“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” ( On arrival training - Orahovica, Croatia)

It was a pleaser for me to participate for 5 days to "On arrival Training" held in Orahovica, a beautiful village in Croatia were we meet  40 participants from 17 countries.

Arriving there we had the lunch and coffee, we gathered together in a big room where we meet the trainers and all the group.

We had a lot, a lot of beautiful activities: introduction and getting to know each other names, activities to learn more about project management, teamwork,  from idea to project, project planning, project implementation, reflections on the project experiences, challenges & communication, personal learning, culture - prejudices & stereotypes, evaluation, strategies of negotiations.

We worked in groups and individual but every activity ended with a evaluation and brainstorming, the activities were really good combined, perfect for understanding the meaning of every each activity. 

For me it was really inspiring  to have all the activities that I am interested for and to meet a great group of people from different countries and to make brainstorming... which was amazing! :)

But we didn’t forget to take some rest and have some fun :) we had also Croatian Traditional Dinner,  Party and Pool :)

Something to complain ? :) 

            So I was starting to think that we are more then lucky. We live in a big house,  in the center of Zagreb, with our own rooms, the team in the organization is one of the best and all the activities are what I ever wanted and the conditions for living... nothing to complain. 

And yes we often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude and we see that we are really lucky when you start to open the eyes and look around you. However, I remember that no matter  how bad some situations may seem, there are tens of thousands of things to be grateful for in life. 

Greetings and bubbles from Zagreb, 

Carmen