Aims Avila_Claudia si Iulia

Iulia Cisu

and

Claudia Stanciu

Sunday

The plane journey went well and we landed inMadrid at almost 2 in the afternoon, then wetravelled by train to Avila. Our Spanish partnerswere waiting for us in the train station. They werenice and welcoming. They introduced us to theirfamilies and we got along very well. At six, we allwent out to see some important places in Avila. Wetook loads of photos, visited some touristattractions and had a lot of fun.

Monday We got to school at about nine and started our first activity of the

project: meeting all the groups from the foreign countries thatwere attending the meeting. At half past eleven we had the coffeebreak and after that we went out in the school garden to playfootball, handball, volley or basketball. We talked to the kidsfrom other groups and they showed us specific dances from thecountries they belong and lots of games. After the break we hadthe Technology class and the teacher showed us how to do agoniometer (device for measuring angles) and to use it. When wefinished we went to "La Posada" (a Spanish specific restaurant)were we had a different menu. After lunch we had the treasurehunt with mathematical steps. We visited six touristic attractionsand also found triangles. We measured a fountain and find itsdepth. We counted how many triangles there were on a column.Even though it rained, it was a day to remember, each one of usfeeling amazing.

Tuesday We started the classes in the festivities hall wereteacher Valentina spoke about the mathematical balletand some moves we could make. The next activity wasin the library, were we made various things withfractals. For the third activity we went to thePolytehnic University of Avila were we measured thealtitude differences. In the evening we went for a walkin the city and our partners bought us churros and hotchocolate. We also visited a museum with sculpturesand we saw a miner uniform and a piece of art madeby an anonymous person who used small images to geta big one. It was a pleasant evening.

Wednesday It was my favourite day because we spent it in Madrid. We woke up early in the morning and we went to the college, the

departure point of the coach to Madrid. It didn't take us too long to get there. Once we got in the city, the first thing that we visited was the

Mathematic Institute. There, we were presented different things aboutMaths: how we can use it in our everyday lives, then about the Theoryof Chaos. To demonstrate the theory, our presenter made anexperiment using a double pendulum, which, at a high oscillationspeed, gains a chaotic movement.

After the visit at the Institute, the coach took us to the city centre. Wegot off and walked along the large avenues of Madrid, in search of ourtour guide. To have a better understanding of the history of themonuments around the city, we did a little role-play with some of thecharacters involved in local histories. At the end of the day, we travelledback to our hosts in Avila.

Thursday Because Wednesday was a pretty exhausting day, whenwe got to the college the next day, we practiced our"Maths Ballet", giving us enough time to work on thetiny details regarding our performance.The showstarted with the children lying on the floor to form“E=mc2 " seen from above. Then, each team had toperform it's dance.

It was our last day in Avila, so we strolled in the citywith our hosts for the last time. When we got home,we prepared our luggages for our departure.

Friday Like everyday, we got up at 8 am and we went to thecollege. There, we had some "Goodbye" activities: wetook some pictures with our hosts or with otherchildren and we wrote some "Goodbye" messages on aspecially dedicated wall. Then we headed for the trainstation. Our train journey took us about one and a halfhours and when we arrived in Madrid, we left ourluggage there and we went to the city centre. We had aimpressing ride on the "Madrid City Tour"doubledecker bus for about two hours, then we got tothe airport. We arrived in Bucharest at 2 am .

Thank you!