A day trip in la Vall d'Aran

On Thursday 17th and Friday 18th some students who take place in the Comenius project about the minority languages went to Vall d'Aran to interview the director of the Linguistic and Politic department, Veronica Barés and to know some more about the Occitan language.

We met each other in the Vilassar's train station at 7:30am. In the middle of the line, we had breakfast in La pobla de Segur, a litte town near la Vall d'Aran.
When we arrived to Vall d'Aran, it was snowing. We had to go to some shops and restaurants and ask people about the origins of the Occitan language. We took more than two hours and when we arrived at the hotel, we were so tired. Teacher let us go to the climatitzated swimming pool of the hotel and then we had dinner. It was delicious!

The next day we had to go to IES Garona, the Vall d'Aran's school and to the high school to made some interviews to the teachers. Then, we went to the Linguistic and Politic department of Vall d'Aran to made an interview to Veronica.
When we finished, we went home. It was a great trip!

Trip to Norway

The first day, I met with the other 4 students and with the teacher that would go with us to Norway in the train station. I was very happy because it was my first exchange. We went to Barcelona’s airport where we took a plane to Oslo. There I was extremely surprise because of the price. Everything was so expensive. When we arrived to Tromso’s airport we had our bags very quickly. There, some Norwegian students were waiting for us with the Bulgarian and the Irish people. On the way home we started talking with some Norwegian students. The journey was very long, but finally we arrived. The bus left us in front of the school. I had just left the bus when I realized there was really cold. When I arrived home I had to remove my shoes, thing that I wasn’t used to do.

The real trip began on 5^th. I got up at about 7:15am and I had breakfast. It was the first time of my life I saw such a beautiful landscape. When I arrived at school I went to a maths class with Ida (the Norwegian student who I live with) I noticed a huge difference in the class, compared to Spain everyone seemed relaxed and every student had a laptop to work with. Another difference to our school was that they had break time between every class. After the maths class I went to a Sami lesson where I learned some words and the numbers. Then all the students went to the auditorium to give our presentation and listen to the others. We, the Spanish team, were the first. We all were very nervous but everything went right. After the presentations some of the Comenius students and some other Norwegian students went to a café in the town where we got to know each other. On the way to the café I realized it was midday and it was getting dark.

On Saturday the 6^th of November we all went to a Sami handcraft shop. It was interesting, we were allowed into the workshop to see all the things. After seeing the shop I went to see a reindeer. It was really nice and I touched it. Going home the host mother showed me the town. It was really cold and when I was outside to take photos my hands were paralyzed. At 6:00pm I went to the school for a party. There I ate reindeer for the first time, it was surprisingly good. A reporter interviewed one student of each country and then our teacher coordinator and the head of studies of the Norwegian school were interviewed too. Afterwards we had a few games of football between all the students and the Nicaraguan students who were on exchange to Norway.

The next day I met everyone at 11 am. We went to a Sami village. First we saw a video about a Sami cultural festival. We had lunch there. It was reindeer again, quite good. We had a Sami language class with all the students and teachers, where we learned some basic words. Then we came back home where my host mother have prepared a typical Norwegian dish. It was reindeer another time, and like always it was really good. At about eight nearly all the student came to Ida’s house to watch a movie, "Alice in Wonderland". All in all it was a good night and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. That night I had to pack the baggage and Ida gave us a present.

It was 8^th of November and I was extremely sad because that would be my last day in Storslett. When I went to the school in the morning I brought my luggage with me. I went to a Sami lesson again but this time I played a game and I enjoyed it a lot. Then it was when I realized that there the teachers are closer to the students. After this we had our last lunch in the school. Then we took pictures with everyone and said goodbye. We were with the Irish people going to Tromso. On the way to Tromso it was snowing very hard and the road looked completely white. When we arrived we got to the hotel, we left our bags in our rooms and left to go to an aquarium where we watched a short video about the Norwegian wildlife. Then we missed ourselves with the Irish people playing with the snow having fun. After that we had dinner and returned to the hotel for the rest of the night. We played cards for most of the night. At midnight we said goodbye to the Irish students because they would be leaving latter than us the next morning and we went to pack all the things and finally to sleep.

The last day we got up really early and we went to the airport. There we took a plane to Oslo where we had to wait 4 hours to take the second flight to Frankfurt. In Frankfurt we had to run to arrive to the right gate and very quickly we boarded. During the flight we were talking with some students from Valencia who were coming back from Poland. They were doing a Comenius project too. Finally we arrived in Barcelona’s airport and I arrived home.

I enjoyed a lot those days in Norway. I liked it so much and of course all the people I’ve met. I’ve seen all the differences between Norway and Spain like the culture and the lifestyle. If I could I would repeat it.

by: Mireia Castellà

Trip to Norway

The first day, Tuesday 4th of November, was the largest of all. We had to be at Vilassar de Mar train station at 8 o'clock to take the train to the airport. There we took our first fly.
When we arrived in Oslo's airport we recorded a video about our arrival. The we took another airplane to Tromso.
When we arrived in Tromso, the Norwegian, the Bulgarian and the Irish students were waiting for us.
When we went out of the airport we became frozen! We run to take the bus. It would take us Storslett. In the first two hours each team was separated from the others, but we decided start talking with the Norwegians.
We arrived in Storslett very late and we were tired so Jordi Roig and me went to Henrik’s house to sleep. We were his residents for all those days.

In the second day we went to Storslett School. There every team presented himself to the others. Every presentation was different and I think it was no boring. Then, all teams weren’t as shy as before. In the afternoon Jordi, Henrik and I played Wii together. In the evening all the Comenius project students went to the football tournament to see how the Norwegian girls played.

In the third day, in the morning we had free time. We went to the Kronebutikken, a special and famous shop in Storslett. There were cool and interesting things but it was too much expensive for our economy. In the afternoon we had a party with Nicaraguan people who were there for an exchange, too. Also an interviewer came to talk with some students and teachers about the project. It would be written at the Tromso newspaper. Then, we all played football matches in a gym of the school. In the evening we went to see the girls, who won the tournament.

On Sunday we took the bus to a Sami village. There, we learnt a little about the Sami language and also some words and phrases. Then we went to see a video of the Sami’s festival called “Riddu Riddu”. Every year more people went to the festival. It’s becoming famous. In this festival you can see the traditional Sami dances and songs.

On Monday morning, we went to Storslett School to make some work about the project: translate common phrases, which are said in different situations, to all the minority languages. Then we took another bus to return to Tromso, because we had to wake up early the following day to take the fly to Oslo. We stayed in Amy Hotel with the Irish students. When we arrived to Tromso we went to an Arctic Museum, where we can learn a little bit more about Norway.
In front of the hotel there was a park, all covered by snow. The hotel directors lent us some sledges, with which we could throw ourselves through the snow.
At night we all played cards and made some noise.

The last day we woke up at 7 o’clock and went to the airport by bus. We travelled all the day. This time we stopped at Frankfurt and then continued to Barcelona. We arrived to Barcelona at half past seven, we were at home!

Trip to Norway

Buorre beaivi!

Now I'm going to explain the days that we're in Norway:

The first day going to Norway, I was really nervous and happy because that was my first exchange.

Since we left Vilassar, we arrived to Storslett 15 hours had passed. In the bus from Tromso to Storslett we've talked with the groups from Norway, Ireland and Bulgaria. When we've arrived to Storslett' school some cars were waiting for us to carry us home.

The second day, we went to the school and we did Maths and Norwegian. Later we presented the work that we had done in Spain. In the evening the Norwegian' group told us to go to a cafe, so we went to the cafe. At night we saw the Norwegian girls playing football in a tournament.

On Saturday morning we met at skins' shop where we drank some tea. At 6 o'clock we went to dinner at school where we played football. At night the final match of the girls was played so we went to see them. Of course, they won.

The next day, we went to a Sami's village where one women teach us some Sami and we looked a video about the sami's festival. We ate some reindeer's beef too, it was delicious! At night, Ida invited us to go to her house to watch a film, Alice in Wonderland.

The last day that we were in Storslett was Monday. In the school we had a farewell with the Norwegian and Bulgarian group. Then Ireland group came with us to Tromso, where we visited a museum of Arctic animals and played with the snow two hours.

On Tuesday we caught three planes to return home and it took 13 hours from Tromso to Barcelona.

I want to thank the family who host me and all the people who make it possible. Thanks!

Báchit dearvan!

By Jordi Roig

Trip to Norway

In Vilassar’s train station, before we left Vilassar.

The 4th of November, four students of my high school and me, went to Norway for a Comenius project.

We arrived there at night and the first thing that surprised us was that you had to remove your shoes before you enter home.

The day after, we went to the Norwegian high school and we could see that in the classes the students could enter and go out of the class when they wanted, and also they could drink and eat during the class. Outside the school they have a hut where they do their Sami’s rituals around the fire.

After the classes we went to a cafe. We could check that there they don’t meet themselves in the street; they usually go to a cafe or in some student’s house to see a film, because there the weather is very cold.

Two of the days that we were there we went to saw a match and the last afternoon that we were there, some people went to our house to see a film.

The last day we went to an arctic’s museum. After the museum, we were playing with the snow because it was snowing. At night we went to a restaurant to have dinner. After that we went to the hotel and we played cards.

Finally the time of leaving Norway arrived. It was a very nice trip and the Norwegian people, the Irish people and the Bulgarian people are very nice. I would liked be there more days, and if I could choose, I would repeat this trip.

A day trip in Montserrat

On Monday 7th of October some people who take part in the Comenius project went to Montserrat’s abbey to interview the director of the monastery, Pare Damià.
The students, who went there, met each other in the high school at 8:00am and we headed toward Montserrat. In the middle of the line, Jordi and Queralt caught the cable railway to film the incredible aerial views of the abbey.
When we arrived there we filmed the landscape with it respective scripts. At 10.45am we went in to the library where the librarian showed us some historical documents, such as the “Llibre Vermell” and a poetic collection about Montserrat.
After that, we met Pare Damià who, in a very friendly way, answered all our questions. We decided to go to Montserrat because the topic of the interview was the Catalan like a minority language and Montserrat have a lot of ancient Catalan documents.
When we finished the interview, we went to see how the Montserrat’s choir sang, next we filmed how Jordi bought a typical flat sponge cake and finally we filmed the farewell and we went home.

Filmació a Montserrat: 7 d'octubre 2010

Hem d'establir els 'mini' monòlegs que portaran, memoritzats en Jordi Serradell, la Queralt, en Jordi Roig i, si és necessari la Júlia.  Això no vol dir que ells siguin els únics a escriure aquí, esperem que ho feu tots durant els propers 5 dies. Necessitem dir coses senzilles del lloc on està situat l'Abadia, com s'arriba, història, això pel que fa a l'exterior i, també l'esglesia i la biblioteca.

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