We left our school early
the rainy wednesday morning January 15th. We left
by bus from Santander airport to Bilbao, the three
teachers (Eliseo Rabadán, Francisco J. Alonso
Del Val and Azucena Santiago Echeverría)
responsible, with four students (Jorge Garcia, Bruno
Carral, Jesus Bedoya and Carla Alonso) of our institute.
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Spanish Comenius team. |
We Arrived to Costa da Caparica, near Lisbon, where
teachers of the international groups stayed.
The families who hosted our four students (baccalaureate
1) took them to their homes, where they shared various
experiences, as for example they watched a match
of Benfica football team, their first night’s
stay.
The second day at the Colegio Guadalupe (our host
partner), we presented the student in the Portuguese
school on the project: relationships and connections
between the local / global in the heart of sustainable
development and ecology. It was chosen by vote the
common logo for our project.
We also visited Cabo de Roca where it is located
the westernmost point of Europe, and we had a guided
tour in English, in the Palacio da Pena, near the
town of Sintra, in which students and teachers shared
a meal in a hotel that used to visit the famous
writer Eça de Queiroz.
One of the educational experiences directly linked
to the contents of our own project, with interesting
explanations guides by two specialists in sustainable
development and organic crops, was the visit to
Organic Farm in school.
We also visited the operation and history of organic
wine company in Quinta do Sanguinhal Pombarral.
A huge academic experience fertility for the group
of teachers from the seven partner countries of
the project: Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, France (Reunion
Island), Holland, Denmark and Turkey. The explanations
of our guide were truly admirable. There was also
coexistence of teachers sharing the famous Portuguese
fado music.
We had meetings to organize the next meeting in
Slovenia will be the month of May.
As a farewell, students and teachers had a dinner
party, including music and dance for young students.
On Sunday, we flought back to Bilbao and from their
home in Santander by bus. At home, each family gathered
students and the student who had certainly lived
an unforgettable experience.
We still have much work to do, the project will
continue throughout this year and next. It is worth
because we are learning and preparing all tools
to enhance our abilities to adapt to the changes
that the process of globalization brings us all
from our local societies.
