SPANISH STUDENTS VISIT FINLAND

SPANISH STUDENTS WRITE ABOUT THEIR TRIP TO FINLAND
Hello! I’m Natalia from ‘Santo Tome do Freixeiro’ high school in Vigo (Spain). From 21st to 25th two Spanish pupils and me went to Finland for a school trip.
The 21st we had to take a plane to Paris very early in the morning. There we waited for a long time and then changed our plane. At 17:00 we finally arrived in Helsinki!!
A Finnish teacher took us to Jakomäki high school where our Finnish host, four German pupils and some teachers were waiting for us. There I met my host, a girl called Laura that came to my house last year. Together, with the others, we went to Helsinki centre to see the white church (Cathedral) and the port but it was at night and the photos we made were dark.
On Tuesday we had some English lessons and then we went again to the centre with more light than the last night. A historian teacher told us some interesting things about Finland.
Later we went to a museum with a ‘Pixar’ exposition. Where we watched a little film and learned things about movies like ‘The Incredibles’ or ‘Finding Nemo’.
In the free afternoon all of us went shopping to the city centre.
The 23rd we had a visit to the Vantaa Science Museum called ‘Heureka’ with a lot of funny and interesting things about science like a planetarium.
The next day we did some sport at ‘Tapanila sport centre’ like wall-climbing, boxing and badminton.
Later we went to the school to have home economics lessons. We did Finnish typical pastries with rice or strawberry.
It was the last afternoon so the Finnish pupils made something special: a funny party with lots of people, snacks and Singstar!
On Friday, the last day, we had to be at school very early to say goodbye to our host students and the others. We took a bus to the airport and we watched Finland for the last time from the plane.
We arrived in Vigo, our city, at night. It was a strange feeling: sad because it was the end of the trip but happy to be in our city again.
It has been a great experience where I have learned interesting things about another country with a culture very different from Spain and I have met wonderful people.
By Natalia Espadas


We went to Helsinki on Monday the 21st of April, and the temperature was not so cold as I was expecting. We met in the school with the pupils and went away to their house. Finnish people are more independent; it is another way of life.
On Tuesday we met in the school and went to a class. The school was very modern, much better than ours. I was surprised that they have a high level. Later we went to Pixar Animation museum and visited a bit the city. It has very good means of transport, and I think that this is very good.
On Wednesday we went to the museum of science, I think that it was very interesting, I had a very good time. Later we went to a shopping mall On Thursday we went to do sport (climbing, boxing and bádminton), the class of boxing seemed to me the most interesting. Later we return to the school and we had a cooking lesson , it was very entertaining and interesting to cook.
Later we went to buy some things for the party of Catarina´s host, who had a party in his house where we had a very good time. We sang in the Sing Star and we ate, we really had a good time .
Finally, on Friday we said goodbye in the school and returned to Vigo. Of this trip I have learned to look beyond our culture, and I was surprised by the silence of a city as big as Helsinki and also the independence of the people.
I like to do exchanges because this way I know the city and the way of life, but if I go with my parents I only know the city; and the first thing is more interesting. It has been a very good trip. Thank you!!
By Raquel Crespo