Portuguese travel diary for the mobility to Italy

1. SMILE - Music and Sea
ITALY Mobility
11 to 17 October 2020
Programa Erasmus + Proj. 2018-1-EL01-KA229-047679
Zendensino
Escola Profissional de Esposende
Portugal

3. Tuesday, 11/02/2020
The Portuguese SMILE project team
composed by Vítor Correia, Catarina
Gomes, Mónica Matos, Maria Vale,
Jimmy Gonçalves and two teachers
arrived to Palermo.
Were finally able to meet personally
the new colleagues, their families
and a new school who would
welcome us for a week.

4. Wednesday, 12/02/2020
The day starts very early, with the
enthusiasm of those who go to
school for the first time, it's time to
meet new colleagues, schools and
participating countries it's time to
make new friends. All group made a
visit to Regina Margherita school.
The morning starts with speeches of
welcome, presentation of schools
representations of the myths of each
country, and the performance of
Italian students with dances and
music workshops based on myths
and legends. During the afternoon
we had a guided tour to the beautiful
and historic Teatro Massimo and a
music workshop at the music school.

6. Thursday, 13/02/2020
Arrived at the Soprintendenza del
Mare, a department of Cultural
Heritage and the Sicilian Identity,
Where we have the oportunity to
see underwater archelogical
patrimony and anthropological
heritage of Sicilian seas.
In the evening we have the
possibility to attend a wonderfull
performance of Teatro Ditirammu.

9. Friday, 14/02/2020
Visit to the Arsenal of Royal Navy
finished with a workshop in
collaboration with Soprintendenza
del Mare.
Visit to the Dance School with a
dance workshop for students and
teachers.
In the afternoon we had a lunch
prepared by host families where we
had the opportunity to taste typical
Sicilian dishes in pleasant contact
with parents, students and teachers.

11. Saturday, 15/02/2020
By bus the whole group made the
norman itinerary a Unesco World
Heritage Site started in Monreale
where we visited the beautiful
cathedral with its Byzantine
mosaics of extraordinary beauty
and greatness, where we held
some historical workshops with
students.
Then we visit the ancient and
historical place of Cefalu.

13. Sunday, 16/02/2020
In the morning we did a course
prepared and guided by an italian
student and in a history workshop we
visited the historic center of Palermo
which is part of the UNESCO World
Heritage Site. We started with the
guided tour of the palace and cappella
palatina, then we went to the cathedral
of Palermo in whose gardens we
participated in another pleasant
explanation made by the student. Then
we visited some beautiful churches and
squares in old Palermo.

16. Monday, 17/02/2020
Homecoming day. Farewell to colleagues and families, the most emotional moment
of the week ... but ... right after that we focused on the need to disseminate the
project to our schoolmates and especially to the entire regional community
through local and regional media..
We would like to thank the European Union and the ERASMUS + national agency,
which has allowed us this unforgettable experience of citizenship and learning.
Vítor Correia, Catarina Gomes, Mónica Matos, Maria Vale, Jimmy Gonçalves,
António Conde, Pedro Carneiro.