Minutes of the all our Transnational meetings, made by Perfecto Villanueva Guimerans

Grundtvig Project 2009-2011

Impressions of theSpanish Team

1st Meeting took place at: Nicosia (CYPRUS)

November 30th to December 4th, 2009.

CHIPRE

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

Teachers who participated:Virginia, Joaquin and Perfecto

After long hours of journey, we finally got to Larnaka, where we had the feeling of being..

at home…

We were even amazed by the sight of a facility which looked like ours…

Once in Nicosia, we had the pleasure to meet the rest of partners and the Coordinator Mr

Kostas.

Virginia introduced our school and our city to the participants.

We went to Mount Troodos with Anthimos and Tony, and we enjoyed the trip.

We received a lecture about the history of Cyprus from ….a Monk¡¡¡ at Kikos Monastery.

This would be stunning in Spain.

We were shocked to see the border which divides the city into two right in the middle of

the town. We hope from the bottom of our hearts that this problem will be solved

successfully in the near Future.

Fortunately, they have an exceptional Archeological

Museum, which we liked so much…

We couldn’t leave Cyprus without visiting

And Pafos Archaeological sites, with its magnificent ruins.

On the way back home, we stopped in Athens, and of course, we visited the

Parthenon.

2nd Meeting took place at:  Thessaloniki, (GREECE) February 3rd to February 7th,  2009. 

TESALÓNICA

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

Teachers who participated:Carmen (Headmaster) Paquita, and the

students Elvira and Barbara

The air sight of the Gulf of Thessalonica seemed wonderful to us.

As soon as they arrived, our students decided not to waste a minute...

A music band entertained us with Greek songs.

We had the chance to discover the beauty of an ancient town.

There was also time for work!

,,,and Paquita talked about irregular immigration in Spain.

We visited the Tombo of Fillipos and the old city of Veria.

Alexander the Great said goodbye to us, and we left promising to come back some day.

3rd meeting took place at: Bucharest (ROMANIA)

April 14th to April 18th, 2010.

BUCAREST

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

Teachers who participated:Jose Maria and Perfecto, and the students

Israel, Beatriz, Iliana and Andrea

The students presented an oral report about mass Media and Immigration in Spain

Israel presented the introduction.

Iliana went on.

And Beatriz finished the report.

As we walked across Bucharest, we found out that the town is in love with music. Might

Sergiu Celibidache be hidden behind his cello…?

We travelled back to the Middle Ages.

Impossible to eat all this!!!

Some very delightful music accompanied us while we were having dinner.

We also went to Carpathian Mountains, and Campaign manufacturing at Rhein Azuga…

… where lunch was excellent!

We were in a Peles Castle, which wasn’t Dracula’s Castle but anyway, it was so beautiful…

We also went to visit Parliament Palace

So big and amazing

We took a photo of the group.

The trip back home was put off because of the ashes of the vulcano in Iceland. We had some health problems, but fortunately the

Romanian Team, with Simona, was there to help us. We want to thank her in public for

her help!!

4th Meeting took place at: Naples (ITALY)

12th to 18th October, 2010.

NÁPOLES

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

Teachers who participated:Perfecto, Curra and Virginia

We were seduced by the magnificency of the city.

The welcome dinner was exceptional!.

The working session was quite pleasant.

We don’t know yet why Dionisio was so much in a hurry…

The School Events at CTP “BORDIGA” were very interesting.

There was a big audience!

The young students played under the symbols of peace…

… although watched over by the Police.

We visited the impressing Lyric theatre “San Carlo”

Where we enjoyed some marvellous sights…

We took a photo of the group.

On the way back home, we also visited Rome and we saw the Vatican from the

distance...

…Fontana di Trevi

And of course “the Colliseum”

¡¡OH…La bella Italia…the most beautiful country around the world!!

5 th Meeting took place at: Cadiz,(SPAIN) 16th‐20th February, 2011. 

CÁDIZ

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

When we received the different partners in Cadiz in spite of being situated in the South of Spain, ¡We were surprised by the rain!

During the welcome dinner, some students gave a show of “Flamenco”

The teachers Eloisa and Natalia presented the interviews they had prepared with

immigrants at Prison “Puerto 3”

We visited the Old city”

We went to the Town Hall. Luckily the Mayoress wasn’t there,

so there was a brief meeting…

… but we were to see and visit her office…

…we could check that Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz had been there too..

In Seville we visited Los Reales Alcazares

La Plaza de España and the Barrio de Santa Cruz

Finally, we went to the famous vine cellar called “OSBORNE”, the main Sherry wine

producers in the world.¡Incredible but nobody was drunk!

6th Meeting took place at  Bydgoszcz (POLAND) 4th – 8th May 2011

BYDGOSZCZ

Cádiz

MadridAtenas

Chipre

Bucarest

Nápoles

Bydgoszcz

Tesalónica

Tallinn

Frankfurt

Varsovia

Teachers who participated: Perfecto, Paquita, Carmen y Joaquin, but many others have

liked to take part too…

We arrived in Warsaw

¡It was May and it was…SNOWING!

We took a train…

.. And we got to Bidgoszcz, we didn’t expect to find so much beauty…

We also went to Torun..

..to know the land of Copernicus

Paquita threw a coin to be able to return as soon as possible.

Our visit to amazing Ciechocinek

We were offered a wonderful dinner at KP CEN Bydgoszcz

We attended a great Gypsy Dance Exhibition by young students..

And Reception at City Council by Local authorities, Elzbieta and the Poland team

worked hard

We took a photo of the group

We said goodbye with the image of the difficult balance between tradition and

modernity.

Right now:7th Meeting, taking place at

Tallinn (Estonia) 8th -12th June 2011

Cádiz

Madrid

TallinnHelsinki

Bydgoszcz

Bucarest

NápolesTesalónica

Chipre

We have been delighted to meet such wonderful partners

during this project.

Let’s hope to keep this friendship for the future.

Thanks very muchHasta siempre

MUCHAS GRACIASSpanish Team