Thursday morning, 7 o’clock: alarm clock goes off. Lisbon is
waiting for us! We leave the flat and go to the train station. 3 Hours of travelling
and there you are Lisbon. Now let’s find the hostel – Pousada de Juventude de
Almada. 15 Minutes of walking and we are in the right place. It’s the first
time that we didn’t lose the way during our trips – youhu J.
When we entered the hostel, the view from the terrace overwhelmed
us: we could see all Lisbon!
After a nice lunch we had the opportunity to meet with
everybody who came to this on arrival training. People came from Belgium, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Spain and
Turkey. During their projects they stay in different parts of Portugal, but we
are the only ones who stay in ALGARVE! (yeyeye) J
After a meeting in the training room everybody went for a
nap after this traveling day.
Friday all of us had to present our project and we had the
opportunity to get to know each other. Everybody had to talk about their projects
and the emotional side of it. Some felt happy, others had some difficulties… It
was very useful because everybody could learn from each other.
Saturday we were very lucky, because we had the chance to
visit Lisbon. During the day time we did a walking tour with the whole group
and we were very lucky to have a few people who already have been in Lisbon and
who could guide us. After a long day of visiting Lisbon we went to a
traditional restaurant, where we had a dinner. After this almost all the people
stayed to check the night life in Lisbon. J
Sunday – What is the time??? JJ
oops, we have to wake up. J
Traditional Portuguese dances were waiting for us. After that we went to Lisbon
again.
Monday was the most interesting day! We left the hostel at
10 in the morning. We started the day with making our own azulejos. After that
we went to a farm, there we made Azeitao’s cheese - Queijo de Azeitão. The
Azeitao’s Cheese is produced from the raw sheep’s milk. After making this
cheese we had a lunch in the farm. What can we say: mmmmm, it was the best meal
in those two months!!!! J
Then we took a short nap outside on the grass, because we had to go to a place
where we could taste wine (Moscatel de Setúbal). After that we thought that the
day was finished, buuuut the trainers had a little surprise for us: Portinho da
Arrábida! What a beautiful place!
Tuesday we had to say goodbye in the morning, because we
needed to catch the train. What a nice train trip, but what an angry conductor!
„Learn Portuguese“ he said to us. We
know, but he has to learn to be as friendly as the other Portuguese
people J
We can say that we met wonderful people and we really learnt
from them. All those days we had really good emotions and now we realised how much
we love our project and our hosting organization – MOJU! J
