Life at Goga We also had the chance to visit wish to return home: to Cordothe city, which is full of tradi- ba. tions and history. We were Denisa Maria Frătean, 10 B guided by professionals and admired the old, narrow streets, the Jewish Quarter, the Roman Bridge and the majestic La Mezquita, which is an impressively large mosque, holding as many as 40,000 worshippers, turned into an equally amazing cathedral by the Christians who had reconquered their city from under the rule of the Moorish invaders. We also took part in sports activities such as archery (using professional bows and arrows) canoeing on the Guadalquivir river and bird watching. These activities took place after a visit to the great Botanical Garden and the Museum of Natural Science. All those activities were organized in order for us to see nature from another perspective.
opportunity to meet new people and new places that I will always remember. I noticed many differences between their culture and mine, and between our lifestyles. I was pleasantly surprised to see students and teachers in other 5 countries who are aware of the situation of waste around the world and they have been trying to reduce the level of waste from their country. This should be a concern and many people should try to save the world. But, this project is a good opportunity to try to be better with nature, because this is our life.
Finally, I am very proud of our work as a team which went Denisa is the best in her class as to represent Romania in Spain. I can see in her excellent marks. She is very quiet and calm. Alexandra Bordea, 9D These days she was very nice to me and my family. We love her. The activities were so funny for me, talking about recycling, videos, etc. We had a good time, I suppose. The Erasmus project is the best experience of my life because I have made many friends from different cultures, countries, etc. But the most important friend that I have made is Denisa.
This wonderful adventure ended with an international evening in which every country presented an artistic performance, mostly including dancing and singing. As a sign of appreciation and gratitude, the parents of Spanish children prepared different traditional dishes which we fully enjoyed, as Lourdes Vacas, Spain we had the opportunity to taste a little bit of every corner of Europe, each country offering I was very excited to its own specific dish. take part in a series of activities Because everything that is which made me understand nice passes very quickly, this better the problem of waste week demonstrated this truth, from my country. Some leaving behind beautiful memo- activities focused on waste, but ries, hopes for the future and a others were built in a fun and entertaining way. I had the