One of our tasks in Argonauta was to create a realistic model of Gradina Hill. Anja was the one who volunteered to do it, and later on when Laura came, both girls joined forces in order to make the best hill ever.
Step 1. While looking at the materials for some days Anja was thinking.. HOW WILL I DO THIS??

Step 2: Anja: Ok don’t panic. Lets draw a topographic map and cut the styropol according to it..
Step 3: Anja: Voila! Now what????
Everybody was preoccupied with their own work…
but Laura was kind enough to join the “create-Gradina’s-maketa” team, as she already had experience with doing similar projects at the past

So! Laura and Anja made a team, as you see :)
Anja: HOW! WHAT ! WHY!
Laura: Chill. I’ve got this! We ll use papier mache (newspapers with glue)

Step 4: Finished ! 
Step 5: Using clay to cover the papier mache.
Doesn’t really look like Gradina Hill.. Its a bit too hegh..

Step 6: So ! Anja and Laura had to ask for the assistance of a man, Dobri, to help them cut the model in order to lower its height :)

Stay tuned for vol. 2 !
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We visited Zadar this weekend, and stayed there for one night. Zadar is a really beautiful city, with very interesting ancient architecture to visit! One of the most fascinating sightseeings it has to offer is the Sea Organ (its official name is “Salute to the Sun”). We also had the chance to watch the first football game between Serbia and Croatia after 13 years and had a picture of us taken that ended up in the newspaper! Check out our Zadar experience :)






Our good Croatian friends Marko and Cici, took us to Sibenik and Vodice this weekend, and toured us around the city. The weather was sunny finally so after walking and sightseeing we enjoyed a coffee under the hot Croatian sun :)
Here are some pictures of Sibenik and Vodice, hope you’ll get to visit them !



Simone testing an android JPS app for creating tracks. Simone’s assingment is to find and record the best possible tracks around Gradina’s hill. This will later help Mario in making of Colentum’s android app…

Everybody is occupied with something different!
Anja is building a 3d model of Gradina hill.
Dobromir is working on writing a story, about Quintus a Roman legionnaire that used to live in Colentum
Laura is creating the website’s design
and Mario together with Simone are building an android application in order to find the best routes possible to get around Gradina.
But we all assit and help each other when we can !


Today, as we don’t work on Saturdays (Hooray !), we woke up early and decided to explore the island of Murter and discover its secret beaches.. The weather was sunny and once we found the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the sunlight, the living was easy :)
Some of us, the brave ones, tried swimming, others were juggling, whilst the rest were simple enjoying the stunning picturesque view of the archipelago..
Hopefully the weather will get better soon and we will have more of these sunny days to enjoy ! Maybe next time, we’ll have a picnic also, by the sea, and try catching sea urchins, which we heard are delicious!

Hello !
Instead of sitting in the office today and being preoccupied with our office-related tasks, we decided to go to Colentum and start working on our outdoor tasks! Each one of us has a different task assigned to him/her for this EVS. For example Anja’s task is taking pictures of the great wall of Gradina hill, for the purpose of a photomontage, while Simone and Mario have to find the best route possible to get around Colentum. Dobromir must survey the area in order to compose the best master plan possible.
Our newest addition to the group, Laura visited Colentum for the first time and was thrilled !
At the end of a hard working day, we gathered at the top of the hill and enjoyed the warmth of the sun while photosynthesizing :)
Never thought working could be this fun.. :) :) :) :) :)
Hello once again !
Today we visited Raduc, the highest hill in Murter. It is very interesting, as Murter has 7 hills, all of which provide an extravagant view of the island and its surroundings. Raduc is a military base in which the army has built a series of bunkers alongside underground tunnels that bares resemblance to “Lord of the Rings” Moria..
Spooky!

ABOUT OUR PROJECT
Read the project descrption please! :)
The “Back to ancient Europe” EVS project aims at promoting Archaeological site Colentum as valuable part of Europe’s cultural heritage. Project will take place in Murter (Murter Island, Croatia) during three months period. The objective of the project is to improve knowledge and raise awareness about values of cultural/archeological heritage as common European value and its potential in terms of sustainable development of rural communities. The five young participants from Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Bulgaria will assist to our organization by being our young assistants in researching about efficient conservation and valorization best practices of similar cultural heritage in their countris, contributing therefore in making Strategic Action Plan for conservation and valorization of Colentum. They will assist to researchers in an Archeological Research (run by scientist from Archeological Department – University of Zadar and Museum Šibenik) as well and have the chance to introduce themselves to archaeological field research techniques. They will organize an Info-day to get local/regional community and visitors aware of a values and potentials of a cultural/archaeological value. Volunteers will benefit from the project in personal, professional, and social development; partner organizations (sending and hosting) will establish strong relations in civil sectors between European countries.
By project activities we want to present a contribution of young people participation in sustainable development, to motivate local/regional young people for active participation in order to ensure them working place in their community based on a local resources which are still not valorised contributing therefor to economic development of the community. We also want to present EVS and Youth in Action programme as an efficient tool for an conservation of European common interest such cultural heritage is.