Fourth Erasmus + project meeting in Valencia, Spain
In the week of May 15 to 21, the Erasmus students came
here, to Spain. Like their countries, Latvians, Croats and Germans came. And
now, my partner Iker Quiñonero Contelles and me, Antonio Cantos Prieto are
going to tell you what activities we did to help the planet in the project Schools
for Future.
On Monday, as soon as they arrived at 9 in the morning,
in the chapel we welcomed them, the director and the study's king did a
explication for the things that we went at do in Spain, and other classmates
did us one text for welcome and explain us the things that we went at do. and
we introduced them to how the week was going to be and what we were going to do
throughout it. After this, we divided into different groups and we gave them a
tour of the school starting in the porteria and ending in the laboratory. We
pass for the eater, laboratory, chaptle, our patio, the small kids patio, the
infantile class, the primary class, the secondary class, the gallinero, and the
terrace.
There we had lunch and then we started with the projects. There were three projects that were to paint on the cloth bags that gave us one of the objectives of sustainable development, to make recycled paper, we did it for the next day, draw in the paper, and a ball of earth to throw them away so that plants could grow, we did this with different products for throw it in the neighborhood the next day, we did like 300 balls. And so Monday ended, then we had free time all afternoon.
On Tuesday, we also arrived at school at 9, and we went
around the neighborhood, specifically to the vacant lots in the neighborhood to
launch the earth balls that we made the day before with a slingshot, possibly
plants are growing right now, we finished the box with the 300 balls. We did
this activity with the teaches Xuano and Carmen Prieto, that was a so good
activity.
After being in 3 or 4 different vacant lots and finishing
the dirt balls, we went back to class, where after lunch, we started with the
projects, which were also 3: the first was about how it was recycled in each
country that participated in the project, we did this project for that the
people to the other countries knew how recycle on the other countries. in which
a game was also made, the second project was about painting the recycled paper
made the day before, and the last project was about how to have a healthy diet for know what things we eat on the countries. At 1:15
p.m. we finished, we went home to eat and at 3:15 p.m. we finished the projects
again. And so it ended on Tuesday. Later, all of us we went to play Bolling and
the recreative, and lunch in the burger King that was a so good day for us,
tomorrow more.
On Wednesday
we all went to school in the morning and from there we walked to the center of
Valencia. When we arrived we started showing them the Serranos Towers, we
climbed to the highest of them, in Fallas the Cridá is celebrated in these
towers which is when the major falleras give a speech and give the beginning to
the fallas, in addition these towers were one of the entrances of the old
Valencia and was accompanied by a great wall that defended the city from enemy
attacks. And they let us take pictures and then we went through places to see how
for example the central market, in which we entered and saw how it is inside,
we also entered the City Hall and went up to the balcony, there, is where in
the fallas the major falleras give the beginning to the mascletá, all the
falleros, and guests, you can go to see
the mascletá. In addition to entering the main hall of the City Hall and more
rooms.
ln Thursday morning we were picked up by a bus and taken to
the Albufera. The formation of the Albufera took place 1.8 million years ago as
a result of the closure of the gulf or bay of the Valencian coast by a coastal
cord. The definitive separation between the Albufera and the sea occurred
during Roman times. When we arrived we were divided into two groups and each
group with a monitor. The first thing they did was tell us a little about the
history of the Albufera taking a walk through a town visiting monuments of the
origins of the Albufera such as the barracks that were old buildings where
those who stayed in the town lived and were dedicated to fishing or hunting.
When the small tour ended we got on boats and took a walk along the river until
we reached a workshop that had prepared us to make paellas, it was a contest
where we did not have a great time, and after the vote we ate them. When the
workshop was over, the bus picked us up and took us to the forest and from
there they took us on a tour of the mountain, and also of the beach.
In the afternoon, we went for a walk around the neighborhood
and there, we were able to fix some differences that we had during the week,
but once everything was fixed, we enjoyed this experience again.
On Friday a
bus picked us up and with it we went to Sagunto. In Sagunto, we divided into
two groups, and with those two groups, they explained everything about the city
to us. We started with a tour of the city where a monitor was telling us about
different monuments and about the history of Sagunto, they were very
interesting data since he was talking about thousands of years ago and
explained to us the reason for the current situation of the city. Later we
visited a museum where the monitor that accompanied us stopped us by different
relics that had been found and preserved from the beginning of the city until
now, for example they showed us the cradle with the bones of a child who died.
In addition, we were able to visit the Colosseum, it was refurbished since it
had been there for many years, and not long ago, our roommates performed a play
for us. Finally we visited the castle, we climbed to the top of the castle
where we saw incredible views of the city, as well as ruins that remained for
many years. It was an incredible experience that made us learn a lot about the
city of Sagunto.
In the
afternoon, we all went downtown together, so they could see a little more of
the city and buy souvenirs for their families. At night, we all went to dinner
together where we had an incredible time and were able to say goodbye to this
incredible and unforgettable week for our lives.
