The document summarizes a school trip to the Greek islands of Skopelos and Volos. It describes the travel itinerary which involved flights from Barcelona to Rome to Volos, Greece. In Skopelos, the students stayed with host families and visited the local school, museum, hotels, and businesses. They participated in cultural activities like cooking, pottery making, and a Greek folklore performance. The last day was spent back in Volos before returning home via flights from Volos to Milan and Milan to Barcelona.

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2. VOLOS ARRIVAL Thefirstwehadtobe at theairport at 5 am, wewentfrom Barcelona to Roma and thentoVolos. Wearrivedtoourdestination, Volos, onmidday, westayed at Avra Hotel. Therewepasstheday, and visitedthetown.

3. Thefirst and thelastdaywewenttoeatto a restaurant, whichhadverybighamburgers, calledDouble Bypass.

4. FIRST DAY IN SKOPELOS ToarrivetoSkopeloswetook a boat, and wearrived in 4 hours. In theboatwemetsomegreekstudentsfromtheschool, butmostpeoplewaswaitingforus at theharbour. Thefirstdaywestoodwithour host family.

5. TheschoolwascalledGenykoLykeio (ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΛΥΚΕΙΟ in Greek). Ithadthreebuldings, oneforprimaryschool (from 6 to 12 years), theotherwastheGymnasium (from 12 to 15 years), and Lykeio (from 15 to 18). It’scompulsorytostudyuntil 16. THE SCHOOL

6. ACTIVITIES IN THE LYKEIO Mostactivitieswedid in thelibrary. Allactivitieswereabouttourism, almosttheironlyway of life. Wevisitthe 3rd grade of Gymnasium.

7. FOLKLORE MUSEUM Wevisited a museum, whichwas a housedonatedbyNickolaidesfamily. Itexhibitssome of thebesthandworkfromcenturies 19th and 20th, especially ceramics, works of woodcarvings, knives, agricultural tools and folk art paintings.

8. DINNER WITH THE SCHOOL Theschool prepare forus a nightto a Café wherewe ate pizza, meatballsand someothertipicalgreekfood. Alsothechildrenwho host us prepare someactivitiesafterschool.

9. Wevisited a 4 stars hotel, calledAdrina. Theyexplainedtousthatthe hotel wasclosedfromOctobertoApril. And thentheyweretidingit up. Theyhadtopaintallthebuilding, cleanthe pool, removeplants… ADRINA’S HOTEL

10. The hotel had a privatebeach, with a beach bar and a swimming pool.

11. GLOSSA Glossa (Γλώσσα) isanothertown of Skopelos. Therewewentto a womenhandmadefoodfactory. Thewomenteachustomake a tyropita. Wealsohad lunch there and we ate tipicalgreekfood, pastisioand tyropitawithsome vegetables.

12. POTTERY HANDMADE Thismanexplainedtousthatwewason a familiar bussiness, and he colaboratedwith 3 greekfactories. Allhisworkwashandmaded and in front of us he made a vase in about 20 minutes.

13. GREEK NIGHT Onenightgreekstudents show us a little bit of theirculture. ButfirstPolish, French and Spanishstudentsread a famouspoem of each country. Thegreekdresstheirselves up withtraditionalcustoms, sang a song, represented a tipicaldance, afterthiswe ate tipicalgreekfoodmadebyfamilies. And thenwewenttosee Madrid – Tottenham match.

15. Thelastactivitywedidwas a presentation of tourism. A teacherfrom Athens Universityexplainedsomeinterestingthings, and thenwemake a diagramwiththemain ideas abouttourism: kinds of tourism, services… THE LAST DAY IN THE SCHOOL

16. Theyalsoshowedtoussomedifferentactivitiestheydidafterschool. Theypracticedtaekondo, football, basketball…

17. THE LAST DAY Ourvisitfinallyended, wetookanotherboat and westoodagainonVolos. TheflightwasfromVolostoMilan, thenMilanto Barcelona.

18. THINGS THAT INTERESTED US In Greece (Ελλάς) theyhaveanotheralphabet. Duringthesewedidn’t stop toeat. Onedaywehavebreakfasttwice, lunch twice and dinnertwice. They are veryhospitablepeople.

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