THE TRIP TO SPAIN
Our trip to Spain was very exiting from the beginning. We saw and analyzed a lot of statues, historical monuments and buildings. We went about huge and fascinating museum in Spain.
On October 20th, we arrived the Barajas that is the airport of Spain at 14:30 according to Spanish time. Christina who is a teacher of I.E.S Francisco Garcia Pavon welcomed us at the airport. Then we waited Slovakia Group that was welcomed by Eva. And then we greeted with Eva and Slovakia group. We went to train station in Madrid altogether for going to Tomelloso. Finally, we arrived Tomelloso approximately 20:00. But, we talked about Project and programmed what we would do tomorrow with Eva and Christina when we travelled. Families picked our students up and they went to their home together. We settled down our hotel and slept early because it was really tired trip.
On October 21st, we went to I.E.S Francisco Garcia Pavon at 08:30. We greeted with German, Slovakia and Spain groups. The headmaster of the school congratulated us at the meeting. Every group’s students presented their subjects and introduced their school and school properties. After that we talked about our schools with other group briefly. After presentation we went to the Espana Square which is the main square of Tomelloso. We visited Los Portales which is the old building, but it was restored and changed into a museum. The museum staffs gave as information about Tomelloso. The students divided into groups that were called Arcadas and Bombo and they were given a task. And then they started to access their project. Our students made an interview about old building in Tomelloso with old people. In the evening, Spanish teachers and students arranged Halloween party at school. Every student dressed and made up differently. The teachers constituted a fear atmosphere. Some of the students frightened, but most of them did not. After the party, we came back our hotel.
On October 22nd, we went to visit to Madrid. The weather was rainy heavily. Therefore we didn’t go to everywhere easily. Firstly, we visited Madrid Plaza Major which is one of the central spots of Madrid. The statue is built XVII. century. We visited Plaza de Cibales which is a kind of fountain with statue. And then we went to Congress building and The Madrid of the Austrias. Eva gave us information about these buildings and Almuden Cathedral. After lunch, we visited Museum which is called Museo Nacional Del Prado. Eva also tried to explain the magnificent paintings that were painted in XVI. and XVII. century. After that, we began to journey back. Through travelling in the bus, we were talking about our project, building, history and we listened our prepared Cds that are composed of Spanish, Turkish, English, Slovakian, Italian and German songs.
On October 23rd, we went to school and met with our students. We visited the school and examined the classroom and education. The teacher explained their school and education system in Spain. We went to meeting to local administer of Tomelloso. She thanked us and we gave her our traditional presents. After that, we visited a famous winery in Tomelloso. A staff in the fabric gave information about the process of wine. We tried to understand how the wine is produced. Then we had lunch and talked about project. Thus we decided the date of other mobility to Germany and Slovakia. In the evening, we went to school for representation and we met with other colleagues and local administer of government.
On October 24th, we visited Toledo. While we travelling by bus we talked about what we should do next meeting we decided to study on songs. Before getting Toledo, we visited Consuegra, a Castilia Baraque which is a small town with a beautiful castle surrounded by typical windmills. These windmills are very famous because of the well known writer Cervantes’s novel, “Don Quijote” is known all over the world. Toledo is an important city in Spain because it has a history of Muslim, Christian and Jewish. We saw the gates of old city that one of them for Muslim, the other one is Christian. Muslim, Christians and Jews co-existed peacefully for many centuries in Toledo. We went to Alcazar de Toledo and city hall. And then we visit to Santa Isabel Cathedral in Toledo. Eva gave information about it. The cathedral is gigantic and impressive. There were a lot of paintings and statues in it. Finally, we came back our hotel at 23:00.
On October 25th, we went to Ruidera which is a little village in the province of Ciudad Real. It has a beautiful landscape. Eva said that this river area has an approximate extension of 4.000 hectares, of which 3.772 belong to LAS LAGUNAS DE RUIDERA NATURAL PARK. We walked around the river and saw two small waterfalls.

On October 26th, we went to school in the morning early and we worked together in technology class. The students wrote their thoughts about trip to Spain. The teachers shared their documents for setting up the page on internet. In the afternoon, we visited San Carlos de Valle which is an old church and town and the road of the Quixote in the morning. Eva said to us in the cell of Argamasilla del Alba, Miguel de Cervantes was held imprisoned and conceived his Quijote. We visited the Cervantes’s village. In the evening, everybody saw each other off.
On October 27th, we went to Barajas airport for coming back home.