowers.

2024: International friendship meeting on the island of Fehmarn

(Organized by the Dresden Association from 25th May to 1st June 2024)

03a Plattdeutsch für Anfänger 170On the day of arrival, the organizers were eagerly waiting for the jumeleurs from Dresden's partner associations: Strasbourg (France) and German-speaking Switzerland, as well as from the friendly associations Ticino, Braga, Regensburg and Berlin. The welcome and the joy at seeing each other again were truly wonderful.

In all, a total of 82 participants from seven associations participated in our friendship meeting on Fehmarn. There were:

 

2024: Oscar in Métabief

oscar24 oscar gewinner 170This year's OSCAR was organized between 10th – 14th June by Chantal and her team from the French association of Dijon and took place at the Village Vacances AZUREVA Métabief, in the French Jura.

Over 100 participants had registered: from France, Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland. As always in OSCAR, there were 2 days of walking and cycling. There were 2 walking groups and 2 cycling groups.

 

2024: CA in Foz do Arelho (Portugal) - Guest program

bonn b0 170The Eurojumelages Management Board meeting took place in Foz do Arelho from 10 to 44 April 2023.

Wednesday: the arrivals followed one another with a well-organised welcome at the airport, according to the times announced.
Thursday: departure in convoy at 10am. Three CDCR cars with qualified drivers are at our disposal: Joâo Campos, Duarte Mateus and John Saliba..

 

 

2024: Skiing in the Dolomites (Pozza di Fassa) from 21st – 28th January

pozza1 170After some people praised the ski week in Pozza at last year's Oscar, I decided to take part after all, especially as I think the area in Val di Fassa is really beautiful and I was very interested in the pistes there.
We were a very large group, as the participants from Alsace had come in a large coach. However, it wasn't just Jumeleurs, as we teamed up with another group of hikers and skiers to make the journey by coach possible.
Due to the large number of participants, there were inevitably several groups with different activities, so I can only describe those that I took part in myself.

2023: “In the sun of Benidorm”

beni23 view2 170Two Eurojumelages events took place in Benidorm between 5th and 11th November, 2023. The events were “In the Benidorm sun" and a Spanish language course; there were 54 participating in these events.

Concurrently, the annual congress of the Asociaciones de Personas Mayores de Telefónica took place, with participants from all major cities in Spain. The Mayores de Telefónica de Valencia group and the Jumelages AHET Valencia had organized a very interesting week-long programme.