sábado, 5 de mayo de 2012

5th Visit - Turkey

It took us almost two days to reach Finike, in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, near Antalya. In the meantime, a short visit to Düsseldurf -9º, just to taste a little bit of that Siberian cold that reached almost all countries in Europe. This time, our expedition is formed by three students: Greta Muzzi, Raquel Simon and Joel Romero; and three teachers: Luis Amando Rodríguez (History teacher), Juan José Martín (English Department) and Sandra Reyes (Spanish Department).

We arrived in Finike very late at night. In the airport families, teachers and old friends are waiting for us. Their friendly welcome and their kindness make up for all the cold weather and the long journeys in the world.

On Tuesday 7th May, we visit the school, are welcomed by the headmistress and little students of pre-primary education perform a show for us.

At school, they have some profesional studies related to cooking and catering, so we were offered some cocktails prepared by students and also a meal another day. They were delicious!

The show by these little students of pre-primary education and also a short live Turkish music concert were specially touching.

In the afternoon, we all visited the ancient historical city of Arykanda and rain appeared also, although it wasn't invited!


In Arykanda's ancient theatre we could check acoustic with a live music concert given by some of the teachers.



On Wednesday, students attend classes with their hosts and teachers have our first meeting. Time to work!



In the afternoon we make a tour to Demre and the ancient city of Myra. Undoubtly, one of the most beautiful places in the world!



Later, we visit Santas' church: St. Nicholaos Church and made a tour by boat to see the sunken city of Kekova.

On Thursday, we travelled to Antalya. We spent the day visiting the ancient city of Olimpos, Antalya Museum and Aspendos ancient theatre (the biggest one in Turkey and very well preserved in the world)


Teachers worked in our meeting and students attended some classes on our last day in Turkey. After lunch, each delegation made their own workshop and the school gave us a diplom for participating in the project.


Farewell Turkey! Thank you very much for your kind welcome. We hope to see you all again very soon!