• Anna Jany
  • Anna Jany

Up With People

Travelling with the non-profit organization up with people, our group consisted of 150 students and staff members from 22 different countries. We were performing a show, doing CI and living in host families for 1 year. Leggi altro
  • Majadahonda

    29 maggio 2000, Spagna ⋅ 19 °C

    After a 27-hours-busride we arrived in spain. it's a little bit unusual, having dinner at 11 pm. but my host family is cool and our host brother showed Madrid to us on our day off. On my birthday we were supposed to have an open-air show with an audiance of 10000 people. But when the show was just supposed to begin, there was suddnly a heavy thunder storm and we had to hurry up to strike the lightning trusses. But the audiance wouldn't leave, so we went out and did a a cappella show while it was raining cats and dogs. But I think, it was the best show ever.Leggi altro

  • Lisboa

    2 giugno 2000, Portogallo ⋅ 25 °C

    my host dad was German, having travelled in UWP some years ago. so it was long nights of talking about up with people and little sleep... We did an open air show in Lisboa in a park. And being on stage you had a perfect view on the sea. In Portugal all shows were for free. the audiance just had to bring in some foot, which we donated to a food banc.Leggi altro

  • Figueira da Foz

    5 giugno 2000, Portogallo ⋅ 18 °C

    Unfortunatelly I was sick one day and stayed at home. But I wasn't spared the community involvement, for my host Mum had a day care and she thought, it was a good idea, that I could play and sing all day with her kids while a was at home... On our only day off this month my room made and me, we were supposed to do the same thing but we escaped at the beach with our host sisters.Leggi altro

  • Tondela

    15 giugno 2000, Portogallo ⋅ 30 °C

    Me and 45 other members of our cast were hosted in a special allocation, meaning that we slept on mattresses in a school. so there was a lot of fun and little sleep. We did a show for 3000 school kids and the hall was cooking.. doing promotion for our show in Veseu, I went through the city with a big cardboard sign on my back with the show information in english. All passers by had to translate the text into portuguese and write it on another cardboard sign on my chest.Leggi altro

  • Matosinhos, São Felix da Marinha

    20 giugno 2000, Portogallo ⋅ 19 °C

    On our travel day to Matosinhos we stopped at the famous window cellar of Sandemann, where they produce port wine. I am hosted again in a special allocation, sleeping with 25 members of our cast in another school. Actually my Mum is in Portugal now, too and she wanted to come and see our last show. But the phone number of her hotel, she gave me, doesn_t work. How do we meet now? Finally a nice woman in a shop found out for me that the name of the hotel and the phone number just changed, two days ago. Welcome to Portugal! Now I could call my Mum. During the show almost the whole stage collapsed so we had to stop the show and the fire service had to come and strike the stage, for noone was allowed to enter it again.Leggi altro

  • Azambuja

    23 giugno 2000, Portogallo ⋅ 23 °C

    As it was our last city, all of us were hosted in a special allocation, meaning that 160 people were sleeping in a huge Gymn. Our sleeping room was our dressing room and the stage was set up just outside the gym. Mum came to watch the rehearsal and the show. One day we went to a bull fight and I was so glad that I wasn't able to see that. I think I didn't sleep at all these last 6 days. I was probably crying nonstop during the last therre days experiancing all emotions, one could have, at the same time, for the year was over. At the last evening the whole cast was crying on stage, performing the show and after a banquet I flew home with Mum.Leggi altro

    Fine del viaggio
    29 giugno 2000