The meeting in Ierapetra was more than a normal meeting. It was the first pandemic meeting of our project, FUSION. We were excited for seeing each other. We were excited about what we would learn and what we could discover.
Our last physical meeting was in Kocani, North Macedonia in February 2020. Our meetings were canceled, postponed, and moved online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have organized more than three virtual meetings since then. But we had missed meeting face-to-face, communication face to face, learning together, discovering a new culture, knowing newcomers to the team, taking photos, posing crazy photos, having social meals so on.That’s why we enjoyed every moment of lerapetra meeting after a year and a half of the pandemic.
Covid-19 has transformed the way we live ,the way we travel,the way we teach, even the way we think.
Experiences are everything.We experienced the first post pandemic international travel, from hand sanitisers in hotel lobbies to cabin crew in masks, to vaccination certificates,to filling Plf forms.
But it was really worth it,we spent a great time in lerapetra that made our hearts feeling overjoyed.
It was really nice staying in lerapetra. We had pleasing moments with all the FUSION team. Thank you again FUSION GREECE team for the beautiful experience and fun time we had with you.
I'm looking forward to meeting again and learning more about the things that say who we are such as history,people,cultures,dances ,music,food .
Hacer Yayla
on the behalf of Turkish team
