Tuesday: second day of red alarm and our mobility

The second day of the final mobility in Spain of the K220 project “The New Values of Democracy in Today’s Europe” was marked by the red weather alert for heavy rain issued in the province of Valencia.

We had to improvise an alternative plan. The teachers visited the school—which was closed—and observed the excellent facilities of IES Eduardo Primo Marqués. They enjoyed seeing the radio studio, the black theater classroom, the entrepreneurship rooms, and the technology workshops. For lunch, they tasted a traditional regional dish: arroz al horno (baked rice).

The students were divided into groups. A large group went to Xàtiva, the capital of the La Costera region. The ancient Roman Saetabis and Muslim Madina Šāṭiba hold an exemplary history of defending the roots of their people. The students visited the castle, a double fortress on a hill overlooking the Sierra Vernissa.

A smaller group went to Carlet to visit the parish church. The parish priest explained the history of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, a largely Baroque building constructed between the 17th and 18th centuries.

The red alert was lifted in the afternoon. The Erasmus spirit encourages creativity, and Tuesday turned out to be a day full of alternative—but positive—plans.