Unforgettable days in B:ham

Unforgettable days in Birmingham 15.-20. October 2010...


Friday - October 15th

Our journey started on Friday from Oulu at 15.10 o’clock. We flew to Brussels via Helsinki. In Brussels airport we met other Comenius members from Belgium. After waiting couple hours, we continued our journey to Birmingham with the Belgians. We arrived to Birmingham at 21.35 o’clock local time. Rest of the day went by exploring with our host families.



Saturday - October 16th

Niina spent her day by shopping in the huge shopping centre called Bullring in Birmingham. She also met her host Roisin’s relatives, visited the local museum and went sightseeing. The architecture was amazing and the buildings were beautiful. In the evening she went to have dinner in the Chinese restaurant with Roisin and her mum. Emmi and her host Joseph, his two cousins and his family spent their day in London. During the day they saw some sights, like Big Ben, Tower Bridge, London Eye... The highlight of the day was a rugby match on Wembley Arena. The game was immemorial.


Sunday – October 17th

On Sunday both of the girls spent their day with hosts. Niina’s day included visit to Solihull by buss. There she met her old friend Rhianne and they went to cinema and shopping together. Later Niina, Roisin and her cousin Brogan went to have dinner. In the evening they went to funfair with Roisin’s brothers. The funfair was so much fun and we all had a great time there. Emmi’s day started with watching Joe’s rugby game. After the game they went to the countryside for meeting Joe’s cousins and other relatives. On the evening they all went to the local pub for eating dinner. The countryside was beautiful.


Monday – October 18th

On Monday all Comenius members from Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Spain and UK went to the Selly Park Technology College for girls. There was organized different kind of team works. Groups had to build a tower of balloons, transport the ball in different forms and build a stretcher using as little as possible given materials. Group works were really funny. Pupils of the school presented wonderful musical performances. We also attended for lessons there, for example mathematics and technology. We got a free lunch in there. The lunch was totally different than ours school. The day was brilliant! Selly Park Technology Collage was quite big, compared to ours which is a small 200 students’ school. The school was very cozy and it was much colorful than our school. After SP we went to Archbishop Ilsley Catholic Technology College for waiting our hosts to get home. Meanwhile waiting, this lovely French teacher gave us a tour around the school. On the evening, Niina spent time with her hosts. Emmi had a shopping day in the centre of Birmingham and she saw some sights.

Tuesday – October 19th

We visited Archbishop Ilsley Catholic Technology College on Tuesday. We attended the lessons with our hosts and we met their school mates. We ate lunch together with our hosts, their friends and other Comenius members. The school was big compared to our school and Selly Park. It also was very pleasant and the walls were covered with posters. Later Niina went bowling with her hosts, their friends and Julia from Belgium. Emmi went shopping. People were very nice and hospitality! The day was amazing.
Wednesday – October 20th
In the morning it was time to say goodbyes to our host families. We arrived to the Birmingham airport about at 8 o’clock. We flew to Helsinki via Copenhagen and then to Oulu. We were home at ten o’clock.
We want to thank our teachers Anna and Pentti, both of the schools Selly Park and Archbishop Ilsley, our wonderful host families and everyone who has been involved to this Comenius project. You all together made our trip perfect and memorable!

THANK YOU! -by Niina Huru & Emmi Wathén