Barcellona-­‐Pozzo  di  Gotto  

By  Sirine  

 

This  week  in  Italy    (Sicily)  we  did  lots  of  this  of  things  to  because  there    were  lots  of  things  to  do  here  in  Sicily.  It’s  the  island  of  contrasts,    for  example  there  is  the  volcano  which  is  really  cold  and  not  far  from  the  beach  which  is  beautiful  and  hot.  

People  here  in  Barcellona  are  completely  different  than  France.  They  are  more  friendly.  It’s  a  little  town  where  everybody  knows  everybody  so  they  are  not  used  to  seeing  foreigners  so  all  of  them  want  to  have  pictures  with  us,  it’s  a  little  like  being  Mickey  in  Disneyland.    In  Barcellona  all  people  come  to  you  to  say  “Ciao”,  they  are  more  touchy-­‐feely  ,  in  only  few  days  with  them  we  feel  like  we  have  know  them  since  months.  

The  two  first  days  we  stayed  in  Barcellona.  The  first  day  when  we  come  to  the  high  school  absolutely  all  students  were  around  us.  They  showed  all  their  classes,  they  interrupted  classes  only  to  say  “Bongiorno”,  “Here  are  the  French”,  it’s  at  this  type  of  moment  were  we  can  see  the  different  between  the  two  mentalities.  

We  went  to  Montalbano,  a  prehistoric  site.  After  we  visited  a  medieval  castle.  

We  climbed  up  the  volcano  Etna  which  was  very  high  and  cold  but  when  we  were  on  the  top  the  view  was  wonderful  and  worth  our  efforts.  

Syrine