Trip to Greece
11th - 18th February

Saturday 11th , and Sunday 12th in Athens

We discovered the city of Athens in Greece the Sunday, Febuary twelve two thousand and twenty three.

After one hectic night in the youth hostel, we visited the Acropolis which is a limestone rock plateau which is in the center of Athens and the Parthenon which is the abode of virgins locate on the Acropolis.

My best moment in Greece was when we made our first meal because we ate good thinks so we discovered this gastronomy which isn't the same in France. We had fun, we could share our feelings about this first day so it was great !

Liana

We then took the train in direction of Larissa where our stay could start with our host family.

Monday 13th, at school

We visited the Greek school and we did breaking-ice with students Erasmus.

Ioanna made soap. Then we presented our school. At 4 o’clock p.m we went out with our partners.

Emelyne

Tuesday 14th

Tuesday, we went to visit the meteors and the monastery of St-Stephan to discover the culture of Greece which is a very religious country (mostly Orthodox).

The ladies had to wear skirts!!!

We then visited the Mushroom Museum in which there were first stuffed animals staged in their habitats and then on the floor mushrooms of all kinds, mushrooms are crucial for the environment because they help decompose organic matter (dead wood, etc.) they can also replace meat because they have the same texture and various flavors. After lunch we visited the town of Trikila, located next to the Aegean Sea and then returned to our correspondents.

Luna

Wednesday 15th

We took the bus to visit Karla city and the information center.
We learned that in 1962 they took the decision to empty the lake in order to expand
agricultural lands . The places quickly suffered from many environmental problems : loss of biodiversity and water points which made agricultural lands useless.

Sustained by European fundings an important project permitted to restore 38 km water spaces.
Today, the lake is an internationally important wetland which belong to the Natura 2000 network and is home to 180 bird species and 14 fish species.

Then we went to visit the city of Volos where is located the insects museum.
Insects play many different roles such as pollinating flowering plants,
breakdown and making of organic material and seeds movements.
Insects represent a potential alternative to animal proteins because their
rearing has a lower environmental impact

Julia

Thursday 16th

We start by visiting a Orthodox Church then we went at the folklore museum which was intended to show us how the Greeks lived before. After having visited the museum we did an activity on the blue print which showed us how the Greeks did to make patterns on fabric.

In the afternoon we showed a traditional dance of our country, France presented the French can can.

Ella

Friday 17th

We visited an eco-sorting center in the morning. They sort all kinds of objects like televisions, children toys or computers. We think there should be more eco-center like this!

After we went in class with our correspondents. We discovered how students work in Greece: it's really different from France. We finished at 14 P.M and we came home with our correspondents to eat.

In the afternoon we went to the city center for the goodbye party, we went shopping and we ate greek food ! It was delicious!! Then, we went home and said goodbye to the family.

Lauriane et Axelle