maandag 14 maart 2011

Day 4 : Milano day

Today we got to sleep out! I guess we needed that because we were all very tired after yesterday night. The only problem was, that when we woke up, it was raining. And it rained all day long.
We had to be at the train station at 11:45 and took the train at 12:13. The train took about 45 minutes to get to Milan and in Milan we took the subway to the centre and we got half an hour of free time before we went to the Brera museum. We came up from the ground in a big mall and outside we saw a big square and the Duomo. We walked across the square and saw a couple of nice cars. So we walked across the square and on the other side was a car show with about 30 Ferraris and some other old MGs, so that’s where we spent our half hour of free time.
After that we walked to the Brera museum and had to do an assignment where we had to rate 4 paintings and pick our favourite picture of the museum.
We then walked back to the mall where we were at first and we were supposed to visit the Duomo and, optionally, climb it to the top. There was one problem though: it was closed…
I didn’t like the fact that it was closed because I’d loved to climb the Duomo and see the view when we were up there. But it did mean that we got more free time in Milan, so that was fine. Most of us spent our free time shopping in Milan, because there were a lot of nice shops there. At 18:15 we had to be at the mall again to take the subway and then the train back to Voghera, where we had pizza together.
After the pizza, most of us were very tired and all returned home to get some sleep, but some went to a bar to play some pool, but I was happy to go home because I was very tired of walking all day in Milan

zondag 13 maart 2011

Day 3 : The Monk who kept Ocke silent

Saturday Pavia day,
Early, very early, we took the train to Pavia. Our first destination was a church with a really big wall around it. So we were all hanging out in front of the church when suddenly this really cool monk comes up to us saying: “welcome to the church, I will guide you”. We were all stunned about having this really cool monk to guide us. He told about the church, the monks who started the church and had these 5 rules, about why they had to leave when the tourist came and about all the fresco’s. After this visit we went to Pavia the city. Starting with some free time mostly spend in a park. At the university the teachers had giving us the assignment in which we had to visit 4 places point out on a map. Because the different groups had different places they visited I will not tell about all the places. One place where we all hang out after this (or during this =) ) assignment was the central square. By luck we visited Pavia on the day the chocolate fair was held so we had nothing to complain about. At the end we had to head back to the university to group and we went back home for dinner and disco.






Some pictures of the third day: We visited the Certosa di Pavia and Pavia itself.

vrijdag 11 maart 2011

Voghera dag 2 (ochtend)

Day 1.
Written by Ocke Weeda and Hugo Roosenschoon

“I woke up this morning with a big smile on my face, because I knew today would be a good day. My first day in Italy!”
At first we ate breakfast at 7 o’clock at our houses. Then we took the car to school. We had high expectations of it because we heard a lot about it. But it looked a little like a prison.
We gathered in the basement for a welcoming speech of the head principal of the school.
Then we were divided in several groups to work on our statement.
first everything had to be written down, what was quite cheesy and not a lot of fun,
so we decided to take a walk through the school to see what it was like.
After that the students had arranged that we could meet the old EEP group, what was a great surprise! Old friendships were picked up again and it was just like in Holland.
After that we had a break. We decided to explore the village; Voghera! It is a picturesque little city, with a market and many coffee places. But it also has great facilities like a big supermarket and a cinema. After that we had a lot of inspiration for our topic; emission rights. And we came up with a lot of arguments. Now we’re just sitting around, hoping the weather will become better, because it has been gray al day long.
We will keep you up to date!



Some impressions of the first day: Working at the statements

Voghera dag 1


EEP 11-03-2011 Voghera

Finally the time had come for us to go to Italy! Around 2 o’clock we took the train to Schiphol and with a little delay we were on the plane to Milan. After a 2 hour drive we were in Voghera and our hosts picked us up. Every still knew each other and I could not imagine a better reunion. I don’t know how it was for the rest of my EEP group but my host was very kind and his parents took me to dinner. We had great pizza and after they showed me a few things in Voghera, like the agricultural school and the piazza of Casteggio.
After I settled in and unpacked my bags we went out to a little cafĂ© and had a little rendez-vous with a few other members of EEP. We didn’t make it a wild night (yet), since we were still very tired of the trip. But I’ve had a little taste of what an amazing week we are going to have and I can’t wait!

Baci, Jeffrey

woensdag 9 maart 2011

EEP 2011 Voghera : ready to go or to start

Tomorrow the Dutch students will travel to Voghera. At this moment everybody is packing or finishing the last preparations. We are really looking forward to this 15th anniversary of this wonderful Exchange program which focuses on sustainability and a better future for these students and future students.