After finding the college straight away, or almost... we arrived in the middle school La Jota around 9 o'clock. We met the Spanish playing Bingo. After the break we visited their school. We introduced them to our school, our neighbourhood...


 

We were astonished by the lack of organization and the behaviour of some of the students. They are very noisy by the way ! Then, we started working on our weekly project, aiming at recording it at the end of the week while the rest of the group was attending a lesson, in Spanish, of course. 


 After lunch, we visited La Basilica Del Pilar, where we saw the "fertility stone" as well as magnificent crystal chandeliers. Then we had some free time in the streets around Plaza Goya. Later we visited the Palacio de la Aljaferia which is a palace built by the Arabs around the 11th century.  The architecture was really typical, sophisticated and beautiful. There was a beautiful garden with orange trees ! It was raining cats and dogs when we came back to the hotel, we ended completely soaked. 

 

Finally we had some tapas in a typical Spanish restaurant : Montal. We really enjoyed it. 

 This first day was great and rewarding as we were able to meet our penfriends and to discover the Spanish school system. We are keeping all those photos and wonderful memories.

We hope to share with you what will happen next . 

Cali, Anaïs, Noelyne & Jeanne.

 


Après avoir trouvé le collège directement, ou presque... nous sommes arrivés au collège La Jota vers 9h. Nous avons rencontré les espagnols en faisant un Bingo. Après la récré, nous avons visité leur école. On leur a présenté notre collège, notre région...

Nous avons été étonnés de l'accueil non organisé et du comportement de certains élèves. De plus, ils sont très bruyants ! Puis nous avons commencé le travail de la semaine, en vue d'un enregistrement, pendant que le reste de la classe a assisté à un cours en espagnol, bien sûr ! Après manger, nous avons visité la Basilique del Pilar où nous avons vu la "pierre de la fertilité" ainsi que de magnifiques lustres. On a ensuite eu du temps libre dans les rues autour de la Plaza Goya. Ensuite, nous avons visité le Palacio de la Aljaferia qui est un palais construit par les Arabes à partir du 11è siècle. L'architecture était très typiqye, travaillée et magnifique. Il y avait un jardin avec des orangers, très joli ! Nous sommes ensuite rentrés à l'hôtel sous des trombes d'eau et nous avons fini trempés. 

Pour finir la journée, nous avons mangé des tapas dans un restaurant typique espagnol : Montal . C'était très bon. 

Cette première journée était super et enrichissante du fait que nous avons pu rencontrer nos "correspondants" et découvrir le système scolaire de l'Espagne. Plein de photos et de bons souvenirs sont gardés. 

Nous avons hâte de partager avec vous la suite de notre semaine. 

Cali, Anaïs, Noelyne et Jeanne. 


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