MY HOME AND MY FAMILYFrancesco's family is

composed of: his faher, his

mother, his two brothers

and his sister.

The house is on a mountain

in Übelbach. It has three

floors and the view is

amazing, with or without

the snow!!

GRAZ’S MAIN SQUARE– DER HAUPTPLAZ

Hauptplatz is the principal square.

There you can find the city hall

and a lot of stands where they sell

the food and, around Christmas

time, there are a lot of beautiful

lights and some stands with

handmade things.

RIEGERSBURGRiegersburg is the biggest fortitude of Austria. Inside the castle you can visit

three parts: the part on the witches, the part on the weapons or the tour

about the history of the castle. You can see everything from the top!

THE SCHOOL – BG REIN

The school is situated in Rein and is part of a monastery. The monastery is the

oldest monastery still used in Europe. It's really really big!

.

MY EXPERIENCE The school is so different, we did a lot of things there. We had 5 times a week of art, something that we

never done in Naples. The school is so big, with a lot of different classes of all the subjects that you can

imagine. We liked all the teachers. We studied French, German and English.

One of the things that is a special Finnish thing is the NASUT: it consists

to throw food to the students from the first year and to let them make stupid games. For us it was like an

act of bullying know to everyone. We think that it was one of the strange thing that we ever seen. But for

them this activity represents an important thing , because it is a Finnish tradition.

We went also in Vierumaki, that is the sport city of Finland. We played tennis, we went to the flow park, to

the gym and we did for the first time the sauna. It’s an amazing thing. We loved so much. It’s so helpful for

the muscles and is a relaxing thing, and we adore this kind of stuffs.

We visited some places here, like Loppi, that is a town near Helsinki, more or less one hour and a half

from the city. Susu has there a summer cottage where we went two times. It’s a very big house, all made

of wood. We went looking for mushrooms both the two times. We ate them, they were so good. We went

fishing, and we took some crabs, that we ate with butter and bread. There we did the sauna and we used

the KOIVU(Birch).

LAPLAND

THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT I DID THERE WAS OUR TRIP FOR NORD KAPP WITH A CAMPER DURING OUR AUTUMN BREAK, THE NORTHEST

PART OF THE EUROPE. WE PASSED FOR LAPLAND AND NORWAY. WE SPENT 6 NIGHTS IN THE “HOUSE CAR”. IT WAS SO NICE, I’D NEVER BEEN IN A

SIMILAR ONE BEFORE. WE WERE 4: KALLE, SUSU’S FATHER, ANNIKA, SUSU’S SISTER, SUSU AND I. I SLEPT IN THE BED WITH SUSU. EVERY

EVENING WE PLAYED TO SAME TABLE GAME. WE SAW REINDEERS, KILLER WHALES, SEALS, WE WENT TO THE SEA, TO A ZOO, WE TOOK 2 BOATS

IN NORWAY. IT WAS SO EXCITING BUT , SO COLD, THERE WAS A LOT OF SOW, BUT IT WAS FINE. IN NORWAY WAS -6 DEGREES , BUT THEY SAID

THAT WAS NOT A SPECIAL EVENT , SO IN A WAY I WAS LUCKY, ALSO BECAUSE NOW THERE IS -20… AND WE ARE JUST IN NOVEMBER. WHEN WE

WERE IN LAPLAND WE WENT TO THE REAL FACTORY OF SANTA CLAUS. WE TOOK A PHOTO ALL TOGETHER. THEY ASKED ME TO SING… I TRIED TO

SING “ O SOLE MIO” BUT I MISSED THE WORDS BECAUSE I WAS IN FRONT OF SANTA CLAUS…. IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING! THERE I TRIED THE

REINDEER MEAT, IN TWO WAYS, COOKED AND SMOKED. I LOVE IT. IT’S THE MOST FAMOUS FOOD THERE . IN SEVEN DAYS I SAW FIVE TIMES

THE NORDEN LIGHTS... I DON’T HAVE WORDS FOR THEM. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING THING THAT I EVER SEEN

IN MY LIFE. THE COLOR, THE SOUND , THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE, THE SNOW.. A REAL DREAM!. IT WILL BE FOREVER IN MY MIND, LIKE A PHOTO.

MY EXPERIENCE• THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER MY FAMILY AND MY

BOYFRIEND CAME THERE FOR ONE WEEK. WE WENT TO

TALLINN, IN ESTONIA, FOR ONE DAY. IT’S . A LITTLE AND

CUTE CITY. I LIKED IT SO MUCH. WE WENT ALSO TO

SUOMELINNA, A SMALL ISLAND, COLD BUT BEAUTIFUL.

IN THAT WEEK WE SAW LOTS OF THINGS, LIKE THE

SUPERMARKET OF HELSINKI, SOME CHURCHES, ALL THE

CITY.

• ONE OF THE LAST DAYS VILMA, SUSU, , NILO AND US

WENT TO A TRAMPOLIN PARK, WITH THREE ASYLUM

SEEKERS. IT WAS SO FUNNY. WITH THEM WE ALSO

WENT TO BOWLING, AND WE DID SOME FOOD ALL

TOGETHER AT SCHOOL.

THE FAMILY AND THEIR HOUSEI stayed from 8th September to 6th December in Berlin at Lisa Spielmann. I’ve changed the family

in the middle of the experience because of Lisa health’s problems and I went to Anita Moeck’s

family

In this house there are three toilets (two upstairs) (one is for Anita, one for her father and one for

her sister), two living room (one upstairs), a kitchen, an office, the music room (my preferred : you

can lay on the soft rug and listen to classical music for relaxing).I've my personal bedroom and I

share the bathroom/toilet with Anita

Anita has been my host. She is so amazing: nothing is impossible for her! We

loved to watch movies together (obviously in German with German or English

subtitles). She loves baking, in fact a day she baked a delicious “Donauwelle” (a

cake).She lives with her father, Mathias: he's so cute, very careful for everything

and always considerate. He's interested about my life, my country's traditions

and my day's projects

THE SCHOOLTHE SCHOOL IS AMAZING; THERE'S ANOTHER SYSTEM: SO THE STUDENTS CHANGE

ROOM EVERY LESSON, BECAUSE EVERY SUBJECT ITS OWN ROOM, LIKE THE ART

ROOM: IT IS BEAUTIFUL, WITH A LOT OF DRAWS, COLOR PENCILS AND EVERY KIND

OF THINGS YOU NEED FOR DRAWING . EVERY LESSON TAKES 80 MINUTES AND THIS

TIME IS CALLED "BLOCKUNTERRICHT". THE SCHOOL IS COMPOSED OF THREE

BUILDINGS: "HAUS 1" AND "HAUS 2" ARE FOR GUYS OF MY AGE; THE "HAUS

FROSCH" IS GREEN AND FOR YOUNG GUYS. IN THE "HAUS 1" THERE IS THE CANTEEN

WHERE EVERYONE CAN BUY A WARM FOOD, AND THERE'S A MACHINE WITH WHICH

YOU CAN MAKE FULL OF WATER YOUR BOTTLE . THERE'S A SUPERMARKET NEAR THE

SCHOOL, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE THE FOOD OF THE CANTEEN. ABOUT THE

LESSONS, IT'S SO STRANGE TO FOLLOW THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE ONES, BECAUSE

THE TEACHER EXPLAINS THE WORDS AND TRANSLATES IN THEIR NATIVE

LANGUAGE, AND FOR ME THEY ARE BOTH FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

SPREEPARKI've seen the river that flows through Berlin: "die Spree”. All

there’s a beautiful park where someone can stay on the

grass or sit on the bench and see the river. The park is all

natural: trees, grass, flowers everywhere

BERLINZOO

That’s such a great and beautiful place ! it’s very big (you

need 4/5 hours to visit just the zoo), and there was every

kind of animals: from the polar bear to the camel. I saw

the polar wolf (so beautiful and powerful), the brown

bear (so cute), the reindeer (before I thought they were

elks, but after I translated the name). The best of all

(after pandas, of course) are the elephants: I discovered

that there are two sorts of elephant (a Chinese one and

an African one: you see the difference from the ears,

because the Chinese one has smaller ones than the

African have ), and I saw the Chinese male one, so he had

long tusks

LUSTGARTENIT'S A VERY BIG SQUARE WHERE THERE'S A GARDEN WITH NEAR

A CHURCH AND DAS ALTE MUSEUM. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT

THE GREECE (FIRST OF ALL, THE MYTHOLOGY), AND THE ALTES

MUSEUM IS LOOKS LIKE A TEMPLE. IT'S AN ART MUSEUM, BUT I

HAVEN'T EVEN VISITED IT YET. THE CATHEDRAL IS SOMETHING

AMAZING: IT'S THE “BERLINER DOM”. IT'S BAROQUE STYLE,

BUILT IN XVIII CENTURY. FROM THIS PLACE, YOU CAN SEE THE

SPREE, THE BERLIN'S RIVER, AND NEAR THERE'S A FOUNTAIN OF

THE GOD OF THE SEA: POSEIDON (GREEK MYTHOLOGY AGAIN).

FIRST MONTH ESSAYTHE FIRST MONTH HERE IN FINLAND HAS BEEN REALLY NICE,I’VE

BEEN ABLE TO GO TO TWO NEAR CITIES AND I REALLY LIKED THEM

SO MUCH. THE THIRD WEEKEND WE HAVE BEEN TO VIERUMAKI

WITH VILMA’S FATHER AND HIS FRIENDS,AND WE HAD SO MUCH

FUN,WE HAVE BEEN IN A REALLY BIG ‘’VILLAGE’’ WHERE YOU COULD

DO A LOT OF SPORTS,WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO THE GYM,TO

PLAY TENNIS AND EVEN TO A FLOW PARK! IN THE MEANWHILE WE

WERE GETTING CLOSER TO THE MIGRANTS WHO WENT TO OUR

SCHOOL AND WE ALSO WENT TO PLAY BOWLING. THE FOURTH

WEEKEND I’VE BEEN TO LOPPI WITH FEDERICA AND SUSANNA’S

FAMILY IN THEIR SUMMER COTTAGE,WE WENT TO FISH SOME

CRABS IN THE LAKE AND TO TAKE MUSHROOMS IN THE FORESTS

SECOND MONTH ESSAY

THE SECOND MONTH IN HELSINKI HAS BEEN REALLY NICE, IN THE

AUTUMN BREAK (WHICH IS AN ENTIRE WEEK OF HOLIDAY) WE

HAVE BEEN TO STOCHOLM,IN SWEDEN,FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND

I’VE LOVED IT. THE CITY WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH A LOT OF COLORFUL

HOUSES AND PEOPLE IN THE STREETS DOING SHOPPING. FROM MY

POINT OF VIEW STOCHOLM IS LIKE A ‘’BIGGER HELSINKI’’ (THAT’S

ALSO WHAT FINNISH PEOPLE SAY),FULL OF FORESTS AND GREEN

PARKS. WHILE WE WERE IN STOCHOLM WE HAVE ALSO VISITED

ABBA MUSEUM AND JUNIBACKEN,A MUSEUM ABOUT A VERY

FAMOUS SWEDISH WRITER (ASTRID LINDGREN) OF FICTION AND

SCREENPLAYS,BUT SHE’S BEST KNOWN AS CHILDRENS’ BOOK

SERIES WRITER, SUCH AS PIPPI LONGSTOCKING OR THE SIX

BULLERBY CHILDREN,AND I’VE LOVED THEM BOTH. WE HAVE ALSO

BEEN IN SCHOOL BAKING CAKES WITH SOME REFUGEES

THIRD MONTH ESSAYTHIS LAST MONTH IN HELSINKI HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE

BEST ONE, IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER MY FAMILY

CAME TO VISIT AND WE WENT TO SEE SOME MUSEUMS IN

HELSINKI SUCH AS THE ATHENEUM,THE NATIONAL FINNISH

MUSEUM AND KIASMA AND WE ALSO WENT TO A 4D CINEMA

THAT SHOWED A VIDEO OF ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE IN

HELSINKI AND THE CITIES NEARBY. WHEN MY FAMILY

LEFT,FEDERICA’S FAMILY CAME TO VISIT HER AND WE ALL

WENT TO TALLINN IN ESTONIA TO VISIT THE OLD TOWN.

WE’VE ALSO BEEN TO PLAY AN ‘’HORROR’’ MINI GOLF AND IT

WAS VERY SCARY BUT FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME. THE LAST

WEEK WE HAVE BEEN THE THEATER TO SEE A SHOW ABOUT

REFUGEES AND WE WENT ALSO THE SEE AN ICE HOCKEY

MATCH WHICH I LOVED! WE’VE ALSO BEEN TO RUSH

TRAMPOLINE PARK AND HAD SO MUCH FUN