Category Archive: CEOI 2014

Jun 23

Rafting and rating

SO there was the last and the most important day of the CEOI 2014 in Jena. We started with a rafting tour on the river Saale. At first it was pretty cold. So it wasn’t too much fun of getting each other wet. But then we stopped for a break. Had some very bad grilled bratwurst. …

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Jun 22

Competition and freetime

Today there was the second competition day. And we followed again the ranking. It was interesting to see that the last task was difficult for everyone. But I liked a phrase in the cake task: Leopold likes to eat cakes and Molly to watch Leopold eating cake. After 5 hours of programming for you and 5 …

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Jun 22

Weimar

So yesterday was a very full day. We visited the cultural centre of Thuringia: Weimar. At first we had a guided tour. They told us about the greatest poets of Germany: Goethe and Schiller. Both weren’t born in Weimar but lived there until their death. They were supported by the ruler who was fond of …

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Jun 22

Live Ranking

You can find the live ranking of the competition here: https://contest.ioi-training.de/ranking/

Jun 20

First competition and a new tradition

So you all started the competition. We, the guides, had to sit and wait, but a lot of us followed the results on the ranking site. It was really exciting to watch it. Afterwards we had some lunch in the mensa. Hope you liked it and didn´t starve. Then, the groups had some  leisure time …

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Jun 19

Thursday – Practice, the city and the hosts

So today had a pretty stuffed schedule. We or better you started with the practice competition. I´ve heard that the tasks were challenging. So let’s hope that those of tomorrow will be interesting, too.  I think the food was eatable and even enjoyable what you can´t say about every cafeteria food. For example like the meals …

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Jun 19

Jena

Thuringia I would compare more to the province XD. But of course there are some modern and advanced cities. For example Jena… It is a capital of science and education. The university counts about 25 thousands students as a big one. There are a lot of different study fields. If the internet doesn’t lie there …

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Jun 19

Thuringia

Germany is divided in 16 states. Thuringia is one of them. It is the 6th smallest state. And there are more than 2 million people living here. The capital is Erfurt. Thuringia is also called the Green Heart of Germany. Well “Heart” because it’s located in the middle of Germany and “Green” cause it’s close …

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Jun 19

Germany

So now I’d like to present you the place where you landed… it’s Germany. I don’t know for what Germany is famous for in the world. There are some dark moments of the history which everybody knows about. But I will talk about those early enough. Before China came up Germany was the Export master. …

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Jun 19

Welcome to the CEOI 2014!

Hello and welcome to the CEOI 2014! For the start: We hope you all had a pleasant journey to Jena. We (especially the guides) are happy to welcome you here. Wish all of you an interesting and challenging competition. So this should become a blog-journal. Let’s hope it will. We will recap the days’ events …

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