Third meeting in Spain

Project days in

La Pobla de Segur, Spain

11.-15.11.2019

Finally in La Pobla :D

After a long flight and bus ride Finnish, Latvian and Turkish team arrived in La Pobla de Segur after midnight. The hostfamilies welcommed us warmly and we got some sleep before school day on Monday.

Monday 11.11.2019

We woke up at 8 o’clock. I was pretty tired, because we had arrived late Sunday night.

After the breakfast we walked to the school and first we had a welcome party.

Then we had some lessons with our hosts.

Klaara Korhonen, Finnish team.

All the countries intrduced themselves and gave a little prensentation about their schools. Here Finnish team has the turn.

Spanish team had made an information poster on each mobility.

Latvian team gives their presentation.

Their school has recently been united to another school and now the amount of students have increased radically!

Turkish team told about their special multicultural city Hatay where origins have lived in peace and humanity more than thousand years.

Spanish hosts also introduced themselves and explaned the specialites of their school:

Cycles of Sports: Mountain Sports, Winter Sports, Speleology, Canoeing and Life-Saving !

Here Nicolau Galdeano, Inspector of Education explanes the educational system in Catalonia.

In the afternoon...

The visitors were shown around the schoolbuilding and they had a lesson with their hosts.

Teachers had a project meeting...

Spanish team had printed our project logo on some mugs and all teachers got one as a suprise present!

Then we visited the Town Hall building...

The second city conselor is giving a speach and telling about the history and architecture of the town hall.

...and an old oil mill.

Groop foto time :D

We also had a tour in the city center and enjoyed the shinig sun!

Nice view to the mountains!

Latvian team.

The Finns together.

On Monday we went to school and made presentation about our school. After that we had visual arts class where we drew 3D-house. Then we went to the townhall of La Pobla. Local people told us about history of La Pobla. After school we went to spend time and play football.

Tuomo Koljonen, Finnish team

We woke up at 7:45. We ate breakfast and then went to school. In school we had some lessons and then we visited the town hall building and an old oil mill. In the evening we went to the city center with the other students and sat on a bench and watched the scenery.

Venny Ervasti, Finnish team.

We woke up at 8:00 and ate milk and cereals at morning. Then Paula’s mom drove us to school. At school we had a welcome party where we got to introduce ourselves. We went to meet local major, but he was in Barcelona so we didn’t see him. We went to see an old oil mill. After school we went home to eat and then we went outside with people from erasmus-project.

Milja Torkki, Finnish team

I woke up at 7.30 and ate cereal for breakfast. My host's grandmother rode us to school, and we started with welcome party. After that, we just walked around the school and had bread for snack. Then we went to this old olive oil mill and town hall building. In the evening all of us went to some grocery stores and just hanged around the city. It was a fun day, but i was really tired.

Hilma Hursti, Finnish team.

Tuesday 12.10.2019

Students working on the Portfolio.

A guided tour in La Salas de Pallars

In La Salas students learned about former professions as a part of our Portfolio work.

We had a portfolio in the morning, right when we arrived to school. After that we went to a little town called Salas de Pallars. It was really beautiful and one of my favorite activities so far. We learned about old shops and old ways of life.

Venny, Finnish team

We went by bus to Salàs de Pallars. We saw a old farmacy, grocery store, barber and cafe. The place was very nice and the scenery was beautiful.

Klaara Korhonen, Finnish team

Barber´s

Tuesday - I had the same morning routine as i had in Monday. In school the teachers gave us papers to fill up later, because we would go to old traditional shops, like tobacco shop and cafe. The town was called Salás de pallars and the town was very beautiful. Also the old shops were beautiful and really interesting. I learned some new facts like that adults gave alcohol to kids to give them energy, and that they used cigarettes to cure asthma.

Hilma Hursti, Finnish team

Grocery store

Students had some tasks to do for filling the last part of the Portfolio.

There was some time for relaxing in the bar.

The day warmed up a bit so we enjoyed some leasure time on the school yard at lunch time.

After school we ate lunch and went to a football court to play fotball and hang around. It was really cold in the evening but we had fun. After that we went home, ate dinner and went to sleep.

Venny, Finnish team

In the evening we went to football field with other students and played football. It was very nice. Then we went home and we ate hamburgers whcih was very yummy.

Eerika Hudanpää, Finnish team

Tuesday: We went to Salas de pallars and visited some old shops in there. We also answered to some questions about the shops. Then we went back to the school and talked about the questions together. Then we had history class. After school we went home and ate pumpkin soup. Then we went to football field to play football and play football. When we got home, we made pizza and ate it. After that we went to sleep because we had to wake up early on wednesday.

Milja, Finnish team

After school we went to eat to my host's grandmother and after that to extra English class. Then we went to play football.

Tuomo, Finnish team

In the evening all of us went to play soccer and it was so much fun. I ate some weird but really good soup and chicken that night.

Hilma, Finnish team

Wednesday 13.11.2019 - Visiting Barcelona!

On Wednesday we left to Barcelona early in the morning. First we had a tourist tour in the museum and football stadium of FC Barcelona.

Wednesday - I woke up at 6.00am and had the same breakfast as always. We went to school and as soon as the bell rang, all of us went to bus to Barcelona. The bus trip lasted little over 3 hours and it was fun. In Barcelona it was so pretty. First we went to Camp Nou museum. The museum was really interesting and i learned some new things about F C Barcelona, even tho we got lost there with my friends.

Hilma. Finnish team

The happy owner of a fan scarf!

It warms up nicely even if Barca doesn´t always win ;)

The autumn warm and beauty of Barcelona harbour and

Maritime Museum for learning about the former life and jobs as a part of our Portfolio working.

After the Camp Nou museum we went to eat and then to shopping centre. I bought some new clothes and had fun with my friends. Then we went to some kind of ship museum. It was interesting, even tho i didn't really listen because i was tired. After a long day, we went back to the bus and had again the 3 hours long bus trip. In the bus i drew something and listened music with my best friend. When we were back in our city, i went to bar with my host family. I met my host parent's friends and had so much fun. After that we went to home and had chicken with cheese to dinner. That was a long, but really fun day.

Hilma, Finnish team

The Museu Marítim (Maritime Museum) is certainly one of the most interesting sights in Barcelona. In line with the theme, the museum is housed in the former shipyards of Drassane. The museum is located on the southern edge of the old town and at the end of the Rambla, and has an extensive collection of ships and boats and a large exhibition on the construction of medieval sailing ships.

Wednesday: We had to wake up so early because we went to Barcelona. In Barcelona we visited Camp Nou and the Royal Shipyard Museum. We also went shopping and ate in McDonalds. Then we left Barcelona behind and drove back to La Pobla de Segur. We went to home and ate fajitas. Then I went to sleep, because I was so tired.

Milja, Finnish team

Thursday 14.11.2019 - up to the Pyrenese!

The weather conditions didn´t allow us to drive up to the mountines but we visited a small town called Sallente and we were told about the valley area and national park.

There was warm and beautiful in the chappel of Salante.

Thursday

On Thursday we traveled to Sallente. There we were told about valley and national park. After that we built a snowman. Then we traveled to Capdella. In Capdella we had a huge snow war. Then we went to hydroelectricity museum. Then we came back to La Pobla. On evening we had dinner in restaurant.

Tuomo, Finnish team

Latvian team

Turkish team

Playing with snow is always as much fun!!

On Thursday we went to Sallente. There we heard about what you can do in the village and we played in the snow. Then we went to the museum of hydroelectricity. On the way back we saw cows on the road. In the evening we went to a restaurant with the other project students.

Klaara

We were told how to survive on the mountines after having a refreshing time outside and gotten a bit wet..

Thursday - I was told to put on some warm clothes, because we would go to the pyrenees. I went to school with my host, and she had to go to class and i went to bus. We had like 40 minutes bus trip to the pyrenees, but then we found out that we couldn't go there because there was so much snow that the snowplow couldn't pick all of it. We still had so much fun. We had epic snow fight, visited church and some electric museum. When we went back to Pobla de Segur, there was cows on the road and it was funny. In the evening of that day, all of us went to dinner. We ate good food, talked a lot and had fun. After that i went to home and fell asleep really quickly. That was propably the funniest day here.

Hilma

Friday 10.11.2019

We had a guided tour at the local Raftmen museum where we learned about old professions as a part of our project.

Friday - we woke up, ate breakfast and all that stuff. Again the school started at 8.45, and now we started inside of the school. We had spanish class and after that we went to raiers museum. I didn't really care about it, but i guess it was pretty cool. After that we went back to the school and had our lunch. Me and my friends also went to the grocery store. In school we had to write this diary. Next class will be the farewell party. After school we will go to some shops to buy the last gifts. Today i will also give my presents from Finland to my host family. I like my host family a lot. They are funny and really sweet towards me. Tomorrow we will have to wake up at 4.00 am or 4.30 am. Im kind of sad that i have leave this place, but also im little homesick. Im so grateful that i had the chance to come here. - Hilma

Group foto time!

After visiting the museum it was time for some feedback and writing diaris.

On Friday we went to Raftmen museum. Then we made a diary to paper. Then we had Spanish lesson. After the lesson we went outside to play some games. After school we watched the football match of Finland. After the match we went to eat in restaurant.

Tuomo