HELLO THERE!

Today we have made some changes in the design of the blog. First, we have changed the backgroung and use a picture that represent our trip to Trento, because as you know we are going to go to Trento the 11th of March.

Then, we changed the title to: Thinking about Trento, because the entries of our blog are about things we will see there and in addition the teacher assigned us the topic of the economy of Trento to explain it to the class. 

We put more pictures to make the blog more colourful instead of boring (from our point of view, obviously).

María will not come to Trento but me (Elena) yes, so we have talk about what we can do to have active the blog from two places (Trento and Granada) and this is our plan:

María will be posting things about what they will be doing in class and me will be telling you the things that we are doing there and posting some pictures if i have internet connection, if not when I came back to Granada I will post it all. 

See you soon!

WE ARE GOING TO TRENTO!

HELLO!
The next 11th (March) the class will fly to Trento!! We are so excited about the travel because we want to see our friends there, we didn´t see them since last year when they came to Spain.
We will be there for ten days and in that days we are going to...

- First day: Trip Granada-Trento. We will be there at seven p.m and we will go to our respectives Italian´s houses
- Second day: Visit Trento
- Third day: Trip to Verona, by train
- Fourth day: Visit and work in "Tambosi-Battisti" high school.  Here is the link to his web for you to know about it (http://www.tambosibattisti.tn.it/it/)
- Fifth day: Trip to Riva del Garda and Arco di Trento
- Sixth day: Work in the Tecnich and economic high school "Tambosi-Battisti" and then we will visit "Muse"
- Seventh day: Trip to Dolomitas, an Italian mountain range that extends to the provinces of Belluno
- Eight day: Work in the high school (Tambosi-Battisti)
- Nineth day: Trip to Venecia
- Tenth day: Day in family
- Eleventh day: We return to Granada about three p.m

Here you have some pictures about the places we are going to visit:

ECONOMY OF TRENTO

The city owes much of its unique economy to its position along the main communication route between Italy and Northern Europe and to the Adige river which prior to its diversion in the mid-19th century ran through the center of the city.
The Adige river was formerly a navigable river and one of the main commercial routes in the Alps. The original course of the river is now covered by the Via Torre Vanga, Via Torre Verde and the Via Alessandro Manzoni.

The share of services (financial intermediation and real estate, public administration, community services and activities of households) in total gross value added is higher than the Italian average.

- Tourism is vital and mostly related to the exploitation of natural amenities, sky resorts, etc.
- The share of agriculture is also higher than average, while the importance of industry is lower than in the rest of Italy. It´s concentrating on valleys.

It exists 862 exploitation dedicated to the ecological agriculture.



The principal activity it´s concentrating in the flats areas and take precendence the smallholdings.
- The most important manufacturing sectors include textiles, materials for construction, mechanics, food processing, paper and wood making.

A FAMILY WEEKEND IN GRANADA

Now, we have to plan another trip but this time it has to be for a family (2 adults and 2 children), for a weekend in the centre of Granada.

We have been looking for some hotels which different prices:
- "Santa Paula" hotel, which has five stars and his price is: 163,90$ per night
- "NH Collection, Victoria" which has four stars and his price is: 129$ per night
- "Don Juan" which has three stars and his price is: 66$ per night
In addition we thought about searching some B&B (bed and breakfast) and we found one that looks good: "Nsc Alojamiento", and it´s only 98$ per night

If the family want (or if they choose the B&B), they can go to any of this restaurants:

-  "Los Patos" in the street: Solarillo de Gracia and the average price is 35$

-  "El agua" in Placeta de Agibe which have fantastic views of the Alhambra

-  "El rincón de Lorca" in the street: Angulo, near to the Cathedral 

Some activities that they can do:

- Visit the Cathedral: 3$ per adult and free for the children

- Go shopping to the shops near to the hotel they choose

- Have a coffee in "El Suizo"

Or whatever they want to do. If they get lost or need some information about any place that they can visit, they have to go to "Palacio de las niñas nobles" next to the Cathedral, and there they will be helped.

TRIP TO GRANADA'S CENTER

This time, we have to plan a trip for the class, the duration of the trip have to be one day, and both of us think that it will be great to go to Granada's center.

In class we are 26 students, so we have to look for a cheap trip because is only one day.

In the morning we can visit the Cathedral and the Royal Chapel. Next to the Royal Chapel, it's La Madraza Palace that it was an old Arabian University. Then, we can walk along the Alcaiceria and go to the Corral del Carbon that it is the only civil construction that preserves of the Muslim period.

After, we can go to Plaza Nueva and eat our sandwiches there.

In the afternoon, we can see the Chancilleria, go to the Carrera  del Darro street where there are traditional bridges and come to Paseo de los Tristes. Next, through Cuesta del Chapiz we can access to the Albaicín neighbourhood and walking along the streets we arrive to the San Nicolas square.

This trip finishes there, where we see a fantastic view of the Alhambra.



 

 

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND OUR EXPECTATIONS

The results of the survey have been quite good, almost all of my classmates have said the same.

The questions were in general about the activities we have done with them, if we participated enthusiastically or not, if we liked working together, if we had problems to understand the language or if we had difficulties to understand them.
Others were about if we have enjoyed the experience, if it was easy to understand the assignments, if we used the English with them or if we talked Spanish more or less.
Finally, the rest of the questions were about if we are satisfied with the results of the work.

To sum up, we can say that in general, the expectations about the project were good, and when we finished it and the Italians left the school, we thought the we have to do it again definitely.

WELCOMING TO THE NEW YEAR SCHOOL

Hello again!
We have just started the last year of high school before the University. This new school year is so important for us because in this year we have to decide which career we want to take, some of us have just decided it, but others are still thinking about it.
We have good expectations about this new year but we're nervous about the difficulty of the tests, in fact we already have some incial tests and they were a little bit difficult, but we both think that with constancy we can do it and pass them all.

See you soon!

                                  Elena and María