The first European Cultural Route: The Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago), by Alba Rama Carneiro.

                    THE FIRST EUROPEAN CULTURAL ROUTE: THE WAY OF ST. JAMES
                                                       EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

     The Camino de Santiago, or Way of St. James, is a route used by pilgrims from around the world to reach the city of Santiago de Compostela, where the relics of St.James the Great are venerated. After the Council of Europe’s Declaration of the Way as the first European Cultural Route in 1987 and the adoption of a common European graphic identification system to guide the pilgrims from any nationality or religion, the route has continued to grow, until The French Route (one amongst several routes) was eventually declared a UNESCO World Heritage Route in 1993.

Street art: Las Meninas de Canido are exported to Europe, by Bella Jasmin Kahia González.

      'LAS MENINAS' IN CANIDO ARE EXPORTED TO EUROPE. 

Canido, in Ferrol, and Montmartre, in Paris, share nothing in common but the fact of being located on a hill at the top of the city and keeping some characteristics of the villages they used to be long ago. Those aspects create a personality of their own in both quarters.

Exploring Spain

Can you remember a movie published by Spanish team at our blog in February? It showed the talk about Poland prepared by a Galician speaker Weronika Urbanik-Pęk for IES de Catabois students in Ferrol. Now, you are invited to watch video material from a twin meeting which took place in Bieruń. We were pleased to host the same speaker Weronika. She presented us a very interesting speech about Spain and Galicia. The information provided by Weronika was useful during our visit to Ferrol.

Enjoy the movie in the link below:
Weronika's talk in Bieruń

  

Visit in Spanish family

     We came to Spain for our project meeting on the 21st of March 2015. We, Daria and Marysia, could stay in a Spanish family, because Noa, an ex-student of IES de Catabois school invited us to her house. She gave us her room and we could sleep in her double bed. It was exciting experience for us.

Squares of Madrid and Cracow

Plaza Mayor 

     During the first project meeting in Spain our return journey led us to Madrid, where we had to spend a day waiting for the plane. We didn’t have much time to visit the Old Town in a very detailed way. On the other hand, we didn’t want just to walk and look around. For this reason, before going to Spain we asked some people for advice what is worth seeing. One of the most interesting ideas was given to us by Maca. She suggested us to pay attention to the main squares of Madrid and compare them with the main squares in Cracow.

A TRIP TO LAS MEDULAS

Student: Agnes CUPIN, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Ioana Lacrimioara RADA; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

Even if the way there was long and I  managed to fall asleep, it was all worth it. The weather was relatively good and the air was fresh- a quality I enjoy every time I go on a trek.