Erasmus+ Feb. 2019 27th Jan. - 2

1. LISBON
Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and its most important city. Its privileged location at
the mouth of the Tagus River made it one of the most influential cities for the
domination of the Atlantic.
Me and my partner Flavia went to Portugal for an Erasmus project. I was very excited
because it was my first time to Portugal and the first time I did this kind of
experience. We didn’t stay in Lisbon but in a small town called Marinha Grande

2. I had a lot of fun and I met a lot of people.Every day we visited different monuments and cities for
example the first went to the capital of Portugal, we visited Mosteiro dos Jerònimos, is located in
the neighborhood of Belém in the city of Lisbon. The monastery, together with the nearby Tower of
Belém and the Monument to discoveries, is a celebration of the most important historical period of
the Portuguese nation and constitutes one of the main tourist attractions of the city.
The second day in the morning I went to my Portuguese class. After that we took a tour of the
school and ate all together to the canteen. In the afternoon we went to San Pedro de Moel, in
Marinha garnde and we saw the ocean

3. One day we went to Coimbra which is famous for its University, founded in 1290, among the
premieres in Europe. Today it is the largest university center in the country and hosts, besides the
students of the place, about 20.000 students from the other cities of Portugal. We visited Paco Real,
Capela de Sao Miguel and Biblioteca Joanina
Biblioteca joanina
Capela de Sao Miguel
Paco Real

4. We have also visited Fatima, in its surroundings is the sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in the
Empolladura of Iria, one of the most important Marian sanctuaries in the world, tied to the
apparitions of the Virgin in 1917 to three little shepherds
The fourth day we
went to the Museum
du Vidro and visited
Joaquim Correia,
another museum of
sculptures in Marinha
Grande

5. Last night we made a spectacle. The theater teacher has divided us into different groups to
second of the country of provenance. Me and my friends have made a spectacle where we
have shown our culture, language and tradiction talking about Dante Alighieri and making a
small picture of a typical Italian night among friends. After we all ate together and tasted
the typical Portuguese dishes like the bacalhao. We have eaten dessert The “ El pastel de
Nato” or “pastel de Belém” is a Portuguese pastry based on puff pastry and eggs. I advise
everything to make this kind of experience because it is an occasion to meet new people,
learn better languages and especially face new cultures