Agrupamento de Escolas de Abação

Saímos da escola na segunda-feira, dia 6 de maio, e seguimos viagem ao Porto, onde começou para alguns de nós a primeira experiência aérea. Voamos do Porto para Frankfurt e de seguida para Vilnius na Lituânia. O professor Dainius esperava por nós na famosa carrinha amarela, para nos levar até à escola, onde nos encontraríamos com os nossos anfitriões.

Our arrival at Poland was around 20:30 pm, after a long travel by plane, with a stop in London. We were received by teacher Greg and we met the hosting families in the school. José Luis Freitas, from the ninth grade class A, stayed in Krzysztof’s flat. His family was really nice, welcoming and helpful. He had a sister and a guinea pig. Cristina Ribeiro, from the ninth grade class A, stayed in Robert Peter’s flat. She had a very welcoming and impeccable family. André, from the ninth grade class D, stayed in a flat at the fifth floor, with Alexsander’s family, they were welcoming and cool. He had a brother and two fish. He also had the opportunity to be with an Estonian student that stayed in the same flat he did, his name was Olgar. Lúcia, from the eighth grade class B, stayed in Michael’s flat, his family was very nice, friendly, funny and welcoming. This family had a dog named Bello and a squirrel. Francisco, from the eighth grade class B, stayed with Andrezc, his family was really nice, amazing and spectacular. They had a black and brown stripped cat, with him stayed Lustas another student. Every student had the chance to be with the families outside their houses doing leisure activities like: going bowling, playing billiards, table soccer, and ice skating (among others).

A nossa chegada à Polónia foi por volta das 20:30, após uma longa viagem de avião, com escala em Londres. Fomos esperados pelo professor Greg e encontramo-nos com as famílias anfitriãs, na escola. O Zé Luís Freitas, do 9ºA, ficou no apartamento do Krzystof. Foi recebido por uma família extremamente simpática, acolhedora e atenciosa. Ele tinha uma irmã e um gunapi. A Cristina Ribeiro, do 9ºA, ficou no apartamento de um rapaz chamado Robert Peter, que fazia parte de uma família super acolhedora e impecável. O André Silva, do 9ºD, ficou num apartamento, no quinto andar, com a família do Alexsander, uma família acolhedora e fixe. Ele tinha um irmão e dois peixes. Também teve a oportunidade de conviver com um aluno da Estónia, que ficou no mesmo apartamento que ele, e o seu nome era Olgar. A Lúcia Silva, do 8ºB, ficou no apartamento do Michael, cuja família também era muita simpática, amigável, divertida e acolhedora. Esta família possuía um cão com o nome Bello, e um esquilo. O Francisco Pereira, do 8ºB, ficou com o Andrezc, cuja família era bastante simpática, fantástica e espectacular. Também tinham um animal, que era um gato às riscas castanhas e pretas. Com ele, ficou outro aluno chamado Lustas. Todos os alunos tiveram oportunidade de conviver com a família fora das suas casas, fazendo atividades de lazer como por exemplo: jogar bowling, bilhar, matraquilhos, patinagem, entre outras atividades.

It all started on November 5th at 6:30 am, when we (students) and teachers gathered at school in Abação. It rained a lot, but our enthusiasm was enormous. The flight departed delayed at 9:30 from Sá Carneiro airport and we were impatient to get to Milan. In Milan we landed at around 12:00, where we had our first lunch on Italian soil. We ate a Panino. Already on the bus, we left the airport to meet the teacher Alfredo Boccasile, who would lead us to our host families. We, Cátia Cunha and José Lopes of class C of the 8th grade were accommodated in Frederica and Giulia Soccio and Davide Bonariva’ homes, respectively, and José Pedro Machado of class D of the 9th grade was accommodated in Matteo Marinoni’s home. The meeting was very positive. We were delighted: Cátia adored her host family; José’s host family was very friendly, in a word, spectacular; José Pedro loved staying at Matteo’s home.