The ancient legend says that once the angels asked God for a gift. He promised them to give a piece of land where men loved each other, respected each other and lived happily: the angles just had to find it. So they came down to Earth and started travelling all over the planet. Everywhere they went they found war and… Read more →
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SU Story: Transsiberian Dream: In Search of Adventure. Volume 4.
The travelling summer university Transsiberian Dream (TSU) started on July 28th, and the participants visited Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, and the Baikal lake. Old and new AEGEE members came together to enjoy the hottest TSU of this summer. The participants arrived on Saturday, July 28th, and spent four amazing days and nights in Moscow doing sightseeing, having ice-breaking games, a… Read more →
SU Story: from the Land of Fire
Summer University is the main event which allows Europeans to feel the AEGEE spirit and to spend the summer holidays with participants from other AEGEE locals. This year AEGEE-Bakı and AEGEE-Sumqayıt decided to co-organise this project to show the beauty, the culture, the language and the history of Azerbaijan, which is why it was divided in two parts (Baku and… Read more →
SU Story: Creative summer razzle dazzle in Slovenia
AEGEE-Maribor organised a special Travelling Summer University (TSU), Blau University, with the support of AEGEE-Ljubljana from the 4th July to the 18th July . 30 amazing participants were a true inspiration and the ones who made a true and diverse creative experience in Maribor and Ljubljana possible. We had joy … “We want to make a Summer University which will stand out, inspire people… Read more →
SU Story: Cycling below the rivers, above sea level
On T-shirts of this Travelling Summer University (TSU) we put bullets on the back which say: 1 summer, 5 cities, 25 bikes, 150 km of cycling and unlimited fun. Most of these turned out accurate, especially the fun part, but apparently we have cycled more than 200 km and saw dozens of additional villages and small towns in the South Netherlands. It… Read more →
SU Story: Contrast of feelings, range of activities. Welcome to Russia!
Travelling Summer Universities (TSU) are considered to be very common and entertaining, and almost all AEGEE members intend to try them at least once. After several Summer Universities (SU) made by AEGEE-Voronezh it was clearly understood that participants needed more travelling and more experience. AEGEE-Voronezh is popular with its language course, while the newborn antenna AEGEE-Rostov-na-Donu may offer a great… Read more →
SU Story: Three countries, one mission: having the time of our lives
The Drielandenpunt, at the summit of the mount Vaals, is the place where three wonderful countries merge into one spot. It was also the starting point of one of the most exciting TSUs in AEGEE, as the locals of Aachen, Maastricht, Leuven, Brussels and Amsterdam joined forces to bring the participants the most enlightening trip of their lives… On debate: EU,… Read more →
SU Story: From Burgos
Hmmm! Let me think… July 2012 was a difficult month for several countries because of natural conditions. But there were also good ones, for example Spain lifted the trophy of EURO 2012 (football) in Ukraine, which they in my opinion really deserved. I remember that time as great furthermore because of Spain being visitors of my country and later that month I… Read more →
SU Story: I know a place, where you should go
81 summer universities in more than 20 different countries… it was very hard to decide where to go this summer. Then a friend of mine contacted me and said: ‘I know a place, where should we go’ and then the summer dream started.. I am talking about a Balkan dream which started in beautiful Serbia and ended in crazy Croatia.… Read more →
SU Story: We all live in a yellow SUnmarine…
An SU is what you do with it, as it happens with many other things in life. Almost a week has already passed since the “Yellow SUnmarine” finished in Alicante, and now every SUnmarinist is safe and sound at home, sharing pictures and miss-you feelings on Facebook. In the middle of this lovely storm, I will try to condense in… Read more →