Our
last Erasmus formative activity is over..our last European journey..our last
contact with our 3-year-old friends..and now , back in Melilla, we all have
this feeling that our Erasmus adventure is quickly coming to and end. During this journey to Finland, we have
deeply understood and assimilated our Far Northern European friends´culture and
way of life. We have experienced extreme weather, freezing cold, wind, white
landscapes, , beautiful animals, excellent gastronomy, mesmerizing traditions
and we have been drawn into their joy of life, their curiosity, thirst for
adventure and explorations, hunger for human warmth, Northern lights , their
proud history , their stubborn defense of wilderness, human rights and
sustainable development. We have taken part and lived many Finnish traditions
this week: ice-swimming,graduation balls and parades, Santa Lucia´s singing,
peace wishing to Santa; we have eaten liquorice and mämmi , we have sung in the
karaoke and walked into their school in our socks. We have felt free to watch,
sing, dance, ask, share and feel.
This
3-year adventure is over: 3 years full
of emotion, incredible journeys, different landscapes, food, weather, houses,
clothes, races, coluours, waters, voices , hearts
We leave friends
forever; friends who will meet again ( in fact, we have met some of them out
from the Erasmus journeys); and there will be more contacts, more
collaborations, deeper bonds, deeper affections. Everything began with a
promise to work together between two teachers enjoying a Comenius summer course
in Malta 15 years ago! The promise
became a reality and from this cooperation, a new Erasmus programme will be
born again..now we are a powerful European family ready to change people´s
minds and lives again.
