Participants must be open-mind and easygoing, they should have interest in cultural dishes, culinary, healthy food and intercultural dialogue and the youth exchange is completely self-managed by the participants: activities, cooking, cleaning, etc.
Travel directions
If you arrive by plane to Bologna Airport: The Airport is about 6 Km far from Bologna city centre. A shuttle bus links G.Marconi airport to Bologna railway station (Aerobus - BLQ shuttle service). A one way ticket costs 6,00€ and can be bought directly on the bus. The bus stops for taking the shuttle are - at the airport: at the car park next to Terminal A exit (on your right) - at the Bologna railway station (next to the exit). Departures from the airport are scheduled every 15 minutes. There are buses from 8.00 am until 00.15. The bus stop that you have to exit is: Bologna “stazione centrale” (central train station).
Bologna Autostazione - Ca’ Bortolani: Ca’ Bortolani is located about 25 km south west from Bologna. Buses linking Bologna bus station to Ca’ Bortolani are: From 12.15 till 19.15. Bus n°686, destination Tole’ The bus stop that you have to stop is “Ca’ Bortolani”, around 1h after you enter to the bus. Please pay attention to these schedules, because that after 19.15 there are no more buses to go to the accommodation
Keep all your travel tickets and invoices for the reimbursement of travel cost!
Accomodation
The accommodation will be in common rooms, in a country house called: “Casa la Lodola”. The house is located in the neighbourhood of Savigno town, surrounded by the nature. We have chosen this kind of accommodation in order to make participants focus more on the themes and the group, in order to have less external distractions. The house is equipped with shared toilets and bedrooms, big kitchen and activities room. We will use as self-management so the participants will be divided in groups to cook and to clean. These groups (in rotation) will be responsible to cook and clean the spaces. The house is equipped with a pair of bedclothes, blankets and towels, but if you want to bring your own, feel free to do so. There will be no internet connection: we’ll have so much fun, that you won’t need it :D There’s no washing machine. Please remember to bring all the materials on a USB key (video, presentations, music, files, movies) you need for the activities before arriving. There will be one laptop brought by YouNet staff, but it’s recommended that you bring your own laptop. It can be very useful for the activities and the team work. Our staff will provide a video camera, but please remember to bring typical food, songs… more details will be provided in next weeks by emails. Remember that you are responsible for your personal things.
Food We will arrange kitchen teams managed by the participants, so everybody gets the chance to cook and prepare the meals with other young people and leaders. There will be a fully equipped kitchen to cook for a large group. All the food will be provided by the staff . For any problem about the food we’ll have the possibility to buy extra in the minimarket in the surroundings. Please it is strongly recommended that if you have any particular needing about food (allergies, vegetarianism,..) you inform us before coming in order to manage it before.
IMPORTANT: on the first floor, in the activity room, it is prohibited to go with your shoes on! During all the activities, please either bring a pair of slippers with soft soles (see photo) or wear warm socks! Given that the view from Casa la Lodola is amazing , you might want to enjoy the sunset on the porch so we would advise you to bring your own sleeping bag to keep you warm outside. The accommodation provides blankets and sheets, but they shouldn’t be used outside.