Our trip to Romaniaby the Greek team

Erasmus+, 17-23 April 2016

Starting our trip to Romania we were all, students and teachers, nervous but also curious for what we would run into when we reached Caracal. We travelled from

Ioannina to Thessaloniki by bus, then flew to Athens and finally to Bucharest. There we were greeted by two of the Romanian teachers who took us to a park where we visited a museum and walked around until

we got hungry and had a break to eat something. Finally after spending

sometime waiting we continued our trip to Caracal exhausted. When we reached the small town its kids was welcomed by its host with whom he went to the house

where he would stay for the next 7 days. After eating dinner some kids went out to have fun and others slept because they

were tired

Day 1

Monday morning we went to school with our host guys and we were welcomed by the kids and the principal.Then we visited the school's classes and were given some information about each one of them. Some icebreaker activities followed which were really funny.Then we visited the theater. We watched a performance of traditional dances by some professional dancers. It was amazing We returned home where we had dinner and then hang out all together It was real fun!

Day 2

The day began with the visit to two factories located in the nearby area. The first one

belonged to a company called “Romanita” and was a cloth factory. In that way, as we were invited to see the working places and the factory machinery we actually saw all the

proceedings needed for the creation of clothes or other materials related to cloth. The second factory we visited was one of the factories of the company “Yazaki” which was associated with the production of wire harnesses. In that factory we saw the complexity of wires and

the connections needed to create an electric machine and also where all those harnesses

were required. When we visited it, the factory was producing wires for cars.

Day 3

As a result, by observing the factory working place and by inquiring the staff in both factories we got significant information about the two plants and we compared the information realizing the common elements in the working conditions in factories.

Moreover, when we returned to school we took part in various activities, for example in a pottery workshop in which we had to paint vessels in our own liking. That activity was one the most exceptional acts we did that day because through it we expressed ourselves with the painting of the vessels creating amazing pieces of art. It was a lot

of fun!Finally, at the afternoon we had were given the remaining day free to spend with our friends. Each one of us spent the day by going out with his/her foreign classmates,

seeing a movie, going for shopping etc. It was one the most amazing activity-day we had in the Erasmus+ program.

Day 3

During the Erasmus+ student exchange program we left from

Caracal, where families who hosted us were living and went to Brasov. We

started the morning of Wednesday at 5 o’clock. After 5 hours in the road we reached our destination. Initially we visited one of the Castles-Palaces of

the area and then we went to Adventure Park. After that we went to the hotel, got dressed and we went to

the Hotel restaurant for dinner. Finally, we went to the disco of the hotel and then we returned to our

rooms to sleep.

Day 4

The 5th day of the Erasmus program began at our hotel in Brasov. We woke up around half past seven because at 8 o’clock we all had to be ready. We had breakfast at the hotel and then we headed straight to the city center where we had free time. We formed small groups in order to explore the local shops and stores. At around 1 o’clock we left the city, returned to the

hotel for the last time in order to have a three-course lunch. Last but not least, we went to the Dracula’s castle. It was pretty huge with a significant amount of hidden passages and stairs. Every single room

had very interesting and old showpieces. Heading towards the meeting point where the bus would pick us up we encountered a lot of salesmen who were selling local

products. The Dracula’s castle was the last stop of our 2-day trip to Brasov. Around 10 pm we arrived at Caracal and everybody,

being exhausted, went home with our hosts.

Day 5

Today was the last day of the program. We started making a special food, each team from its country. All those dishes were delicious. Then, we formed groups and we made a poster with the advantages and disadvantages of a job, each

group for the job they chose . We had a BBQ at the yard with very tasty food. Last but not least, we went to the amphitheater for some special presentations and then we left. The last night had to be special so we organized a party in a very beautiful place. The end of the night was very emotional knowing that the next

day we had to say a very difficult word, “goodbye”.

Day 6

On Saturday the 23rd of April, the day of our trip back to Ioannina, all kids had to wake up early so they could salute their new Romanian friends and then leave.

Most of us shed a tear when we understood what this departure meant for the friendships we had made in the last

few days. We reached the airport of

Bucharest by bus. Each team left at a different time. The German kids left first, then the French, the Spanish and finally

the Greek. Tears started falling again and only stopped when we finally arrived at Thessaloniki. A mini bus took us back to

Ioannina where we met up with our families with whom we hadn’t talked face

to face for a week! The trip surely achieved most of the goals our teachers

had in mind and became a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all of us!

Day 7

Va multumesc pentru tot!Ευχαριστούμε!

Greek team