A message from Spain

Here is a message we received from one of the teachers who came to Piove for the exchange:

"Our students were very happy to meet their families, despite they were saying all the time they wanted to stay longer, they want to go back… It has been a very good experience. I really enjoyed it myself. I thank you all of you, including those who are not in my list of email addresses, teachers and the rest of the staff, including the teachers and other people from Padova; ............. I thank you for your work and for your hospitality; the human experience has been, from my point of view, the highlight of this project."

It's a pleasure and an honour to receive messages like this, indeed.

Friday: the last day!!!

The week together is coming to an end. The polish friends already left in the morning. The rest of the group meets the Mayor at the Council Room of the Town Hall in Piove di Sacco:

At this point we deserve a trip to the beach of Sottomarina: the weather is perfect for a nice swim in the sea!

In the evening tears and sadness: the bus with our belgian friends leaves at 23:30...we try to hide in the luggage compartment...as we would like to leave with them and spend more and more time together!!!

Party on Thursday afternoon

After a good barbecue all together for lunch in the afternoon we were in the main square of Piove for chalk graffiti drawing. We could also admire the Piazza from the top of the clocktower.

At 17:30 we all gathered in the school "Aula Magna" for presenting our week to the families and party all together. See our yummy amazing cake!

We were all very excited for the week together and gave each other many hugs... The school music band has been playing some songs, in italian and in english. Here below is the group.

Labs on Thursday morning

On Thursday morning we were split in groups and participated to different labs:

• media group on computers
• mime
• cartoons
• music
• construction of musical instruments
• ergonomy

Wednesday in Padova

We did so many things in Padova: one group went to the Magarotto Institute, learned the language of signs and climbed trees! Another group visited the city music Conservatory, watched a contemporary music performance and met some musicians. In the afternoon the two roups joined to visit some monuments, in particular we admired Giotto's frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel. Some of us also visited Padua University and the exhibition "Sperimentando". A long and fruitful day...

Tuesday in Venice

After a trip to the island of Murano the group reached Piazza San Marco. Beautiful picture, isn't it?

Monday afternoon: swimming pool

What a gorgeous afternoon splashing in the swimming pools of Montegrotto Terme.

Monday morning welcome

The school Headmistress and local authorities welcome the guests coming from Belgium, Poland and Spain. The students are very excited and also very good in presenting their schools.

Picnic on Sunday

All the students of the schools "Marconi" and "De Nicola" with their families, their guests and the teachers had a wonderful picnic in a fantastic venue on the Euganean Hills on Sunday: just for a good start they had a lot of sun, games and fun!!!