Our team took the airplane from Bucharest to Madrid at 8 o’clock in the morning. We all wanted to get faster to Spain and meet our partners. We arrived in Madrid after four hours of flight. “Barajas Airport Madrid” – the biggest airport I’ve ever seen…

But our final destination was ÁVILA, so we took the train from Madrid to Ávila.

When we arrived, all the three families were waiting for us at the station, and immediately after seeing us they hugged us. They were really nice, and I liked very much my Spanish partner Sara.

I really enjoyed the visit of the historical places and I think that Avila is the most beautiful medieval city I’ve ever seen.

We took lots of photos.

In the evening, at dinner, Sara and I ate a delicious pizza.

DAY 2 (3 NOVEMBER 2014)

Welcome at School – Words and presentations

We walked to school, and we arrived at a quarter to nine.Then it was the presentation activity, when everybody said something about themselves and their team. After that we met all the other pupils and we talked about the project.

Construction WorkshopWe made a goniometer, which helps you to measure

angles. It's about trigonometry.

Treasure HuntNext, we went to a treasure hunt with lots of math

problems, but it was a little bit hard for us.

DAY 3 (4 NOVEMBER 2014)Practice at the Technical School

In the morning, we had a workshop with fractals and stings.

Math in Topography We went at the Polytechnic Institute of Avila and we learnt how to measure the level difference between two points using topographical tools. It was very interesting.

After all these activities I went to a walk in Avila with Sara and my colleagues and their partners and other pupils from Spain. We ate churros with hot chocolate (a typical Spanish dish).

In the evening, at home, I ate tortilla with the whole family. They were very nice with me!

DAY 4 (5 NOVEMBER 2014)Visiting ICMAT (Instituto de Ciencias

Matematicas)This day was really exciting because we went to Madrid. First, we visited ICMAT and we saw a really interesting

presentation about Mats Institutes.We went at the library of the Institute and we saw there

really old books about math written in German, French and English.

Next, a researcher explained us about the Chaos Theorem and showed us an amazing chemical experiment.

Historical tour of MadridWe visited Madrid. We went with a guide in a historical

tour. The guide made all the things very interesting with stories and historical characters, who were actually some of our colleagues, with costumes.

Then, we went to buy souvenirs and we turned back home really tired but very happy.

It was a great day.

DAY 5 (6 NOVEMBER 2014)

AIMS BalletIn the morning we started rehearsing for the math ballet

and finally we performed the Math Ballet and our team made geometrical shapes and mathematical formulas on music.

In the evening, we went all to a last walk in Avila and we ate at Burger King.

Back at home, I packed my suitcase.

DAY 6 (7 NOVEMBER 2014)

This was the last day we spent in Avila and it was a little bit sad. First we went to school and we met the pupils from the other European countries and we shared opinions for the last time. We also wrote goodbye messages.

We said good bye and I can say I already miss everybody, especially Sara and her parents because they were my second family during this week and they made me feel like home.

Sara is a special friend for me and we made a very good team.

These days were the best I’ve ever had!

Good - bye Sara… See you soon in Bucharest!

Thank You!