European Teenage Consumers In A Globalized World

Our trip to our partner school “Berufskolleg des Kreises Olpe”

From 17 to 22 April 2016

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SundayWe started our trip on Sunday 17th at 6:45 am from Bergamo airport to Cologne airport.

At 9:15 am we were in Olpe. Then we met our

host friends and we spent our time with our new

families.

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MondayOn Monday we met our partner school in Olpe.

We had a meeting with the headmaster

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Then, we had a big breakfast with typical German dishes like muesli, ham sandwiches, organic bread…It was very good!

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After that, we visited Olpe and some German students guided us through the history of the city.

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During lunch we ate typical soups.In the afternoon we had workshops: we were divided

into groups of 7-8 people.

The workshops were about:1. Global fast food and healthy eating habits2. Fair trade3. Consumer education4. Renewable energy

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TuesdayOn Tuesday morning we went to a Wind Park, it is a park where there are windmill blades. We gathered under one of these,

and then an engineer showed us the infrastructures and how they

were built.

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After that we went to a hotel where

the guide explained us how

windmill blade works.

Finally we had lunch in that hotel.

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In the afternoon we came back to school in Olpe and we continued our researches in the workshops.

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WednesdayOn Wednesday morning we went to visit GEPA, a fair trade company in Wuppertal.The guide told us how the organization works to helpthe people of the third world and which are the products they sell.Their products are chocolate, tea, coffee, rice andnon-food like clothes, toys, etc.

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Then we visited the shop where they offered us their products and we bought something for our families

Our group

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In the afternoon we went to Cologne, a big city near Olpe where we visited the wonderful Cathedral and

we had some shopping.

Thursday On Thursday we cooked in the school kitchen; we were divided into small groups and we prepared some very healthy food with local products. Everything tasted really good !!!!!!

After that we presented our workshops to our

mates!

At the end of our project we had a meeting with the major and he gave us some baloons about fair trade.

FridayFriday morning was our last day at school. We

passed our time all together and we invented

a song which could remind us our stay and our Erasmus+ project.

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After we had lunch at the restaurant

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Before saying good-bye we spent a beautiful time at the lake, all together.

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We visited the town and we went on a

pedalo!

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At 9:40 pm we went to Cologne airport and we came back to Cremona.

It was a very beautiful and interesting experience!

Lara Nichetti, Erica Boffini,Sara Visigalli,Gaia Gradaschi, Nicole Baronio, Laura Tironi

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