We hope that everything is fine in Aranjuez. It is our last week at school, and you can imagine how excited everybody is. Next week we will be on our summer holiday. Yes!💪
Time flew by after our visit to Aranjuez in March. We wrote a small diary about our trip and had a few presentations on the trip. We even gave a presentation to two different groups of teachers visiting Rastaala school, one was from Sweden and the other one from Italy. Can you imagine how exciting that was?! The texts had to be translated into English, and it took more time than we had estimated. It also took a while to get all the pics and texts here, but here they are now. We hope this brings you lots of good memories.
Monday, March 18th
On Monday we had a normal school day before we left school at 14.30. Our plane departed at 17.00. We arrived in Aranjuez at 22.30 and met our host families. And our Finnish teachers met their Spanish colleagues. Look at those smiling faces! :)
Tuesday, March 19th
On Tuesday we were at school and got to know the school. We visited some classes and gave them a presentation about Rastaala and Finland. The Spanish students asked a lot of questions.
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| Giving a presentation . |
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| At the school library |
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| The hall |
We also saw quite a few interesting biochemical experiments in the chemistry class. The 4th graders explained us in English what was happening in the experiment.
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| Waiting for the short films to begin. |
And then we saw some fantastic short films made by the 3rd and 4th graders. Very talented young filmmakers!
In the afternoon, we went paddle surfing.
The weather was great but the water rather cold. Some of us fell into the water and got a bit wet. We had
soooo much fun!
Wednesday, March 20th
On Wednesday we went to the royal gardens and to the palace. It was very beautiful there. The Spanish students gave us great presentations about the history of Aranjuez, the royal gardens and palace. We ate snacks at the gardens. What a beautiful place!
Later in the afternoon we had our Erasmus+ meeting with our Spanish Erasmus ambassadors and planned their visit to Finland next year. In the evening we ate some churros with our friends. Yummy!
Thursday, March 21st A Trip to Madrid
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| A bag full of souveniers |
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| Plaza Major |
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| Museo Nacional del Prado |
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| Madrid railway station |
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| Madrid railway station |
Friday, March 22nd
A Trip to Toledo
We went on a trip to Toledo. In Toledo it was nice and fun and we learnt really much about Spanish history and the history of the city of Toledo.
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| Look, how narrow this street is! |
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A few steps to see the view. |
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Admiring the view. |
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What a view! |
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Catedral de Santa María de Toledo |
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Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz |
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A very small window. |
In the evening we had a very nice farewell party with the families and teachers.
It was fun to get to know Spanish people. We learnt interesting things about Spanish culture, arts and history. We made friends with them and we keep in touch with our host families via social media.
