Menorca.info: "Minorcan students discover Turkey"

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Menorca.info: "The Paris Travel Diary"

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Titus Tunnel - Samandagi - Hatay - Turkey (05.10.11)

Brochure "Money makes the world turn around" (Hatay, Turkey)

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The Turkish team published the brochure "Money makes the world turn around" with detailed tourist information to the Turkish province of Hatay and its capital Antioch, and some more general information to the cities, towns and villages where the other European partner schools are located: places of interest, food, accommodation, mini dictionary, etc.

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Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

What are the characteristics of this museum?

It is located between Alma Bridge and lena bridge, on the left Bank of the Seine. The specificity of this museum is that it is really modern and paradoxically it is devoted to primitive art. You can find 3500 artifacts from all parts of the world. The Musée du Quai Branly houses four remarkably rich and precious collections, which it conserves, manages and documents with a dual aim in view. Firstly, they must be presented to the general public through regular rotation of artifacts in the permanent collections area and during temporary exhibitions; secondly, they must serve as useful and accessible resources for students, teachers and researchers worldwide.

What should there be in a travelers bag performing this activity ?

You must not forget money to buy stuff to eat in the garden of the museum, that is very convenient and nice. You will enjoy a beautiful landscape.

How can transportation be provided for this travel activity?

By the underground , you can take RER C : station «  Pont de l'alma » , or  the subway , line 9 , station «  Alma-Marceau » .

You can also take the favorite cool Parisian way to travel: Velib! (Bike … SO HYPE)

Where can the traveler accommodate?

In Paris, there are a lot of hotels, often really expensive

How long does this activity last?

You can choose by yourself, in this museum, you can go very fast but you can also choose to stay for a movie, (there’s a cinema), and a conference room, where you can listen to lectures. This is fascinating .This museum is really interesting , even if he's not that big ,  you must spend at least 1 hour there to enjoy it.

How much money is needed for this activity?

For the permanent collection, it costs 8 Euros for adults and 6 Euros for children.

Why should a traveler do this activity? 

We all have to learn to appreciate culture of other ancient civilizations, to respect it; it will help you to be open minded.  Last, it's rare to find places in Europe devoted to the primitive art of other countries people; it's a must when you come to Paris. 

What a beautiful place!

Plants travel around Europe

Convinced of the importance of natural and ecotourism, the CD “Plants travel around Europe” has been conceived as a particular landscape of our project, with its genuine flavors.  It contains a description of the local vegetation and traditional plants, some of them used in the kitchens of our countries.  Photographs illustrate the descriptions and bibliography enables a further investigation. 

The Garden in Portugal

Although uncompleted, coordinators from the seven partner schools decided to maintain the Garden in Portugal as one of the most emotive outcomes of our project.  Seeds of plants from the local flora in each country were sent to the school in Portugal.  Students of Tourism and Gardening from Ferreira do Zêzêre collected and let them germinate.  They created a greenhouse, which unfortunately was damaged by a destructive tornado at the beginning of 2011.  A big part of the garden got lost. 

Comenius project "Let's Travel": a little bit of our work and history

The work plan and the tasks have just slightly changed in the Comenius project “Let’s Travel!”.  There were ten schools on application stage and the project was finally granted in six European schools and in Turkey.  In the first project meeting in Flensburg, Germany, coordinators decided just to overtake one of the tasks of the schools which the project was not admitted at: the Polish school partner developed the evaluation activities through its questionnaires and a PowerPoint Presentation.  The school in Paris did not just one, but four radio Clype programs.  The school in Umbria, Italy, created not just the calendar “Let’s Travel 2012!”, but also the project logo, which was not foreseen as one of its tasks on application stage.  The Portuguese school in Ferreira do Zêzêre had big problems with the Garden because of a destructive hurricane, and the major part of the seeds sent by the other six partner school for the garden got lost.  The Turkish tasks didn’t change in its contents, by slightly concerning to the format.  On one hand the school in Iskenderun analysed and investigated on different kinds of Tourism and all school partners developed documents and videos.  On the other hand the Turkish team published a brochure on Tourism in all regions.  The Spanish coordinating school on Minorca Island added to its tasks the one of creating, not just the Project Blog, but also the TwinSpace project “Let’s Travel! Mailing Europe” for cooperative work, interaction and communication.  Partner schools did eight mobility meetings.  France and Italy offered to hold two of them,  so that each partner school could visit all other countries.      

Project Meetings Evaluation "Let's Travel!" - Power Point Presentation

"The most memorable moment was when I saw for the first time,

during the dinner for teachers at the Lycée Colbert,

in that great room from the 19 century,

a bottle of champagne with the label of the Comenius Program".

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Project Logo “Let’s Travel!”

Italian students of Graphic Design created the Project Logo, which visually identifies and makes easier to recognize all the countries of the partnership. The logo was applied in all partner schools and to all activities and products arising from the project: Blogs, TwinSpace, calendar, videos, brochures, documents, leaflets, gadgets, mobility activities, etc.

Sustainable Tourism: Park "Les Buttes Chaumont" (Lycée Colbert, Paris)

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Films on Sustainable Tourism [3]

One of the aspects of tourism is eco tourism or sustainable tourism. Three schools (in Spain, Portugal and France) have each shot a short film to show through different examples how sustainable tourism develops in their country and how sustainable development can be coped with, taking into account the difficulties and problems each country or city meets.

Camí de Cavall, Minorca Ecotourism
Ecotourism in Ferreira do Zêzêre, Portugal
Park "Les Buttes Chaumont", Paris, France

Plants travel aroud Europe - renovation work in our greenhouse

In the last days of January we began the renovation works in our greenhouse, to get your seeds and germinating them, and thus develop plants for the garden of our project.

In the last days of January we began the renovation works in our greenhouse, to get your seeds and germinating them, and thus develop plants for the garden of our project.

Students of the Profissional Course of Envitonmental and Rural Tourism worked very motivated in this project.

Plants travel around Europe - sowing

We bought two small indoor greenhouses to germinate plants.

We planted all the seeds, we have received from Spain, Italy, France, Turkey and Germany, we wait for the seeds from Poland.

Abroad also we sow some seeds outdoor, creating a small pond.
We look for plants.

Plants travel around Europe - First plants

Dear partners,

The first plants begin to germinate.

We have already germinated plants form Spain, Germany and France.

Radio Clype Programmes "Let's travel!" [4]

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Two different kinds of radio programmes were made during the two years.  One during the mobilities to Paris (January 2011, January 2012): French students interviewed their guests (students and teachers) about the visits they had made, the host families, their impressions, and the activities in Paris. These interviews were carried out within the studio of Radio Clype in Paris.  The other programme was made in each country and sent to France: in 2011, the students of the seven counties described a famous touristic place worth visiting, in English and their mother tongue. In 2012, students recorded one or several traditional recipes of their country or region.

Comenius Song "Let's travel!"

Zabrze, Poland (November 2011)

The Comenius song was composed (music and lyrics in French) by a group of French students and a teacher to welcome their guests on the first mobility to Paris. It was then used as a common link and a sort of hymn during the mobilities. It was translated into English by the Polish team and then into Catalan by the Spanish team; it was sung on the Day of Europe, May 9th 2012, during the last mobility to Spain.

Who wants to be a traveler in Foligno? ITALY

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Pen Friends' Activity

The Pen Friends' activity has produced uncountable results: from students’ profiles, introduction letters, descriptions of places and travel journals until spontaneous chatting to mutual knowledge and travel –mobility- experiences.  The most part of these students’ writings can be found on the Project Blog, on the Blogs in Foreign Languages, on TwinSpace and on Facebook.

The TwinSpace Project "Let's travel!"

The TwinSpace Project "Let's travel! Mailing Europe" has become an outcome which –like the Project Blog- contains a very representative visualisation of team working and communication: more than 300 pupils’ and more than 40 teachers’ profiles, mailbox and a collection of all project activities and mobilities (files, sound and video archive; pictures galleries, blogs and wikis).