Sunday, 21 August 2011

CHAPTER III - THE TWO SEMINARS


The kick off of the course Professional Competence for International Project Work of the Department of Information Technology and Computer Science of the ‘Hogeschool van Amsterdam’ will take place at:

21 August – 24 August 2011

Location:
Groepsaccommodatie Broekakkers
Noordvelderweg 5
1935 BP Egmond Binnen
phone: 072 5070619

Contact details of staff
phone:
Marlies Nijenhuis-Stelder:
020 5951652 / +31 6 12 86 33 56
Ronald Kleijn: 020 5951669

E-mail address:




… Program …


Sunday 21st
Monday 22nd
Time
Activity
Responsible
Time
Activity
Responsible
12:30
-
13:30
Lunch
Olle
08.00
-
09.00
Breakfast
Olle
13:30
-
14:30
Introduction  + presentation on The Netherlands and HvA
Ronald
09.00
-
12:00
Intercultural skills + Caleidoscopia
Wilko + Heleen
14:30
-
16:30
Group dynamics + group formation
Heleen + Wilko
12:00
-
14:00
Lunch
Olle
16:30
-
18:00
Prepare dinner (group 1)
Olle
14:00
-
16:30
Survival Dutch
Heleen
18:00
-
19:00
Dinner
Olle
16:30
-
18:00
Prepare dinner (group 2)
Olle
19:00
Social activities

18:00
-
19:00
Dinner
Olle



19:00
Social activities



Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th
08.00
-
09.00
Breakfast
Olle
08.00
-
09.00
Breakfast
Olle
09.00
-
12:00
Presentation skills
Wilko
09.00
-
12:00
Student presentations
Wilko + Heleen
12:00
-
14:00
Lunch
Olle
12:00
-
14:00
Lunch
Olle
14:00
-
16:30
Social activities

16:30
-
18:00
Prepare dinner (group 3)
Olle

18:00
-
19:00
Dinner
Olle

19:00
Social activities














…Itinerary … 


From Amsterdam Central Station to Broekakkers: Sunday 21 August

ý  10.30 hours: Assembly point at Amsterdam Central station: Starbucks (close to the main entrance). Dutch students will be waiting for you there. They will have a sign of the Hogeschool of   Amsterdam.
ý  10.42 hours: take the train heading for ‘Den Helder’
ý  Get off the train at ‘Castricum’ station
ý  Take bus 164 (heading for ‘Egmond aan Zee’)
ý  Get off the bus at stop ‘Liobastichting’. 
ý  Go south.
ý  After 50 metres, turn left to a wood-path.
ý  At the end of the wood-path, keep to the left.
ý  Cross the bridge and you’ll find Broekakkers.

From Broekakkers to Amsterdam Central Station: Wednesday 24 August

ý  Take bus 164 (heading for ‘station Castricum’) The bus leaves 1 minute past the hour and 25 minutes past the hour.
ý  Get off the bus at stop ‘station Castricum’
ý  Take the train at ‘Castricum’ station heading for Amsterdam Central Station
(the train leaves 1 minute past the hour and 20 minutes past the hour) from platform 2

The Departure-Arrival 

My first Dutch trap: buy a ticket from Diemen to Centraal Station. Diemen-Science Park-Muiderpoort-Centraal Station 15min ...there is a train each 15min even Sunday. I confirm that they do not like any foreign credit card (Mastercard, Visa for my part)
Of course, like every times, I chose twice the wrong machine ticket. Only the third, we can pay with coins. A friendly woman, who show me that, Don't put your credit card and the Ov-chipcard together and check in ...cos there is bad effect ! 

We have a nice day: transport issue of course cos some were late ...so, we took the next train and bus about one hour of travelling. Moreover, when we though that we were arrived ... We took the wrong wood path ... And get lost ...until Ronald came to rescue us ;) it was just a confusing schedule "after 50m take the left"
The place is very quiet ... Like dead town ...there are more horses than people!!! Else, lectures (Ronald, Heleen, Olle, and Wilko) are very nice. Like each my eramus mate ...there are friendly, polite and have a beautiful accent.
Lina, Moa, Dubirst, Afshin, and Johann come from Sweden. They had between 9 and 17 hours of transport (car and planes) from their home.

v  Max and Dennis live in Germany. They made it by train in 2,5-4 hours.
v  Koralina is Polish and had a long trip.
v  Jose, Christian, Chima, Daniel, Jesus are Spanish (Valencia and Sevilla).
v  Mikko, Nikko are originated from Finland. "Simon" studies also in Finland but he is Chinese, a town near Shanghai.
v  Halina represents Czech Republic. She arrived by train in few hours.
v  Moa, Lina, Afshin, Tobias, and Johan live and study in Sweden. They had the longest trip.

We are sharing room: there are composed of 2, 3, 4 and 5 beds. Of course, girls have the biggest one cos Ronald was not sure that the Chinese person coming later was a girl or man. I am sharing my room with the first persons that I have met: ...MAX and DENNiS! 


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