Back home

Good bye Patras.
We had a fantastic week with a great organization by the greek team.
Hope we can come again to this place.

Friday

Work day at school:
- An approach to the contribution of New Technologies of Communications - Presentation;

- Debate about "The use of modern technologies in communication";

- "The traditions of the countries": presentation about "Freedom Day:25 th April" and "Galo de Barcelos"

The day ended with a fantastic party at school: tradicional greek music; tradicional greek dances; tradicional greek food.

A Comenius performance at Olympia

Under the subject of communication, teacher Paulo Diegues organized a performance with all the students involved in the greek mobility. Students from Greece, Poland, Turkey, France and Portugal worked together to surprise the teachers.

Comenius Athletes at Olympia

Lunch at Katakolo

After a cultural and sports morning at Olympia, the athletes were hungry, so we had lunch at the beatiful port of Katakolo.
Here are some pictures.

Visit to Olympia!

In Portugal it is the April 25th celebration day. However, in Greece, we had different plans. We went to see Olympia, the famous city where the Olympic Games were created and first established.

We visited Olympia's Archaelogical Museum, which has a lot of objects, pieces and statues from that age. It was probably one of the best museums I have ever been too. The tour guide explanations were very interesting and people were also interested in hearing them. We went inside the museum and outside to the fields. Everyone took a lot of photos because everything was magnificent.

I personaly bought three postcards and one olympic coin. Then, we went to the olympic stadium and every country had to have two participants: one boy and one girl. We both had to run against Greece, France, Poland and Turkey. After the race, we were given an olive made coronary and everybody was clapping. At 2 pm, we all went to Katakolo to have lunch and by some souvenirs. It was a great day!

 

Tuesday

Today we had a meeting in the Ancient Odeum. The greek students presented us an experiencial performance (Orpheus Hymns)  in a great space.

Then we went to the City Hall where the Mayor´s Deputy welcomed us. As the responsible for Education in Patras, he reinforced the importance of the Comenius Program.

We visited also the Apollon Theatre (a micrograph of Scala di Milano) and the oldest public library of Patras.
The Association of Parents offered a great lunch to all teachers involved in the project, in a tipical tavern. Teacher Isabel will show tomorrow what we ate.
In the evening, the teachers crossed the bridge over the Jonic Sea to reach Nafpaktos town.

Greek Food

Writing about the greek food is my responsability, therefore, I am the "food reporter". I share with you the wonderful mediterranean food that our greek partners offered us during sunday sunset at Domna's.

Monday

Monday at school.
Early in the morning we went to the school.
The students made their presentations about Surrealism an Dali, Robotics (special program with a small robot that writes the words we want) and local problems.
France and Greece talked about immigration, Turkey about recovery of their patrimony. Finally, the Portuguese talked about natural resources - use and consequences. Teacher Isabel made the presentation worked out by Portuguese students who were not present.

Then, we had a formal meeting to decide what we are going to work about from know on. We presented out "mascote"made by teacher Teresa.

Then, we went for a short walk around Patras. The sea was blue, the sky was blue and we were happy.
Beautiful sunset and landscapes.........

Sunday

Sunday. Day to spend with the host families.
We are waiting to know some news about the spcial places the students visites with families.
The teachers went to Achaia Clauss, very important winery in Patra.

After we went to a small village in the mountains to participate in a special ceremony honoring St. Thomas. 

A long day

The first day was so long.

Just some pictures to show everybody what we did.
We went to Acropolis to see the magnificent monument and to see Athens from the top.
We had lunch at Plaka, going arond at Monastiraki.

 We start the day at Sintagma Square.

Going to Patra, Greece

Tomorrow we will go to Greece.

First to Αθήνα to know this fantastic city. And then to our mobility with all the partners.

See you soon.

Portuguese Team for Patras

Hi!

My name is Ana. I’m 14 years old and I´m from Almada.

I’ve got brown hair and brown eyes and I’m very tall.

I love movies with magic and science fiction, listening to music and reading a book about adventures.

I don´t wear a specific style, but what I just like.

My favourite food is Sushi and a Portuguese dish called “ Cozido à Portuguesa “

( cooked with cabbage, carrots, potatoes, turnips, all sort of meat, beans and sausage ) that we usually eat in Winter.

This year I’m not allowed to host anyone, although I really wish to do it. Perhaps next year I’ll get this opportunity.

I would like to visit Greece because I’m interested in learning much more about this country, as for example: language, people, traditions and food.

I hope you can accept me as your host.

Report on the Comenius Mobility in Aix.......by Beatriz Martins

Open publication - Free publishing - More aix

Portuguese Team for Patras

My name is Francisco Alexandre Conde Palminha Gonçalves! I’m 15 years old and I was born on 18^th of February of 1997. I’m from Almada and I live there. I live with my mother, my father and my sister. I’m catholic. In my free time I have some occupations. The most important is to help the Priest on Saturdays and on Sundays in Church of Almada because I’m Acolyte. The others are the same of the other students, reading, listening to music, watching TV, drawing, and meeting with my friends. I like classic languages (Latin and Greek) and now I’m learning Latin, I like Taxonomy, Chemistry, Physics and Geology. I’m, generous, friendly, confident, skilful, tolerant, nice, and intelligent but I have a bad side, I’m nervous, stubborn and a little bit lazy. My favourite types of music are Classic, Pop, Rock, Country, Folk, Jazz and my favourite singers and bands are The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Édith Piaf, Celine Dion, ABBA, Queen and Louis Armstrong.

I decided to participate in the Comenius Project because I love feeling and knowing different cultures, dishes, music, monuments and traditions of other countries, in order to expand my English knowledge and because it is important for the exchanging of experiences between me and other students. This is an enormous opportunity, I'm very happy!

Portuguese Team for Patras

Hi fellows. My name is Gonçalo and I'm fifteen years old. I, as the other two portuguese students, am coming to Greece in April. My hometown is Almada and some of you might have had the chance to know me in November, but for those who did not, I must say that I'm a nice boy, although a bit childish, so prepare yourselves. Well, stopping joking around, I am very delighted to go to Greece and meet all the areas, monuments and culture. I promise I'm going to be as much polite and interested as everyone should be because it's an one-time opportunity and I won't waste it at any cost. I'm tall, slim and I love everything related to trips, science and movie making. I'm very positive about this and I am certain that these nine days will be perhaps the best of my life. Thank you a lot!

Portuguese Team for Patras