From the 29th of April until the 3rd of May we were happy to host the third visit of our Comenius project “Ways to a greener and healthier Europe”. When we knew that May was the chosen month to celebrate the meeting we all were very happy because, usually, in Mallorca we have fantastic weather around this month and the activities our teachers had prepared and planned implied a lot of outdoors life. However, the previous weekend was very cloud and rainy and we all worried because we thought that we couldn’t do anything with our European friends. As if it was a miracle, the sun appeared when the first countries started to arrive.
We were very excited to see everyone and from the very first night we started to do things with our friends. On Monday night most of us and our hosts went out to eat a kebab in one of the local restaurants. We had fun because there were a lot of new people who we wanted to meet. However, we soon went to bed because our European friends were very tired after their trips.
The following day we all went to the school because we had to do the presentations which were about “Art out of waste” which was the topic chosen for the meeting in Artà. Before the presentations we saw two videos which were about the village of Artà so that everyone could have a better understanding of the place they were. After the videos and the presentations we went to the playground where we had breakfast and, that, we played a gymkhana that our teachers had prepared for us. We had to pass different tests around the village ad take a photo of the places we went so that we could show we were not cheating. It was so much fun but, at the same time, it was extremely hot!!
On the following day we went hiking because it was the 1st of May and on this day it is tradition to climb up a mountain and reach the Hermitage of Artà. We did it and at the top, as tradition says, we all ate a paella. It was fun and the views all along the way were magnificent. On the way back we stopped at a beach where some of us were brave enough to swim. It was fantastic! There, our parents were waiting for us to pick us up and take us to Artà. Once we were back we went for a walk with our friends and spent the rest of the day with them.
Thursday was the day chosen to visit Palma, the capital of Mallorca. There we went to the most important places such as the old part and the cathedral and we also had time to go shopping. We were free to choose the place where we had to have lunch and so we did. Some preferred more commercial things like McDonald’s and others went to more traditional restaurants to taste Mallorcan food. Around 17’00 a bus was waiting for us and we came back to Artà because at night we had the farewell party!
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Around 9 we all met in a restaurant in Artà where we had dinner and celebrated the party. It was fun because after the dinner there was music, dance and even some teachers and students were brave to sing. It was an incredible night but it was a bit sad as well because we started to say goodbye there.
Finally, as usual, the hardest part was saying goodbye. Some of us cried while waving at our friends when they were in the bus. It was the clasp of a perfect week. We are sure we want to repeat this experience and see our friends again, sooner than later we hop!
Students of 2nd and 3rd of ESO CC Sant Salvador.
