I
first became involved in the Comenius when the Bulgaria, Spanish and Norwegian
schools visited our school in Ireland last October. I helped to host them and I
enjoyed the experience of meeting new people and learning about their different
ways of life so much that I began working on the project. I am studying Spanish
in school so I was excited that I would have an opportunity to go to Catalonia
and see how people live there.
We
set off for Spain on the 13 march. On our arrival in Barcelona we went straight
to our hostel where we spent the night.
On
Thursday we went to the Barcelona Zoo had dinner in Barcelona visited the Picasso
museum a very enjoyable day. When we first met our friends in Spain we were a
little shy but when we had spent sometime with them we soon began to form a
friendship with these people which will last a lifetime. On Thursday night we
got to our Spanish friends house where we stay for the rest of our trip. We
learnt about how our friends in Spain
lived we saw the area they lived and had the chance to experience there
language .
On
our first day with or friends from Spain Bulgaria and Norway we began early our
first stop was the town hall we had a guided tour of the town hall where we saw
a lot of art work and the wonderful architecture f the building also the
history behind it. After this we walked to the Sagrada Familia a cathedral designed and worked on by
a famous architect named Gaudi , we learned that the work on this amazing
cathedral began back in the 1800s and is still being worked on today and work is
expected to continue until around 2026. After our tour of the cathedral we had
our lunch in Barcelona and later on that evening
we paid a visit to the old town of Barcelona
were a Spanish teacher gave us a guided tour and a little history on the area.
We then separated from teachers and spent the night with all our new friends.
Saturday
we went on trip to the monastery sat on top of a mountain named Monzerat. We
had a tour and learnt history of the area and also had a tour of the museum
which had paintings from lots of famous artists such as Picasso in it. During
our break we climbed to peak of the mountain over 1000 steps an amazing
experience to share with our friends. It was great fun.That night we had dinner
with our friends and spent the evening together.
On Sunday we had a free day to spend with
friends we all met together at the beach and spent most of the day there
playing sport and a little swimming, enjoying the heat. Here’s a photo to prove we were there!
After the beach we went home for our dinner
and later met together that evening and went bowling for the night altogether a
very good day spent with friends.
Monday
we visited our Spanish friends school a very big school where we got to sit in
a class with our Spanish friend and also have a class learning Catalan. Later
we gave our presentations in the library and received or cert for Comenius.
That evening we had some free time for food and shopping in Barcelona city. We then spent our final night
laughing and having fun with our friends.
Tuesday
we were up early we made the journey to the airport and said a very sad goodbye
to our friends who we will always miss.
Altogether
the journey was an amazing experience we learnt so much from all our friends in
Bulgaria, Norway and especially in Spain
, We had the opportunity to stay with there families who made us so welcome and
looked after us so well through our stay. I had never been away on my own
before so I was a little nervous at first.
It’s a journey I will never forget and I have made friends I will never
forget. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and learnt so much and met so
many people.
I thank everyone who took part in the project
for making it such an amazing experience.
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