The first Comenius trip abroad that students took part in was a trip to a city called Leiria in Portugal. There were participants from all the ten project countries, four students and one teacher from our school. In Portugal we lived in host families.
On thursday the 23rd it was time to travel. We had to wake up very early to catch our flight which departed at 6.30 a.m. We were in Lisbon in the afternoon. The weather was incredibly warm with about +15 Celsius degrees compared to the frosts we had had. A couple of hours later we headed to Leiria with a bus full of students and teachers from different countries. It was already dark when we arrived to the local school. There we met our project matches for the first time and after that we left with them to our host families.
Friday was the only day we spent at the school. In the morning there was a presentation game held in the school library. After that we went to the sports hall of the school where we played some traditional games of some countries in teams. When me had eaten the lunch we had arts and crafts workshop and the presentations of the project schools and countries. In the evening we had a "Colorful dinner" at the school. There we got to taste many types of traditional portuguese food.
We spent the weekend with our host families, so the weekend was really different for us. Saturday night we went bowling to Leiria with our matches and some other project mates. On sunday two of us went to Coimbra, which is a university city. There we participated in a sightseeing tour on foot that was led by the Portuguese English teacher.
On monday we had a bus trip to Lisbon. We went to Oceanário which is a big aquarium. After that we said goodbyes to a few people who left and continued our trip. We were at host families' home very late.
Tuesday morning it was time to say goodbye. It didn't work out without tears.
The whole trip was amazing and we really enjoyed our time in Portugal. There were friendly and hosbitable people, beautiful views and delicious food.
- Heta Ylitie, Anni Kivikangas, Nina Hautala, Nea Kurkela
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