Romania: Looking to the future

By Pablo Rodeiro Rañales, 4th year ESO.

Taking into account its communist past and all it meant to the country, Romania has already travelled a stretch of the road to democracy, and, therefore, a way to modernization, improvements on road infrastructure, education and agriculture... Some towns and cities have been restored recently, becoming attractive spots to the visitor, like Oradea, for example.

ARE WE THE SAME?

By Sergio Dopico, 4th year ESO.

In a recent exchange of students to Romania and Budapest, we met a lot of people, teachers and students from the different countries which are taking part in our project: Romania (obviously), Poland, Sweden, Turkey and Italy. And in Budapest… In Budapest, we met a lot of people, but almost no one was Hungarian... When we arrived there, we were surprised because it was like our city (Ferrol), but much bigger and with really nice buildings.

WHERE ICE NEVER MELTS...

Scarisoara glacier and ice cave.

By André Rey Vidal, 4th year ESO.

1165 metres over the sea level, the Scarisoara Glacier is still standing there to be admired. The giant block of ice is one of the glaciers which hasn't melted since the Ice Age. Even though it has never disappeared, its shapes are in continuous change. In the summer, a few centimetres of the ice layer melts while in the winter, with the new snow and the freezing temperatures, it grows up into amazing renovated forms.

                       

EUROPEAN WEDDINGS CURIOSITIES: Weddings in a few European countries. Customs and traditions.

Through the e-book we're presenting, we'd like to invite you, reader, to find out about some of the most relevant or amazing details which make the wedding celebrations in each of the participating countries in this project so unique and, yet, so close to each other.
 

Scala dei Turchi (Stair of the Turks)

By Robert Kovacs, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

     The Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, in the southern Sicily, Italy.

The Valley of the Temples

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

Just outside Agrigento, there is The Valley of the Temples, one of Sicily’s most famous historical attractions, an archaeological area exhibiting an important interchange of human values, being one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean region with its outstanding evidence of Greek influence.

Orto botanico di Palermo

By Diana Domocoș, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

            The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanical garden and a research and educational institution of the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo.

Sicily - natural beauty and an equally rich history

By Antonia Borsa, Coordinating teacher: Melania Egyed, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

                   I have always been impressed by the landscape of  Sicily whenever I had the occasion to see it presented on T.V or in different films. And here I am giving my own opinion after I had the opportunity of my life to visit it and to have real, vivid impressions about the place.

The Tragedy from the ”Colectiv” Nightclub

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

A huge tragedy, maybe one of the biggest tragedies in the last 20 years, happened on 30^th October 2015, at the Colectiv nightclub from Bucharest. A lot of people, more exactly 60 innocent ones, died in blaze through one of the most terrible ways of dying: burning alive. Try to imagine this appalling scene:  your friends burning in flames, everybody screaming, fighting for their lives, trying to escape the nightmarish place. A real horror movie!

A nightmare evening in Paris

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

       All around the year, France has been suffering multiple terrorist attacks, causing damage and victims. The first important attack was in January at Charlie Hebdo newspaper. The second one was on 14^th of November, claimed also by Islamistes due to the fact that France invaded Syria. Could this be the beginning of a new war? Should we be afraid even if we do not live in France? Maybe the answer for both of these questions is “yes”.