Visit to Munich- October 2012

The Comenius team visited Munich from 15th October to 20th October 2012 to take part in the meeting at the "Bayerische Landeschule for Körper Behinderte" (host school).

15th October

On our first day in Munich we met  all the partners in the project at the school, where we had a tipycal German breakfast, including the popular “Weißwurst". Next we did a tour of the school, whose premises were really impressive. Later we had a working meeting where all the teams introduced the materials they had produced on the topic "changing lifestyles".

16th October

The day started with a bus trip to the hidroelectric plant in Walchensee (the Alps), where we visited an exhibition that informed us about the building of the plant 100 years ago and its later modernisation. After that, we visited the different parts of the plant and learnt about its functioning.

In the afternoon we travelled to Hohenschwangau where we had a picnic and then visited the beautiful Neuschwanstein Castle.

                                                                                17th October

On Wednesday morning we took part in a guided tour of the city center: Marienplatz, Peterskirche, Viktualienmarkt... Later on we had a tipycal lunch in a Bavarian Restaurant. After lunch we walked through the beautiful English Gardens, visited the Olympic Park, climbed the Olympic Tower and finally visited the BMW world, a modern exhibition about the history of BMW cars and their newest prototypes.

18th  October

On 18th October we returned to the Alps and we rode on the Wendelstain Rack Railway that goes up 1,217 metres and was built in 1912. Once we were up the mountains we enjoyed beautiful views of the German and Austrian Alps thanks to the splendid weather.

Later we travelled to Prien where we had lunch and went on a boat trip to the island of Chiemsee where we visited the palace of the same name.

19th October

On our last the Spanish group travelled to Salzburg where we did a walking tour and enjoyed the beauty of this Austrian city.

Meeting in Tortoli

The second meeting of the participants in our Project took place in Tortolí, Sardinia, from 19^th to 25^th May.

The students that took part in the project were Paula Barona, Lourdes Carranza, Marta Castro, Lourdes de la Torre, Carmen María Gómez y Blanca Hidalgo. The teachers who represented the school were Ana del Moral, Manuel Gómez Lama and Carmen Luque.

19^th May

We flew to Tortoli on 19^th May via Rome. We met the French team of students and teachers from Lycée Astier at Cagliari airport and we travelled to Tortolí by bus together. When we arrived in Tortolí the students were picked up by the host families.

20^th May

On 20^th May, we travelled to Sassari to watch a beautiful folklore festival called  the “Cavalcata Sarda” that unfortunately was called off because of heavy rain. We visited the centre of Sassari and the Sanna National Museum. Afterwards we travelled to Mara and celebrated a typical festival (similar to our “romerías”) with the local people. We were warmly received and were treated to a local  pasta dish and  lovely home-cooked lamb.

21^st May

On Monday we spent the morning and early afternoon at the school, Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore ITI. At the shool we worked on our project and each team introduced the materials they had produced about “healthy diet”.

22^nd May

After meeting at school we visited the archeological site S’Ortali ‘e Su Monte where we visited a nuraghe, a megalithic building characteristic of Sardinia. Later on we had lunch at the beautiful Orri beach.

23^rd May

On Wednesday we went on a cycling tour of Tortoli starting at the school. The first stop was at the Porto Frailis beach, we went on to Arbatax Harbour where we saw the beautiful Rocce Rosse (red rock) and finally we visited the Peschiera in the Pond of Tortoli. It was a great day in nature!

24^th May

On our last day in Tortoli we went on a boat trip along the coast where we enjoyed the beautiful coast of Ogliastra with magnificent views and we stopped off at some beautiful coves like the ones at Mariolu and Goloritzé. At these coves  we were able to swim in crystal clear waters. Students and teachers had a nice meal together on the boat.

In the evening we had a festival at the school where our Italian hosts had prepared some delicious food and some great musical performances. The French students performed an amusing show with music and humour, Polish students sang some songs, German students wore typical costumes and told us about their country and Spanish students danced some Sevillanas that they had learnt for the occasion.

Later that night we had to say goodbye to all our friends to leave for Cagliari where we caught the plane back to Spain on 25th.