Day one in school Monday November 7th

Our group at school

With thier host students in Portugal 

Waiting for the presentations

The entire Erasmus group Outside the town hall 

Holly and her day at school

Snacks and coffee break at school

Meeting the head teacher 

Tom giving his presentation and his blog entry for Monday.

Today we went to school with are Portuguese hosts . All the schools went up the stairs into the library to present their presentations on 'the place where we live'. When teya showed her video her and Lucy were practically crying . After all the presentations were finished we went downstairs to have a coffee break where we socialised with each other whilst munching on some patisserie, which was very scrumptious. After that we went to the nursery next to school and saw lots of little children . According to tal they were that cute she wanted one which lead to a German student saying 50 euros for one. We then went into a room and were shown three different dances by the children of the nursery . As we left we got given some fogaça which is a sweet Portuguese bread which tastes like a hot cross bun , but without the fruit . We then walked back to the school to have lunch which was meant to be fish and rice but I forgot to go and get but fortunately my hosts mum had made me two ham and cheese barms. After we finished eating we went outside to play volleyball which was very fun . When the bell went to dismiss lunch we went back to library where we did nothing for a hour . Finally we went on a coach to the town centre to get a warm welcome and a bag of goodies . We then went into a open area to be put into groups for the week where we were interrupted by a man who started dancing and singing which created a lot of laughs . We then ended the day by riding the coach back to the school to be picked up and driven back to my host's house .

Teya's weekend...(see group selfies above)

On the Saturday morning when we got there, Érica, my host was at a violin lesson. So I sat with her non English speaking mum and sister who were using google translate to talk to me. When she got back, we talked for hours about England and Portugal and other things. In the after noon we went for a walk around the village and then we went for a swimming lesson. It was really fun and quite different. Then we went to Érica's Grandmother's house for dinner. 

Then on the Sunday I slept on till 9:30am and then at 10am we went shopping! I got to see what a Portuguese shopping centre looks like and some Portuguese foods too. It was really fun! Then we went to her other Grandmother's house for lunch and had some really tasty pork. I met her aunt, uncle and cousin too. They are all super lovely. Then we went for a walk and then went back to the same grandmother's house again for dinner. Then we went home and went to bed.

Teya

Blog for Monday from Lucy! :

Monday was such a good day, and an amazing experience. It was strange going into a school with our uniforms on when they don't wear them. Although, the presentations were amazing and everyone loved Teya's and Miss Underwood and Mr Wilson's videos😁. We stayed at school which I loved because at lunch we played volleyball with all the exchanges and everyone were so lovely😊 Later we went into Santa Maria da Feira and got given the traditional sweet bread as well as going into our groups for the first time, walking around the town with them. Me and Tal then visited Joana's family who are also lovely as well. Lucy