Monday, 16 April 2018

Trip to Spain


Trip to Spain

  

Living in Olhão also gives you the opportunity to spend a few days in the south of Spain!



We visited three cities in the region of Andalucía. Our first stop was Granada’s old town, museums and the beautiful Alhambra.


Afterwards, we went to Cordoba. Where we met an Arabic and European mixed culture.




To finish our journey, we spent three days in Sevilla where we met some friends who showed us around their city and took us to good restaurants.



We wondered all around these cities, exploring and enjoying the architecture and nature. We took a lot of pictures of this beautiful place!



Monday, 9 April 2018

Road trip around Portugal


 Road trip around Portugal


We made the most out of our holidays renting a car, going all the way up north through the countryside and coming back near the coast.


In only a few days, we met all four seasons of the year and we were able to do many things like; camp, explore castles, swim in Roman thermal baths, wonder around cities, have a coffee at the beach…


… which gave us the opportunity to discover this county’s culture, gastronomy, and beautiful well known and hidden places.


It was a fun and crazy trip!


Friday, 6 April 2018

Intercultural night! Meeting Greek



Intercultural night!
 Meeting Greece


This month, it was the Greek volunteer’s turn to present their country’s culture, history, etc.


It was interesting and fun…


… and after the presentation, we were able to taste various traditional Greek dishes.



We were happy to have the chance to share this night… 


… with the MOJU team and some friends. Waiting for next month’s Intercultural night, when other volunteers will share with us the country they come from!




Monday, 2 April 2018

On arrival training

On arrival training 



We took the road from Olhão to Viseu, excited to spend a week there for our program. Every new volunteer has to go to an on arrival training to complete our knowledge about EVS, to get to know other volunteers and to learn more about non formal education.


We had three awesome trainers, who prepared many activities and dynamics for us: our and our organization’s introduction, sharing our thoughts and what we had experienced since we came to Portugal, acquiring general and specific knowledge regarding our volunteer work, etc.


We had the chance to cooperate and show what we can offer and discover Portugal’s and Viseu’s culture.


Spending so many hours together and sharing a lot of great moments made us bond with EVS volunteers all around the country.


It was also an awesome opportunity to wonder around this beautiful city and to visit the Cathedral, the museum, parks…


We had a great time and we learn a lot, it went by too fast!