We left Avila at 4AM by taxi. We were waiting in Barajas airport 2 hours more or less. Valentina told us 10000000000000….. Times to stop using the mobiles (nobody stopped). It was the first time traveling by plane for Gonzalo and Laura, that’s why they were much more nervous than me.

SUNDAY

That was our plane

Then we went by taxi to the teachers´ hotel, where our partners were waiting for us

Laura’s face

Our first view of the canals

We arrived to the houses of our partners and “organized ourselves” Then, we met all together (just students) and we visited the city for 5 hours,

The palace and the tram

Dam square, the most important one in Amsterdam

Magna Plaza, a giant shopping center

Dam square

The city is full of these kind of canals, but they are not very clean, only the ducks live there

Most houses in Amsterdam have lots of big windows, they don’t have many hours of light. The also don’t have blinds.

Most people use the public transport or ride bikes, you can see lots of bikes parked at both sides of the canals

More canals….

A Chinese restaurant built above one of the biggest canals

Hasan was hosting another polish girl, Natalia. She arrived at 9 PM, we became friends very fast, she liked the same music as me

We entered the biggest library in Amsterdam, it has 6 floors, thousands of books, good computers, Apple and Acer (not like in Avila)

They have a piano for people who want to play it like in the central metro station. We saw lot of brilliant artists of all ages playing the piano

Views from the library

As we were a bit cold, we went to a Starbucks to take a hot coffe

You can find very strange shops in Amsterdam, their sexual thought is much more opened than in other countries

MONDAYI tried to wake up, but I fell sleep again

I got my own room in Hasan’s house and his family was friendly

We took the tram all days to go to school, which was much modern than ours

Of course, more canals…

At school we introduced each other and we made a Treasure Hunt through the center of the city

After this, we went with our partners to shop to a very expensive place, i saw a pair of shoes of my size, but they cost 500 euros :’(

Gonzalo and Laura went home and Hasan and me joined the other students to go to the fair, but first we visited the “I Amsterdam” monument

The fair

There was a stand with Spanish churros

Polish girls with a monster

I saw “Spanish” wine in the supermarket

TUESDAYWe visited Nemo’s museum, the most important in Europe. But before we made some logical games at school, some of then were really difficult

We saw lots of things about science and sex

And finally………. We made a tour on boat through the canals!!!!

We saw people filming a movie!!!

The National Opera

We returned to the Nemo’s museum and all the hosts decided to bring us to the bowling alley

We saw lots of cool buildings

Arina, a Romanian girl of 12 and me comparing our feet

34 VS 45

Making stupid things…

I was very bad at bowling, I got angry and threw so fast that the ball went to other street

We told Arina (1’45 m tall) to throw the heaviest ball ( 15 kg), even if she could not throw the lightest ( 6 kg), to our surprise, she threw all the bowls!!!

WEDNESDAY

We visited Escher’s and Boerhaave museums

I prefer Escher’s one because there was a visual effect room where you entered and spacial proportion looked different

After this, we went to the cinema with our partners to see “Jupiter’s Ascend”. It was in English but subtitled in Dutch, like most the films in the Netherlands

We ate pizza in an Italian restaurant, i liked it very much. I took the Mexicano pizza, but i could’t finish it

Although it was really cold, I bought an ice cream… it was delicious !!!!

THURSDAYIn the school we made lots of logical mathematical games and also the Kangaroo test, it was very difficult I think

We went to a restaurant to eat a tasty cheese-burger

When we were free, all people in the exchange went to shop. We entered in Zara, H & M, etc.

After shopping we stayed in the Dam square our last minutes together

(Taking a photo with everybody)

With the polish girls in the restaurant ( El Maestro)

Emanuela said to me good bye and gave me two kisses 50 times, because she thought I was going to leave, but not

(with Francesco and Emanuela)

(making stupid things with the italians)

FRIDAYWe said goodbye to our hosts and after, we went with Fernando and the Polish group to buy things (Valentina was in Van Gogh’s museum)

We also visited the red light district

(the T-shirt I bought)

Thats was the only food I took until midday

Bread

meat

Potato-chips

Fried onion

mayonnaise

The best food i ate :D

We arrived at 9 PM to Barajas and to Avila at 10:30 PM. I was very tired i got dinner and went to bed

ATTENTION BOYS!!!!

Take care with the door of the tram because they can hit if you are not keeping attention to the them!!

BYE AMSTERDAM

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Carlos Olmo López 3º ESO A