Comenius memories. Remembering my visit to Gijón
The Comenius project was a very good opportunity to go abroad. The trip has given me a possibility to improve my language skills, meet different cultures and learn more about them.
At the same time it was a good chance to get new fellowships or even friendships.
For the journey you will need more than just your luggage. You have to take with you some courage, keenness and willingness to try and learn new things.
The trip to Gijón was a unique experience. Thanks to it I was able to see how the local people in Gijón lived their normal daily life and what life at school was like.
The journey lasted about a week, and for that time teachers had set us a timetable. The timetable included lessons in the local school, visits to different kinds of places and also free time. These arrangements enabled us to take as much as possible out of the journey, even the time was pretty short.
When we had lessons, every country in this project showed a PowerPoint presentation of their own land. We also tried to study some words in different languages.
The Spanish teachers had arranged us some visits. We went to the townhall and walked around the city where they showed us some historical places. We also made a little trip to the mountains and had a picnic there.
In the free time we spent time with our families and also carried out different activities with the whole project students.
I truly recommend that everybody that have even a little interest in travelling or getting new friends and experiences should sign up for these projects. It’s a fun and inexpensive way to improve English-language skills and meet other cultures!
Hanna-Maari