For me it started very early, because the bus from Riga to Tartu left 8:40 in the morning. There I met first participants from other countries - two guys from Turkey. After arriving in Tartu we very soon found out our first common thing - we all don't like cold weather.
We had to meet other participants in Tartu Bus station at 6PM. We arrived early, and started to look around, trying to guess who of the other people waiting there are from the courses, and wondering where the organizing people with sign will be. Short time later they arrived, and we formed a group in middle of the bus station, developing a small local traffic jam. Everybody arrived on time, and after short introductions we put our bags in the bus and were on the dark, cold Estonian roads driving towards our home for the next 9 days.
Not far from our destination we had to meet and rescue one of participants, who was going to arrive by car, but got lost in the deep, snowy Estonian forest and finally was stuck in a snowpile next to a road. This was our first, very short, yet successful teamwork exercise, when some of guys pushed the car out of the snow.
And then we finally arrived, and could get into a house, find our rooms, and get a proper dinner. The house is amazingly nice, and even more important - very warm! We had a very nice dinner, and after that a long evening socializing and trying to get to know other participants.
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