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Three students from the IES Guindàvols High
School, Aida Ortega, Bi Cao and Paulina
Lanyoh, accompanied of three teachers more,
Anicet Cosialls, Rosa Borrell and Sara
Cabello, went to Turkey as a first travel from
the project Comenius.
Approximately at 1 pm we had to take the
flight from Barcelona to Istanbul, so about 6
am, the teachers and we took the taxi to be
there with punctuality.
The first flight took about two hours. We arrived
to Istanbul without any problems, and at the
estimated time we were there ready to take the
second plane to Adana.
The trip was great, lasted 4 hours, but all we
didn’t found it hard to wait because we were
very excited to be there and to meet our host
families.
We also were very grateful because the High
School let our three friends to be together and
to travel together, and to be sincere, it was the first time we were leaving the country
together.
There are no words to describe how we felt on that moment, on the moment we saw
our trip partner and host families, because it was a special one.
Looking all the city, having that nervous face, talking timidly to our host family, was a
very good sensation.
After many trips, emotions and everything, it was time to rest, because the best was
yet to come.
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We had already spent the first night of our trip. On the second day we visited the
High School of our Turkish friends and we met the rest of colleagues from other
countries (Romania, Italy and Germany) who also participated at the Comenius
Project.

7. At 8, we were all at school. This
school is called Seyhan Rotary
Anadolu Lisesi.
It’s bigger than ours and also with
some differences, for example all
students there wear uniforms. The
institute itself is similar to ours, but some manners are just better than here, one of
them is that when teachers arrive at classes, all the students must stand up and
politely greet until the teacher lets them sit down.
Returning to the issue, just that day was Ataturk’s day, a national holiday. All Turkey
was on celebration. The whole city was full of flags. For them, Ataturk is very
important because Atatürk was the first president, an important and revolutionary
leader to Turkey in the twentieth century.
So,we spent the day there meeting new
people and making some new friends we
still have now.
All the students were very happy we were
there and many of them wanted to take
some photos with us.
It made us feel like we were famous
people!!! It was really a good moment.
At night, all the students from the Comenius
Project had a meeting at a coffee in orther to meet ourselves better and to start talking
because we all wanted to have a great relation between us. The coffee was amazing
with lots of plants and decorations.
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The third day was fantastic. We traveled to Cappadocia. We were fascinated with
that place. Cappadocia is such a beautiful place. The views were spectacular, in the
little markets there were a lot of beautiful gifts, etc.
Capadocia s a historical region of central Anatolia, Turkey, which covers parts of the
provinces of Kayseri, Aksaray, Ni÷de and Nevúehir.
is characterized by a unique geological formation in the world, and its historical and
cultural heritage. In 1985, was included by UNESCO in the list of World Heritage.
In the triangular center of Cappadocia are the salient points as outdoor museums,
Goreme, Zelve, valleys; Avcilar, GUVERCINLIK, Kizikcukur, Pasabag, Derbent, the
towns; Uçhisar, Çavuúin, Mustafapasa, the inn Sarihan and many more.

8. The activities in the area are flying in a hot air balloon, trekking and mountain, at
night go to the folk dance halls, horse riding etc.
One of the curiosities of Cappadocia is the underground cities. The ancient peoples
of the area to defend life against the attacks of the enemy built tunnels, rooms,
kitchens, underground churches. The visit of an underground city is one of the most
interesting experiences.
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The Evil Eye, comes from the belief that an evil person can
influence on another badly, This amulet, TURKISH EYE scares that
kind of people and let us far of dangers.
The roots of the existence of the evil eye comes from Babylon, and ancient Egypt. It
is also observed among the Sumerians and Hittites. They say the bad feelings that
are within the human being come out through his eyes.
The eye is the most expressive and clear part of the body.
Today modern parapsychological studies have shown that
this is indeed so and that if the evil eye.
The belief of an eye Turk exists in the countries along
the Mediterranean, Arabia, Turkey to India. The name
given the Turks this amulet is nazar boncuk.
Some sources even say that the origin of blue eye is due
to the invasion of the north. The Norse had blue eyes and
the peoples of Anatolia thought they were casting the evil
eye and created to counter the blue eye.We also took lots
of photos with the Turkish eye’s tree.

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On the third day we woke up very exhausted! We had
fun these two days before and we wanted more. Our
partner told us we would go to a city, a city we had
never been before, so it couldn’t go anything wrong.
First of all we visited an area of some old houses. All
them were very nice to see, and of course, we took
lots of photographies so that we could have a nice
reminder.
By the lunch time, we all went to a new restaurant full
of different kinds of kebabs. I’m sure they had
prepared it before in orther to show us new styles of
making kebab. This time, the kebab was EXTRANGE.
It was full of grass!!! It was difficult to that just like the way there were, we had to take
off all the grass. So, you can expect how was our dish after the dinner. However, it
was one of the most funniest times. We laugh a lot, and of course, we took a group
photo.
The city was full of people, but in the afternoon, we took again to remake our trip.
Now we were heading towards to the mountains. Organizers wanted to bring us
there to show us some caves.
We really had to walk down a lot and all students ended with shoelaces the day
after. But it was worth. The cave was full of stalactites.
Finally, at night, as everyday, our
trip took its end, and we had to go
back home. However, by the way
we were going to the mountains,
we saw a beautiful and old castle
at sea. It was on an island, but it
seemed it was floating on the
water.
So, teachers lent us stop the bus
and go down and spend some
minutes on the bank so that we
could see the pretty castle at night
full of shinny lights. It was really
amazing.

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On this wonderful new day, our sad feelings started going out. We all knew it was our
last day together, and we didn’t want to separate us. Furthermore, some trip’s mates
couldn’t come and other turkey students came with us. The positive point we found of
that is that we met new people and we made lots of friends. They all were very kind.
First of that day, we went again into some caves to see more. Then we entered a
kind of temple, it was like a traditional one with carpets. Teachers let us visit it, but of
course, without shoes!
For lunch we had a lot of food. All them were delicious and although we were full, we
tried to eat it all. I think our favorite one was the meat. In the afternoon, we went to a
city to visit a museum.
By the end of the
day, we decided to
organize a party to
had a good farewell.
So, a Turkish teacher
helped us finding out
a local dance. We
danced, singed, took
photos, and we
especially smiled and
laughed a lot. But
when we saw people
had to go home due
to the time, our
sadness started
again. We couldn’t control each other, and our tears began coming out. I was very
sad. All we were embracing each other, and we decided to take a group photo as a
reminder.
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That day was really difficult to wake up. We all were very sad and didn’t want to
separate our families. However, we had to go to the airport.
When we embrace our host families, our tears appeared again. It was so sad, but life
gives good moments, and also bad ones. That moment was especially difficult, but
we all leaved Turkey with the reminder of all what we had lived those days, and it
was really an amazing thing full of specials moments unforgettable. We knew that
since then, we had lots of new friends.

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Peschici (Italy), two beautiful cities of the south of Italy. Our trip was an Odisea, first
we went by car to Barcelona airport. We caught the plane and we flew to Napoli.
When we arrived in Napoli Pino the Italian teacher met us. Finally, after a long travel
we arrived at Peschici and Vieste. Some people were in Peschici and others were in
Vieste. That night we met our Italian partners and their family. We were very tired
and we went to bed early.
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day in the morning we went to
Lorenzo Fazzini High School in
Vieste. There we met the
headmaster of the high school
and also the other students.
Moreover we went to the
auditorium because the
headmaster wanted to welcome
the foreign people. In the
afternoon the people of Vieste
walked around the town in
order to buy some food for the dinner which was at Matteo’s Villa with all the
Comenius partners. The dinner was
great, there were very good ambient.
After dinner we went to a bar to watch
the semi finals Champions league
match, R. Madrid versus F.C.
Barcelona. The score was Barcelona
1 Madrid 1 but the Catalan team
passed through the final because in
the first match they had won 0-2
Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

14. 7+,5' '$ On Wednesday morning we went to Vieste to work with the project.
We were at the computer classroom. In the afternoon we did our first excursion, we
went to Gargano’s park, a very
good place where the guide
showed us some very famous
caves. There was a perfect place
to take a lot of photos! The
excursion was good fun and
during the trip by bus we sang a
lot. One hour later we arrived in
Peschichi and Vieste again. We
ate the dinner with our families
and next we went to bed. We
went to bed early because the
next day we had to get up at half
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we got up very early to spend the day. In the morning we visited Monte San Angelo,
where we visited beautiful churches of different styles and after we went to a
degustation of a cookers school. All the food was great! We caught the bus and we
went to Sant Giovanni Rotondo again to have lunch in a prestigious restaurant and
then we visited the city. We walked around the town and we visited more churches.
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goodbye to the teachers and the other students from Italy and the other countries. In
the auditorium each country presented his work to everybody else. There were very
good works. Our school for example showed a lip dub of one song by Black Eyed
Peas: “Time of my life”. In the afternoon we had free time to connect to internet, have
a shower, have an afternoon
nap, etc. We also got ready to
go out at night. In Vieste we
had a very friendly dinner with
all the students of the
Comenius. Next we went to a
pub to celebrate the end of the
week with music. We finished
the night saying goodbye to
everybody.

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18. , FDQ UHPHPEHU almost perfectly the day that five students of Guindàvols High
School (Genís Anaya, Marc Borrás, Víctor Gil, Anastasya Mendela and Pau Navarro)
left Spain to join a Comenius project in Romania. Imagine leaving your country
without you parents (with teachers instead Rosa Borrell, Sara Cabello and Anicet
Cosialls) and with four friends for a week… no words. And all to contribute and
participate in an international project, a Comenius. The project consists in building an
European House with rooms related with each country. Instructions and work was
given to us before taking the plane. We had to write about ten different topics
because once there, we would compare the compositions with the ones of the other
countries.
It was a fantastic experience. I had a couple of partners that hadn’t flown before so
the flight wasn’t boring, on the contrary it was exciting and funny. I can remember our
jitters when we landed. First we had to change our currency because Romania
doesn’t have the euro yet. If I’m right, I think that 4 lei equal to 1 euro. Anyways, it
was a headache because you were constantly changing currency and counting to
realize how much money you were spending. Then, once we got the baggage, we
went to meet our hosts. It was a pretty interesting scene, imagine: the Romanian
people holding posters with our names and us reading all of them trying to find where
we had to go.
After leaving the baggage at home and meeting the families we went to a “tea house”
where we had some tea. I didn’t know what that was until then. Perhaps there were
two hundred different kinds of teas; all you can imagine was in that place. However,
fortunately, I didn’t try out any weird tea just in case…

19. During the week we did lots of things, from visiting the legendary castle of Dracula to
go shopping in a commercial centre. On Thursday we did an oral exposition giving
our ideas about ecological and sustainable houses for building the European House.
Now we have to gather here in Lleida and continue the work and try to come to a
conclusion.
As the week went on and we started to know all of them all went so much more fluent
and less tense. We could talk with anyone and all was so great…
On Friday there was a party. They rented a place and we stayed there until late at
night. We were able to dance, laugh and talk all we wanted to. On Sunday we had
the day free and we did what we wanted. In the morning we went to play football with
some friends and in the afternoon we met in the commercial centre and we bought
some presents for the family. The last night we went to a bowling.
In conclusion, I have learned so many things, not only about culture or food but also
about people. They have taught and I have learnt some important values just like
friendship, confidence and so on. That’s why I wish them nothing but the best and I
hope to see all of them again.
This project is about building an European house, which has to include a bit of all the
five countries taking part. It also has to be sustainable and according to a general
agreement.
At night, after meeting the family, we met some other people. They gave us a very
warm welcome and we had a really good time. At twelve o'clock we had to go back
and we spent two hours or so talking. My first day was perfect.
The third day we went to an official building and to visit some other places. Bucharest
is really big and you always find places where you haven't already been. We also
went to some museums and in the afternoon all the students met in a café.
On Thursday we had to get up very early and we went to Sinaia and Bran by bus. We
had to spend a lot of hours in this bus, but it was really worth because we saw to
amazing castles. I liked Dracula's castle the most, the guide tour was really funny
and he told us a joke about vampires.
The next day we went to school again to arrange the last questions about the
European House and to say goodbye to the teachers. German students had to live
very early so we said goodbye to them and at night we went to a party.
I think that everyone of my age should have this kind of experience because it really
changes your mind and you learn a lot, like in intensive classes. If I had a list of the
best weeks of my life, It surely would be the first of the ranking.

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time It was more serious than the Germany trip one, because there, it was like a
school trip, but the Romania one was like for business !!!
We were staying at other student’s houses. Our hosts were Matei, Niki, Dragos,
Radu Maioru and we had such a great time with them.
At school, we had some kind of presentation after finding the place where we should
be, and then, we could taste all the typical specialities that our Romanian hosts
brought in a strange type of buffet. After that strange and particularly early lunch,
because it was at over 12 pm, we went to a fast tour over Bucharest, our “host” city,
we could see a lot of famous monuments and we visited a cathedral and we stopped
in a park. There we could taste some kind of small donuts called like that which were
eaten with a strange chocolate sauce and they were awesome. After it, we went to
sleep. On the third day, we went to school at the same as the previous day time and
we started the presentations of our cities and countries, and we had some typical
food too. During the afternoon, we visited the museum and after it, we went to some
kind of a Moroccan café and we had some beers. After the café we all got home
The fourth day was really exciting, but it started so fast, I mean, we woke up really
early That day We went to Sinaia and Bran Castles Dracula’s one and the other was
property of a really rich woman. We enjoyed a lot the visit, but it became really long.
It was more than 12 hours, finally at night, we went to sleep really fast, because the
next day would be really plenty and we were really tired.
We divided ourselves into 5 different groups with some members of each country and
we did some exercises about the project. That was the last day for the Germans. We
enjoyed a lot our last day in Romania. The next day, we just flew home, it was such
an emotive day, but I found it funny, and we all knew what we had to do the next
week. …
The final day arrived, so we woke up very early in the morning .We said goodbye and
a lot of thanks to Drago’s mum, and all the others and we went to the airport. There
we said goodbye to the other students, the girls cried and I don’t know why I didn’t
because I was very sad. The travel on the plane was short too because we slept.
Now we’re in Lleida, waiting for the 13th February, when we will see them again .I
can’t describe what i lived there because i can’t find any words!! I hope that I’ll do
another exchange because it’s a great think to meet people around the world.

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Our third visit has been to Bucharest. There we
visited the school Colegiul National Bilingv George
Cosbuc. On our first day we shared our common
work. All the participants explained their projects.
Our team talked about the Roman remains in the
city of Lleida, and about the conditions required to
build a sustainable house.
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Located in Southern Romania, Bucharest with 2.2
million inhabitants is known for its wide, tree-lined
boulevards glorious“Belle Époque” buildings and
bustling metropolis atmosphere .
What is now Romania has been inhabited since the
Paleolithic Age as evidenced by carved stone tools
unearthed there 10.000 BC, approximate date of the
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Transylvania.
In 101-196-AD the Romans conquered and
colonized Dacia. It became a Roman province and in
the 4th century Christianity was adopted by the
Dacian-Roman Latin-speaking people. And in the
11th century the Romanians were the only people in
the Eastern part of the former Roman Empire and the
only Latin people to belong to the Orthodox faith.
What has been improved?
An insightful synthesis addressed to all those who Bucharest, Romania
want to learn about other nationalities and cultures
has been provided with this trip. We have also traced
back the Roman remains in all the countries as well
as the historical links occurred all through History.
Our knowledge about Europe has been enlarged, a
fact that allows us to have a deeper insight on our
mutual relationships and connections. What results on
an improvement of social cohesion among all the
countries.
Teachers and students of all the countries

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1.-Ecosystem and situation
3rd Meeting ʊ 17th -21st October 2011 ʊ Bucharest
2.-Energetic systems taking
renewable energies and
into account.
The Construction of the European House
Concerning Ecological Needs and Sustainability 3.-Construction materials
4.-Recycling and reusing
materials
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Students: Marc Borràs Camarasa - Victor Gil Navarro - Anastasia Mendela –Pau
Navarro – Genís Anaya
Teachers: Rosa Borrell Feliu - Sara Cabello Ochoa - Anicet Cosialls
Manonelles
Spanish Team – Institut Guindàvols – Lleida
CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Production of renewable
energies for self use.
The building orientation is very important although - Solar energy captation by
most of the times it is not taken into account. A house means of photovoltaic
cannot always be built where the owners would like to do cells.
it. There are not too many options as far as placement is
- Installation of small size
concerned.
aerogenerators.
- Systems of solar heating
RESIDUES AND REUSE
IMPLIES:
- Treatment of grey waters
- Biologic stabilization
- Compostage production from organic garbage
- Recycling
Image of a sustained building
with all the mentioned measures of improvement.

23. In this visit we’ll see four of the most
important places in our city:
1. La Seu Vella
2. Indíbil and Mandoni
3. The Roman walls
4. Julius Caesar’s monument 3
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Rosa Borrell Feliu -Sara Cabello Ochoa-Anicet Cosialls Manonelles
Spanish Team – Institut Guindàvols – Lleida
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A landslide occurred in 1997 There was a revolt and Mandoni and Indíbil
in the walls of the Seu Vella, Ilergets warriors, fought against Roman
on the left of the Lion Gate, domination in the third century BC. In 212
led to the discovery of a BC, during the Second Punic War,
section of the wall of the the brothers Publius, Gnaeus Cornelius
Roman era, between the I Scipio went on the attack,
and II century BCE being defeated and killed by the
At that time, there was the Carthaginians.
area of the district Suda,
who was surrounded by
walls. Until now, these
remains were a mystery for
archaeologists, who had
recently begun digging at
this point under the second
phase of the works of the
settlement around the Old
Cathedral.
The puzzle-sculpture of Julius
Caesar, situated on the banks
The defense of the cities of the river Segre, Carrer
has been one of the Jaume II, was placed in 1999.
main worries of our past Given to the city by the writter
generations, since them Joseph Vallverdú and Isabel
all the only thing that
wants to remember the famous
they wanted it was to
secure a good future, battle of Ilerda. In 49 bC, Julius
and not only of their Caesar defeated Pompey’s
inhabitants and their troops.
Julius Caesar defeated Pompey’s
belongings, but also of
troops. The monument describes the
their culture and living.
The Romans were those In Spain we have multiple examples of the first years city of two hills and the suburban, with
that perfected the of domination (first and second century b.Ch.) and a flood of Segre who take the two
different methods of many of them restored or remodeled, which are wooden bridges that were built since
defense through the witnesses of the importance of these constructions in the followers of Caesar “el pont Vell”
the roman world. With the Pax Augusta, as it is
walls. (The Old bridge) was in pompeian’s
logical, the construction of walls were reduced, but it
was reactivating again in the III century a.Ch. due of
hands. The battle continuedin the
the pressure of the barbarous people villages. unknown town of Otobesa in the
confluence of Segre with Ebro.

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