Day 1Since we were so excited to meet all the Spanish and to Belgian students, we prepared a booked week plan which started by the arriving of the Spanish pupils. The Austrian students made their way to the hostel, where the other students are supposed to be staying and picked the Spanish students up. Because... Continue Reading →
In honor of women’s day on March 8th, we participated in a demonstration. It started at 12 pm at plaza de la Universidad. It was the first time participating in something like this for some of us, so we were a bit overwhelmed because of the huge crowd of people. We quickly got used to... Continue Reading →
As we all have learned over the last year there is a huge difference between talking to someone face to face or via a screen. In Barcelona we had a fixed programme of work which we had to do. Part of it was discussing a variety of topics. These were: Covid in our country, the... Continue Reading →
On the second day, we met up at approximately 8:15 o’ clock at the school in Barcelona, to go to the Parliament together. We took about half an hour to get there. When we arrived, a kind lady toured us around the Parliament. She told us about the history of the Catalan Parliament and some... Continue Reading →
On 7 March the Erasmus students from Belgium and Austria arrived. We had been preparing and waiting all day for their arrival. At 4pm we were waiting for them at the door of the high school, very nervous. They all came together from the hostel. We took them to the gymnasium/assembly hall and gave them... Continue Reading →
Since we’ve arrived in Barcelona, we’ve had a lot of free time. Every day after we had finished our program, we could go out eating by ourselves or do something else. Mostly, we went to eat, but one day we were allowed to go to a bar (without alcohol of course) to watch a football... Continue Reading →
Today we've visited the Barcelona's modernist part. Which was beautiful. Just watching all the flowers and all the harmony of emblematic buildings of Barcelona, such as The Catalan Music Palace or the iconic Sagrada Família. It's just the top of the cake of the Catalan Architecture and Gaudí's buildings. We also visited the Casa Batlló,... Continue Reading →
On Thursday 10th we recorded a radio programme at school. We split into groups of four to five people, and every group was assigned a different topic, such as social movements or the Covid situation in Austria, Belgium and Spain. We started writing the script the day before, however, we didn't have enough time to... Continue Reading →
Hello, we are Amelie and Amelie. We are going to talk about the food here in Barcelona. We have already gone a lot on holiday to Spain, and we really love the food here. The first day, we went to a Spanish restaurant. There we ate Spanish tapas, like patatas bravas, bread with tomatoes and... Continue Reading →
Ball de Bastons (Stick dance) is a popular dance here in Catalonia. It's a partner dance with sticks that is usually danced at the street during festivities. On Wednesday, we went to La Casa dels Entremesos, where we saw some typical giants also used to dance in the street and later we learned how to... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday evening we went to the host families for dinner. We were separated into groups of 2 people and each pair was placed with 1 person from Barcelona. We noticed that all the families were really welcoming and warm. we immediately felt like we were home. They made lots of spanish dishes and we... Continue Reading →
7.3.-12.3.2022 And now here we are... The students and teachers from Belgium and Austria arrived to Barcelona and were very warmly welcomed by the Catalonian team. It's a great feeling that finally we can realize an Erasmus+ mobility again!
Due to Covid and all the restrictions in our different countries we couldn't see each other for a long time in real life. The students who worked with us in the projects partly left our schools after their final exams. Nevertheless, the team of the teachers tried to keep in touch and continued to "Identify... Continue Reading →
We are at the end of December, exactly 10 months ago, me and my fellow students were eager to pack our bags and leave for Strasbourg. The first week of March had come to an end. Afterall, we were very lucky to have had this fantastic opportunity and experience. The following week France and Belgium... Continue Reading →
In the past year, Covid-19 has played a very important role in our lives. The impact that the pandemic has had on the economical situations all over the world and the impact on our social contacts was immeasurable. A lot has changed in our way of life and so on Wednesday 7 October we held... Continue Reading →
On the 9th of November, when we would have been in Barcelona, another ZOOM-meeting took place. In this second meeting we talked about the elections in America and their influence on Europe. We started in 1 meeting with all participants from Austria, Spain and Belgium and talked about how everyone was doing while we waited... Continue Reading →
After two hours flying, we landed at the airport of Munich “Franz Josef Strauss”, where we were waiting 50 minutes to be able to embark at the following airline which went to Strasbourg. Our first impression of the second plane was negative, it was small and it seemed like a toy plane. But, after all,... Continue Reading →
Originally, the routine on Wednesday consisted of a visit to the European Parliament situated in Strasbourg and some interactive group activities. But because of the global situation regarding the COVID-19 virus, the European Parliament had to be locked down. The situation was quite confusing because our teachers were not told of this decision, as a... Continue Reading →
It was a long trip our way back home, but, fortunately, we didn't have to get up as early as the Austrians, who woke up at 4 am. The Belgian people were as lucky as we were. Both groups slept until 8:20 when the breakfast began. After taking some photos all together, the Belgians went... Continue Reading →
Today we did something that was really fun. A scavenger hunt in the european quarter in Strasbourg. We met at 10am in the Lobby of our hostel and went 45 mins to where the scavenger hunt started at Lieu d'Europe. We were in small groups with students from every country. Every group got a paper... Continue Reading →
Identify Democracy 