TOGETHER AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ERASMUS+

 

Erasmus + 

Project Number 2019-1–IT02-KA229-063323 

TOGETHER AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 

4th LTTA Program in Certeju de Sus – Romania

C4 – (Re)act against bullying and hate speech

 

19th – 26th  march 2022

1st day

March 19, the day of the big party in Valencia (San José), we got up early but not to go to "La Mascletà", our mobility to Certeju de Sus (Romania) begins today.

We take the plane and at 3:30h we arrive in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The adventure begins!!!

We take a van to be able to move freely around the country. We're 7 people (5 students and 2 teachers), and in no time we arrive at the apartment we have rented for one night, leave our bags and go to visit the city. Everything is new and different!!! And how cold it is!!!

After doing a bit of sightseeing we asked for a good place to try traditional cuisine and we loved it. They also entertained us with some traditional dances.

We are going to rest, it has been an intense day, and we need to recover strength for tomorrow!

2nd day

Sunday, March 20, we woke up in Bucharest, had breakfast and started our route through Romania with the rental van.

We enjoy the wonderful snowy landscape crossing the Carpathians while listening to good music.

We arrive in Brasov to visit Bran Castle, known for the legend of Count Dracula (inspired by Vlad Tepes). It is a beautiful, very cozy medieval mansion with towers and connecting rooms and a spectacular snowy setting. 

On the way out we tasted Romanian food at a street market, with the cool temperature!

We continue the journey to Deva with the van, and at an improvised stop, we enter an authentic bar where we meet the owner and a family with a daughter, called Andalucía! Enjoying the authentic Romania.

We arrived at the Belazur hotel in Deva at dinner time and we stayed, anxious to start living with people from other countries the next day!

3rd day

Monday was the day we met the Certeju de Sus high school and the other Erasmus’ students.

When we arrived we were welcomed with a typical Romanian dish.

Next, they showed us the facilities and we exchanged gifts that we had prepared for the teachers.

Afterwards we played soccer and also played a game to know each other.

It consisted of passing a thread between us and each one had to introduce himself, having the thread, you stepped on it, so when the thread had passed through all of them, a geometric figure remained on the ground.

Finally we went to eat at a restaurant and returned to our hotel where we had free time.

4th day

On Tuesday we got up, went down to breakfast and at 8:30 we arrived at school.

We started the Spanish team making our presentation and then it was the turn of the Turkish team.

 At the end of the presentations, we had lunch and later it was the Romanian team's turn to present. When we finished them, we reflected on them and went back to the hotel to eat.

A few hours later, we visited the Deva fortress, where its history was explained to us. By the way, to get there we had to climb a ladder with many steps. At that time the fortress was under construction, but it did not prevent us from visiting it.

At the end they left us free time for Deva. We decided to have dinner with the Turkish team in a pizzeria. There, a Turkish teacher had the idea of ​​writing how the day had seemed to each of us on the tablecloth paper. This idea ended up creating a very nice moment among all. At the end, we went back to the hotel and went to sleep with good memories.

5th day

On Wednesday, we got up and went to breakfast, which like every day, we had breakfast at the hotel. 

After breakfast we took the bus to go to the institute in Certeju de sus.  When we arrived, at 9:00, both teachers and students began to do a craft that consisted of painting a gift that we would take home that said Romania and some posters of each country. 

Once finished we saw the presentations from Italy and Bulgaria. Later, as always, at 11:30 we had our coffee break. 

 

At 12:00 they took us to see and dance some traditional Romanian dances.  When we finished we took the bus and went to eat, we finished around 14:40

When we had all finished, they took us to visit Giardini di Zoe and Arboretum Park of Simeria, it was necessary!

After visiting everything we had free time in Deva, we went to a shopping center and spent the afternoon. When it was time for dinner, we went to a pizzeria. We had a very good dinner!

6th day

On Thursday we went to the Corvin Castle of Hunedoara, a castle with different architectural styles and very beautiful. There we attended a very interesting guided tour and then they let us visit the castle freely.

At the end of the visit, we went to eat at a restaurant near the castle, the food was very good.

Then we went back to Deva and they gave us free time. So the Spanish team decided to go on a little excursion where we could see a waterfall. We also suggested Hassan and Nurcan (two members of the Turkish team) come with us and we all left with the van together.

The excursion was quite short, but the waterfall was very beautiful.

Returning to Deva, to the Belazur hotel, we rested a little and then we all went down to the last supper. After dinner we put on music and we all started dancing. We were very excited because it was the last night there. Then the Romanian teachers appeared with an Erasmus cake and gave us all the certificates. It was a great surprise!

Finally we all went to sleep, thinking that tomorrow would be the last day.

7th day

On the last day we got up quite sad and went down to breakfast. 

Afterwards we went on a hike to a forest that was full of snow and mud but the trees were so beautiful and silvery that it was worth it!!

At the end of the excursion we went to the school to play our last soccer game and say goodbye to all the Romanian people.

After that we went to the hotel to eat with the people from Turkey and Bulgaria. 

Finally we said goodbye to everyone (it was too emotional) and we went to load our bags in the van and start a long trip of 5 hours to reach Bucharest at 01:00 a.m. Everything was very strange but exciting at the same time because we were in a hotel sleeping for only 2 hours! 

The next morning we went to the airport to drop off the van and wait for the flight. We had breakfast to gain strength (we looked like zombies) and finally we got on the plane to make the 3:30 hour trip to Spain. When we got off the plane we took our bags so we could go to the exit together with our families who were waiting there.

It was an incredible trip where we made new friends and had a great time. I would repeat it a hundred times more!