E+ CHARM TIBBLE 2018

1. EXCHANGE TO
SWEDEN

2. “OUR TRIP TO SWEDEN”
Thursday 3rd May, 2018
After spending the whole afternoon packing our things, we finally were on our way to
Sweden. At first we were all anxious, but then tiredness beat us. After a long flight
that seemed everlasting, we arrived to Sweden. Personally, I expected colder
temperatures but having better ones lit up everyone's mood. Then, Matilda and I met
again and we both went into her Dance Class. When it ended, her mom drove us
home. That afternoon I tasted the famous “Swedish Meatballs” that were delicious. I
“landed” safely on my new bed and I slept right until sun woke me up. I was sure it
was 7.30 am until I took a look at my watch and it was 4.30 am. No curtains in
Sweden neither.
Friday 4th May, 2018
After sharing a nice breakfast with Matilda's family, we took a bus to Tibble
Gymnasium to work on the CHARM project. Talking with my friends, I realized I
wasn't the only one who had woken up before planned.
The school was amazing and really nice. None of us would mind spending there
some more time. Both principal and teachers were really nice and welcoming, so we
felt really comfortable. Then, after eating, we went to the town hall under pouring
water. One of the councilors, who were the mother of one of the long exchange
participants, talked to us about Täby and its future as well as its development
through years. Then we had a nice afternoon at Frida's, one of the exchange
participants.
Saturday 5th May, 2018
This day we visited the wonderful city of Stockholm. It was amazingly beautiful and
different. It mixed the old European cities style with new commercial areas. We had
lunch in an Asian buffet that was truly nice. I loved this city and we all learn a bit
more about this city thanks to a very nice tourist guide who was wearing old Victorian
clothes and was actually funny. Walking on the old city centre, we explored souvenir
shops and old buildings as the German Park, one of my favorite places. Our
teachers went back to Täby and they wished us a nice Sunday. That night, we had a
barbeque at Vaxholm Island, an amazing place where we had an amazing evening.
Sunday 6th May, 2018
I would lie if I say this wasn't my favourite day. After working up really early, we took
a bus to Stockholm. Once there, we met some exchange mates to have lunch at
Oaxen together and the go into Gröna Lund, one of the biggest amusement parks of
Europe. We rode some barracks and after waiting for hours, we enjoyed
Macklemore’s live performance right in front of our eyes. It was undoubtedly an
amazing day.

3. For me, as many of my mates, this exchange was a remarkable part of the school year. I
always wanted to visit this country since it's known by its landscapes and amazing views. I
guess this time I wasn't as nervous as I was when I traveled to Germany, but the truth is that
flights scared me a bit. Eventually, it was a wonderful time with fantastic people and also a
big chance to challenge myself.
For the Spanish participants, it was a chance to visit a country which its culture is completely
different from our at the same time we worked about school issues and ways to solve them. I
felt really happy to have such an amazing host family, who made me feel really comfortable
since the first moment. I had already some experience with exchanges but this was one of
the best so far. I enjoy every single moment and I felt part of the group, which improved our
results.
For them, it was a nice choice to learn about one of the most visited countries of the world
and get into Spanish lifestyle, way different from the Swedish one, as a way to understand
how sometimes even the littlest misunderstandings have a good explanation.
For all of us, this exchange was an unforgettable experience that made us realize, by
working together, that even though we are all different, we have some things that unite all of
us as European citizens.

4. SWEDEN
Timetable:
1º Day
The first day we arrived in Arlanda terminal. There we took a van to Taby.
We met whit our family and the very one went to each house. The house of my Swedish
partner where in an Island. After left my suitcase in her house we went to a walk around the
island with Mamen and her partner. When we returned home we had dinner and we go to the
bed.
2º Day
At the morning we went to the high school and do some activities such as went to a Spanish
class. There we did some activities such as help in a Spanish class and we went to a principal´s
speech. We ate pancakes in the high school at 11.30. We saw the city and we had another
speech of the history of Taby in the Town Hall.
In the afternoon we went to Fridas house and to taste the kannelbullen and played cards. Then
Mamen and I went to see Julia´s training of riding horse.
3º Day
At the morning we went to Ensta Krog and we did a quiz, in which we had to find the questions
at the wood. Then we went to eat some sandwiches at a restaurant in Taby Centrum. This
restaurant had something special. You can book a music room, art room or photography
room...
After that we went to the university, in which we saw a film and then went to zoo.
In the evening Mamen and I had a dinner together with our Swedish families in a restaurant.
4ºDay
At the morning we went to a museum about a sink ship.
In the afternoon we ate in a Chinese restaurant. After that we went to a guide visit around
Estocolmo. Before returned to Taby we went to buy some souvenirs.
When we returned everyone went to a beach and did a barbecues.
5º Day
At the morning my Swedish partner went with Mamen and her Swedish partner to estocolmo
to go shopping.
At the afternoon we ate in a restaurant. Then we went to theme park (Gronalund) and we met
there with Andrea and her Swedish partner. In the evening in the theme park we went to a
concert.

5. 6º Day
At the morning we did some posters to an activity. Then we took the van to the aero port and
we took plane and returned home.
Opinion:
This trip was an amazing experience in which I could practise a language, but this wasn´t all. I
could learnt another form of life I met now people with another culture. This was an
experience I couldn’t learn in books.
The only thing I would exchange it is the date of the travel.

6. Monday 7th May, 2018
Knowing it was our last day, we were a bit sad. The experience was amazing so far
and we didn't want to leave. We went to Tibble to work on the CHARM project. We
all were really concious of the importance of maintaining a good schoolar
environment to make our schools a better place. We work in mixed groups and I was
amazed of the amount of ideas we all had. In the end, we did multilingual posters
with supportive messages to make ones feel less alone and others more aware of
the situation of some students who unfortunately have it harder when making friends
or opening themselves to others. I think this part wasn't only another part of the
project, it also helped us to understand how school issues affect either Spanish and
Swedish educational systems in different and same ways. Then we recorded
ourselves as a final project, which apart from its importance, it had some hilarious
parts when we weren't able to contain our laughs. After spending the afternoon at
Täby Centrum buying some gifts for our families, we all went home to pack our
things and sleep well to wake up early on our very last day.
Tuesday 8th May, 2018
That morning I said goodbye to my host family who were the best I could have
imagined and then Matilda’s mom drove us to school. We attended to Spanish
lessons to teach Swedish students some Spanish by playing some games. We
attended P.E and Math, to witness how educational system works in Sweden, a
system that had nothing to do with our. Then we picked up our things with tears in
our eyes and we arrived at the airport. We had a long way home yet.
I would lie if I say I didn't want to be back in Lugo since I missed my father and
siblings a lot but I was also sure I would miss Matilda and Sweden a lot since we had
an amazing time together. I won't forget that time and I hope we all met again
someday.

7. FIRST DAY
The first day we met our exchange families and we went home with
them. When we arrived home we had dinner together and we talked for a
while, they were very friendly.
Finally we went to sleep
SECOND DAY
We visited the school and went to a Spanish class where we did some
games with the students. Later we saw a presentation about Sweden, and
then we had lunch at the school
THIRD DAY
We had lunch at school and we visited “Cosmonova Big Dream” and
Skansen. During the evening we stayed together in one of the girls house
and we tries for the first time Swedish cinnamon rolls.
FOURTH DAY
We visited the famous Vassa Museum and we visited the old town of
Stockholm. After lunch we went to an amusement park and we went to
the Macklemore concert which was really good
FIFTH DAY
We spent all the day with the families, I went to see with them some
stones with Vikings runes on them. At night some of us saw together a
horror movie
SIXTH DAY
We spent all the morning at school making the project work and we had
lunch there
SEVENTH DAY
The last day we spent the morning at the shopping centre which was really
close to the school and then we had to go to the airport to come back to
Spain

8. TRAVEL EVALUATION
For me this travel had been an amazing opportunity because we could
know a new culture and visit new places, but over all we could live with
families that we had never met before and with whom we could only
communicate in English, that made us improve our social skills and to
develop better in English.

9. THE DIARY• First day
The first day it was one of the longest because we have to
travel all day and when I came to the home I only ate and I
went to sleep.
• Second day
I get up at 8:00 am beacuse I habe the lucky that my
partner,Frida, lives near the high school,I dressed up and
have breakfast and we went to the high school.
We did some activities such as help in a Spanish class which
was very interesting and funny,we had a speach from the
principal then we ate at high school and the food wasn´t
good but at least you could eat it.
In the afternnon we saw the city and we had another
speach of the history of Täby,we went to my partner house
and we ate a typical cake from Sweden named
Knellbullen,it was very tasty and we played carts.
At night we ate the dinner and I went to the bed early .It
was a very long day.
• Third day
This day I could slept a bit more and I get up at 8:15,I
dresses up and have breakfast quickly beacause we almost
lost the bus but we could make it and we arrive in time.
We met with the others and we did a Quiz Competition at
Ensta Krog(a forest from täby),each question were on a
tree of the forests and they were about bullying.
We came back to the school and we ate in a restaurant in
Täby Zentrum,after eat we took a train to an University and

10. we saw a movie about the career of engineer for me it
wasn´t interesting and it was vey boring,later we went to
skansen and I love it
At evening I went to the cinme and I ate with her frirnds.
• Day 4
• This day I wet to Stock-holm and we saw all the city,it was
beautiful.We went to eat to an chinese food and I was very
nervous because I´ve never tried Chinese food but it was all
delicious ,when we finish our visit we went to bouy
souvenirs and at evening they made barbacou near lake
and we ate sausages and we played some games.
• Day 5
• This day was the free day and we didn´t do a lot ,I got up
late and we pass all day in Gröna Lund an amuse park and
we saw the concert of Macklemore it was very impressive
beacuse I´ve never been in concert of a rapper.
• Day 6
These day was the most boring because we had to work in
our Project , we had to make posters about bullying and
then we had to voted it and we had to moved fast because
our car came early and we took the plane to go to Spain.

11. MY WEEK IN SWEDEN
Wednesday 2:
After lunch, we arrived in Stockholm and visited the highschool where we met our
families and went to their homes. After dinner, we went to a lake and just spend a
good time with our swedish.
Thursday 3:
In the morning we went to a Spanish lesson and did some activities to help them to
learn in a esaier way, After that, the swedish students organize a "fika" ,a typical
meeting teenagers usually do in their houses and showed us the huge shopping
mall.
Friday 4:
In the morning we walked in a forest answering some questions we had to find about
bullying. Then, in the afternoon, we visited the Cosmonova, something similar to a
cinema but bigger, and Skansen, a zoo in which we saw typical swedish animal.
After these activities we had some free time so we visited the capital.
Saturday 5:
In the morning we visited the Vasamusset and after lunch we had a guide tour
around the centre of Stockholm. For dinner, the swedish organize a barbecue in a
lake.
Sunday 6:
We went to a amusement park and also to a Macklemore concert in that park.
Monday 7:
We did some activities in the high school and visited some lessons too, to know how
the educational system is there.
Tuesday 8:
We just returned home.

12. My experience in Sweden
I think it has been one of the best experiences in my life. I have never lived abroad
without my family, and more than that, living with a family I didn't know and which
was different than mine because of the culture, the country...
It showed me how the life in Sweden is and how the educational system works. I
found some differences in both cases.
In relation with everyday life, they make more life in their homes, in the high school
or in the shopping mall, and we instead make more life outside, in cafeterias, parks...
Moreover, they are colder than us, I mean in the relationships. They just relate with
friends or in the restaurants for example they don´t have a conversation with the
waiter or waitress.
Related with their educational system I thought their high school have more facilities
than ours, they have a gym, a swimming pool, lockers, a restaurant where they eat
everyday, a theatre... and their lessons are so different, we only went to two more or
less, but we could see that they are more practical, teachers let students go if they
don´t want to stay there or just if they prefer to do exercises in other place, the
students can use their phones and they also use their laptops for the lessons.

13. FIRST DAY
This day we met our exchanges partners and their families, after arriving
at Arlanda.
When we arrived home we met our neighbour and then I had dinner with
the whole family and we talked about ourselves for a while to know each
other better.
SECOND DAY
We got up early and we take the public transport to go to highschool
(sometimes we went by scooter half of the way) because Julia, my
Swedish partner, lives on an island, she doesn’t live at TÄby.
We visited the school and we went to a Spanish class where we played
the role of teachers of Galician and Spanish.
Before lunch, our Swedish partners made a presentation about their
country for us.
At the afternoon we went to visit the island by walk (and I can say that I
prefer the island, Vaxholm, than TÄby).
THIRD DAY
We visited “Cosmonova Big Dream” (a science museum) and Skansen
(the zoo).
During the evening we went to a Swedish girl’s house and we tasted
cinnamon rolls.
Then I went with Julia, Paula C. and Felicia (Paula’s partner) to a horse
stable. Because Julia rides twice a week.
At night we watched a Spanish movie.
FOURTH DAY
We visited the VASSA MUSEUM and we walk around the old town of
Stockholm.
At afternoon we made a barbecue together. It was great.
FIFTH DAY

14. We went to an theme park at Stockholm by ferry and before go inside
the park we went shopping and for have lunch.
At the theme park I had a lot of fun with my Spanish partners (the
Swedish ones were saving place for the Macklemore’s concert that
would start a few hours later.)
SIXTH DAY
We spent all morning at school making the project and we had lunch
there. We usually went to the mall next to the school.
In the evening I went with my family and Paula’s family to have dinner at
a restaurant in the island.
LAST DAY
We spent the morning at the shopping centre and I went with Ana to gym
class.
Then we had to say bye very quickly and go to the airport to come back
to our country.
The travel was…
For me this exchange had been amazing because now I am able to say
that I know a lot of Swedish culture and we had the chance to visit new
places and do a lot of different activities. And of course we learned about
cooperation, social skills and communication in English that is the most
important.

15. EXCHANGE WITH SWEDEN